Update metadata for azure-identity 1.6.0b1 (#16584)

Azure · Feb 8, 2021 · 6bc937d · 6bc937d
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diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.5.1 (Unreleased)
+## 1.6.0b1 (2021-02-09)
 ### Changed
 - Raised minimum msal version to 1.7.0
 - Raised minimum six version to 1.12.0
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   `certificate_bytes` instead of `certificate_path`, for example:
   `CertificateCredential(tenant_id, client_id, certificate_bytes=cert_bytes)`
   ([#14055](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/14055))
+- User credentials support Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE)
+- Application authentication APIs from 1.5.0b2
 
 ### Fixed
 - `ManagedIdentityCredential` correctly parses responses from the current

diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/README.md b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/README.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ default_credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
 client = BlobServiceClient(account_url, credential=default_credential)
 ```
 
-### Enabling interactive authentication with `DefaultAzureCredential`
+#### Enabling interactive authentication with `DefaultAzureCredential`
 
 Interactive authentication is disabled in the `DefaultAzureCredential` by
 default and can be enabled with a keyword argument:
@@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ When enabled, `DefaultAzureCredential` falls back to interactively
 authenticating via the system's default web browser when no other credential is
 available.
 
+#### Specifying a user assigned managed identity for `DefaultAzureCredential`
+
+Many Azure hosts allow the assignment of a user assigned managed identity. To
+configure `DefaultAzureCredential` to authenticate a user assigned identity,
+use the `managed_identity_client_id` keyword argument:
+
+```py
+DefaultAzureCredential(managed_identity_client_id=client_id)
+```
+
+Alternatively, set the environment variable `AZURE_CLIENT_ID` to the identity's
+client ID.
+
 ### Defining a custom authentication flow with `ChainedTokenCredential`
 
 `DefaultAzureCredential` is generally the quickest way to get started developing

diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 # ------------------------------------
-VERSION = "1.5.1"
+VERSION = "1.6.0b1"
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/setup.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     author_email="[email protected]",
     url="https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/master/sdk/identity/azure-identity",
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",