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title: "Upgrade secrets to the secret reference tables"
slug: "upgrade-secrets-to-the-secret-reference-tables"
tags: ["Task topic"]
updated: 2026-03-20T08:44:06Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:44:03Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/upgrade-secrets-to-the-secret-reference-tables"
---

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# Upgrade secrets to the secret reference tables

For each project, you can migrate from 'locally' stored secrets to centrally stored secrets. To do so, you can automatically collect the locally stored secrets and store these in the centrally stored secret references.

During upgrade:

- All locally stored secrets of the project are collected.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Also, the Azure storage password from the **Connectivity studio parameters** is collected and upgraded.
- For each unique secret, a secret reference is created with an automatically generated name. So, no duplicate secret references are created.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> A secret reference is unique for the secret and environment type combination.
- For each record with a 'local' secret, the secret is removed, and the newly created secret reference is linked to the record.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Usually, you only use this upgrade function once per project during migration from locally to centrally stored secrets.

### Steps

1. Click **Connectivity studio - Integration Design**.
2. In the **Project** field, enter or select a value.
3. Click **Projects**.
4. On the **Action Pane**, click **Deploy**.
5. Click **Upgrade secrets to the Secret reference table**.
6. Click **Yes**.
7. Close the page.