diff --git a/mi-sql-public-demo/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/mi-sql-public-demo/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a8898f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mi-sql-public-demo/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+  <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>shade</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <transformers>
+                <transformer>
+                  <mainClass>com.example.MainSQL</mainClass>
+                </transformer>
+              </transformers>
+              <filters>
+                <filter>
+                  <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
+                </filter>
+              </filters>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.azure.spring</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-cloud-azure-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>5.22.0</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/mi-sql-public-demo/src/main/java/com/example/MainSQL.java b/mi-sql-public-demo/src/main/java/com/example/MainSQL.java
index 5a8f9a5..e26dcb1 100644
--- a/mi-sql-public-demo/src/main/java/com/example/MainSQL.java
+++ b/mi-sql-public-demo/src/main/java/com/example/MainSQL.java
@@ -11,6 +11,29 @@
 
 public class MainSQL {
 
+    /**
+     * Resolves environment variable placeholders in the format ${VAR_NAME}
+     */
+    private static String resolveEnvironmentVariables(String input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        
+        String result = input;
+        java.util.regex.Pattern pattern = java.util.regex.Pattern.compile("\\$\\{([^}]+)\\}");
+        java.util.regex.Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
+        
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            String envVar = matcher.group(1);
+            String envValue = System.getenv(envVar);
+            if (envValue != null) {
+                result = result.replace("${" + envVar + "}", envValue);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return result;
+    }
+
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         
@@ -30,8 +53,12 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         String connString = properties.getProperty("AZURE_SQLDB_CONNECTIONSTRING");
         String clientId = properties.getProperty("AZURE_CLIENT_ID");
         
+        // Resolve environment variables in connection string
+        connString = resolveEnvironmentVariables(connString);
+        clientId = resolveEnvironmentVariables(clientId);
+        
         connString = connString + ";msiClientId=" + clientId + ";authentication=ActiveDirectoryMSI";
-        System.out.print(connString);
+        System.out.println("Connection string: " + connString);
         
         SQLServerDataSource ds = new SQLServerDataSource();
         ds.setURL(connString);
diff --git a/mi-sql-public-demo/src/main/resources/application.properties b/mi-sql-public-demo/src/main/resources/application.properties
index ed7d015..d4813cc 100644
--- a/mi-sql-public-demo/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/mi-sql-public-demo/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AZURE_SQLDB_CONNECTIONSTRING=jdbc:sqlserver://${AZ_DATABASE_SERVER_NAME}.database.windows.net:1433;database=demo;encrypt=true;trustServerCertificate=false;hostNameInCertificate=*.database.windows.net;loginTimeout=30;
-AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<your managed identity client id>
+AZURE_CLIENT_ID=${AZURE_CLIENT_ID}
 
 # Enable Azure managed identity for Spring Cloud Azure
 spring.cloud.azure.credential.managed-identity-enabled=true