# Microsoft Sentiment authentication

> To be able to create a connection, you need to provide the following credentials:

## Prerequisites

To be able to create a connection, you need to provide the following credentials:

* **Endpoint**
* **Authorization Key**

## Retrieve your credentials

To retrieve your credentials, follow these steps:

1. Login to your [https://portal.azure.com](https://portal.azure.com/) dashboard and search for your **Language** service using the search bar.
2. In the **Azure AI Services | Language service** overview page, select your resource, for example, **MS-Sentiment-Analysis**.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/integration-service/integration-service-docs-image-49360-fac34e2f.webp)
3. Under **Resource Management**, select **Keys and Endpoint**.
4. Your authorization keys and endpoint are displayed.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/integration-service/integration-service-docs-image-48599-6ce4f002.webp)

## Add the Microsoft Sentiment connection

To create a connection to your Microsoft Sentiment instance, you need to perform the following steps:

1. Select Orchestrator from the product launcher.
2. Select a folder, and then navigate to the **Connections** tab.
3. Select **Add connection**.
4. To open the connection creation page, select the connector from the list. You can use the search bar to find the connector.
5. Provide your endpoint and your authorization key.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/integration-service/integration-service-docs-image-49039-5b35ee5b.webp)

   For any secret-type field, you can select the menu next to the field and choose **Use credential asset** to reference an Orchestrator credential asset linked to an external vault instead of entering the value directly. For more information, see [Use credential assets for connections](credential-store-connections.md).
6. Select **Connect**.
7. Your connection has been added.

For more information about authenticating in Microsoft Sentiment, visit the [Authenticate requests to Azure Cognitive Services](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/authentication) page.