diff --git a/pkg/controllers/clusterinventory/clusterprofile/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/clusterinventory/clusterprofile/controller.go
index b1de43f80..52c01a7ee 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/clusterinventory/clusterprofile/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/clusterinventory/clusterprofile/controller.go
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ func (r *Reconciler) fillInClusterStatus(mc *clusterv1beta1.MemberCluster, cp *c
 	} else {
 		// throw an alert
 		_ = controller.NewUnexpectedBehaviorError(fmt.Errorf("cluster certificate authority data not found in member cluster %s status", mc.Name))
-		cp.Status.AccessProviders[0].Cluster.InsecureSkipTLSVerify = true
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/propertyprovider/azure/provider.go b/pkg/propertyprovider/azure/provider.go
index a02fcb469..ba1be87c3 100644
--- a/pkg/propertyprovider/azure/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/propertyprovider/azure/provider.go
@@ -261,9 +261,13 @@ func (p *PropertyProvider) Start(ctx context.Context, config *rest.Config) error
 		}
 		p.clusterCertificateAuthority = cadata
 		p.clusterCertificateAuthorityObservedTime = time.Now()
+		klog.V(2).Info("Cached cluster certificate authority data from file")
+	} else if len(config.CAData) > 0 {
+		p.clusterCertificateAuthority = config.CAData
+		p.clusterCertificateAuthorityObservedTime = time.Now()
 		klog.V(2).Info("Cached cluster certificate authority data")
 	} else {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("rest.Config CAFile empty: %s", config.CAFile)
+		err := fmt.Errorf("rest.Config has empty CAFile and CAData")
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "No certificate authority data available in rest.Config")
 	}