Yes, Azure Key Vault can serve as an alternative to secret scopes. Azure Key Vault is a storage that can store any confidential information. To use Azure Key Vault as an alternative, you need to set it up first. Create a key value that you want to save in Azure Key Vault with restricted access. It is not required to update the scoped secret even if the value of the secret has to be modified in any way. Using Azure Key Vault as an alternative to secret scopes has many associated benefits, of which the most important one is getting rid of the headache of keeping track of secrets in multiple workspaces at the same time.