# Cognitive Services Management

For general information on resource management, see Resource Management.

## Create the management client

The following code creates an instance of the management client.

You will need to provide your `subscription_id` which can be retrieved from your subscription list.

See Resource Management Authentication for details on handling Azure Active Directory authentication with the Python SDK, and creating a `Credentials` instance.

    from azure.mgmt.cognitiveservices import CognitiveServicesManagementClient
    from azure.common.credentials import UserPassCredentials

    # Replace this with your subscription id
    subscription_id = '33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333'

    # See above for details on creating different types of AAD credentials
    credentials = UserPassCredentials(
        'user@domain.com',  # Your user
        'my_password',      # Your password
    )

    cognitiveservices_client = CognitiveServicesManagementClient(
        credentials,
        subscription_id
    )