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```appUserIdentity.Id.Apply(x =&gt; {
var reg = new Registry(name, new RegistryArgs
    {
      ResourceGroupName = resourceGroup.Name,
      Location = resourceGroup.Location,
      Sku = new SkuArgs { Name = "Basic" },
      Identity = new IdentityPropertiesArgs
      {
        Type = ResourceIdentityType.UserAssigned,
        UserAssignedIdentities = new InputMap&lt;UserIdentityPropertiesArgs&gt; { { x, new UserIdentityPropertiesArgs() } }
      } 
    });
});```

btw, how do you make the code output format like that?

Hi Adam, thanks! I tried that and got a warning

```ResourceCreatedInsideApply: Resource Registry created from inside Output. Apply(...) potentially would not show up during pulumi preview phase depending on whether or not the value of the output instance is known```

I don't know if it's ok or there is a better way.

About code format: You should click on the `+` button and select text snippet for code output. But you can use the shortcut.

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Sorry, I didn't pay attention to what you were actually doing there. the returned object of the apply as you wrote it is the object x which is an output&lt;string&gt; because you are returning the same object you called without running any function on it. if you want it to be a string.

You can also use lifting with some objects which is cleaner.

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Example 1, userId will be an `Output&lt;string&gt;` which will lead to the same error.

Example 2: I didn't get the line 9. Did you create a new object appUserIdentity?

But any way, I change the code to use the first approach, I ignored the warning message and applied some changes in the code because I was returning a `Registry` object, now, I'm returning `Output&lt;Registry&gt;`

It's not a production code, I'm playing with Pulumi just for fun

Does this work better in example 1?
pulumi.interpolate`${id}`

for example 2 see <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/concepts/inputs-outputs/apply/#accessing-nested-output-values> read the section about lifting.

Hi Adam!
I guess I've found a better way to solve the issue.  Pay attention to lines 3 and 12. The InputMap<T> should receive a dictionary, I tested and it worked.

I got inspiration from this issue on GitHub <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-dotnet/issues/18>

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and time :smile:. I appreciated that