diff --git a/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context.go b/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context.go
index 046b743292f..ae71f06eaf1 100644
--- a/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context.go
+++ b/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context.go
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
-	claims "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 )
 
 type ctxUserKey struct{}
 
 // WithRequester attaches the requester to the context.
 func WithRequester(ctx context.Context, usr Requester) context.Context {
-	ctx = claims.WithAuthInfo(ctx, usr) // also set the upstream auth info claims
+	ctx = types.WithAuthInfo(ctx, usr) // also set the upstream auth info claims
 	return context.WithValue(ctx, ctxUserKey{}, usr)
 }
 
@@ -29,3 +29,54 @@ func GetRequester(ctx context.Context) (Requester, error) {
 func checkNilRequester(r Requester) bool {
 	return r == nil || (reflect.ValueOf(r).Kind() == reflect.Ptr && reflect.ValueOf(r).IsNil())
 }
+
+const serviceName = "service"
+
+// WithServiceIdentitiy sets creates an identity representing the service itself in provided org and store it in context.
+// This is useful for background tasks that has to communicate with unfied storage. It also returns a Requester with
+// static permissions so it can be used in legacy code paths.
+func WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx context.Context, orgID int64) (context.Context, Requester) {
+	r := &StaticRequester{
+		Type:           types.TypeAccessPolicy,
+		Name:           serviceName,
+		UserUID:        serviceName,
+		AuthID:         serviceName,
+		Login:          serviceName,
+		OrgRole:        RoleAdmin,
+		IsGrafanaAdmin: true,
+		OrgID:          orgID,
+		Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{
+			orgID: serviceIdentityPermissions,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return WithRequester(ctx, r), r
+}
+
+func getWildcardPermissions(actions ...string) map[string][]string {
+	permissions := make(map[string][]string, len(actions))
+	for _, a := range actions {
+		permissions[a] = []string{"*"}
+	}
+	return permissions
+}
+
+// serviceIdentityPermissions is a list of wildcard permissions for provided actions.
+// We should add every action required "internally" here.
+var serviceIdentityPermissions = getWildcardPermissions(
+	"folders:read",
+	"folders:write",
+	"folders:create",
+	"dashboards:read",
+	"dashboards:write",
+	"dashboards:create",
+	"datasources:read",
+)
+
+func IsServiceIdentity(ctx context.Context) bool {
+	ident, err := GetRequester(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return ident.GetUID() == types.NewTypeID(types.TypeAccessPolicy, serviceName)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters/requester.go b/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters/requester.go
index 12c19457435..ccdb2c5d2c2 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters/requester.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters/requester.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 func WithRequester(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		ctx := req.Context()
-		requester, err := identity.GetRequester(ctx)
+		_, err := identity.GetRequester(ctx)
 		if err == nil {
 			handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 			return
@@ -24,54 +24,27 @@ func WithRequester(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 		// Find the kubernetes user info
 		info, ok := request.UserFrom(ctx)
-		if ok {
-			if info.GetName() == user.Anonymous {
-				requester = &identity.StaticRequester{
-					Type:        claims.TypeAnonymous,
-					Name:        info.GetName(),
-					Login:       info.GetName(),
-					Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{},
-				}
-			}
-
-			if info.GetName() == user.APIServerUser ||
-				slices.Contains(info.GetGroups(), user.SystemPrivilegedGroup) {
-				orgId := int64(1)
-				requester = &identity.StaticRequester{
-					Type:    claims.TypeServiceAccount, // system:apiserver
-					UserID:  1,
-					OrgID:   orgId,
-					Name:    info.GetName(),
-					Login:   info.GetName(),
-					OrgRole: identity.RoleAdmin,
-
-					IsGrafanaAdmin: true,
-					Namespace:      "default",
-
-					Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{
-						orgId: {
-							"*": {"*"}, // all resources, all scopes
-							// FIXME(kalleep): We don't support wildcard actions so we need to list all possible actions
-							// for this user. This is not scalable and we should look into how to fix this.
-							"org.users:read": {"*"},
-							// Dashboards do not support wildcard action
-							// dashboards.ActionDashboardsRead:   {"*"},
-							// dashboards.ActionDashboardsCreate: {"*"},
-							// dashboards.ActionDashboardsWrite:  {"*"},
-							// dashboards.ActionDashboardsDelete: {"*"},
-							// dashboards.ActionFoldersCreate:    {"*"},
-							// dashboards.ActionFoldersRead:      {dashboards.ScopeFoldersAll}, // access to read all folders
-						},
-					},
-				}
-			}
-
-			if requester != nil {
-				req = req.WithContext(identity.WithRequester(ctx, requester))
-			} else {
-				klog.V(5).Info("unable to map the k8s user to grafana requester", "user", info)
-			}
+		if !ok {
+			handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+			return
 		}
+
+		if ok && info.GetName() == user.Anonymous {
+			req = req.WithContext(identity.WithRequester(ctx, &identity.StaticRequester{
+				Type:        claims.TypeAnonymous,
+				Name:        info.GetName(),
+				Login:       info.GetName(),
+				Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{},
+			}))
+		} else if ok && info.GetName() == user.APIServerUser ||
+			slices.Contains(info.GetGroups(), user.SystemPrivilegedGroup) {
+			// For system:apiserver we use the identity of the service itself
+			ctx, _ = identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, 1)
+			req = req.WithContext(ctx)
+		} else {
+			klog.V(5).Info("unable to map the k8s user to grafana requester", "user", info)
+		}
+
 		handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter_syncer.go b/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter_syncer.go
index 2b9aeb48d51..816de7ba50d 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter_syncer.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter_syncer.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
-	claims "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 )
@@ -159,11 +158,8 @@ func legacyToUnifiedStorageDataSyncer(ctx context.Context, cfg *SyncerConfig) (b
 		log.Info("starting legacyToUnifiedStorageDataSyncer")
 		startSync := time.Now()
 
-		// Add a claim to the context to allow the background job to use the underlying access_token permissions.
-		orgId := int64(1)
-
 		ctx = klog.NewContext(ctx, log)
-		ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getSyncRequester(orgId))
+		ctx, _ = identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, 0)
 		ctx = request.WithNamespace(ctx, cfg.RequestInfo.Namespace)
 		ctx = request.WithRequestInfo(ctx, cfg.RequestInfo)
 
@@ -298,23 +294,6 @@ func legacyToUnifiedStorageDataSyncer(ctx context.Context, cfg *SyncerConfig) (b
 	return everythingSynced, err
 }
 
-func getSyncRequester(orgId int64) *identity.StaticRequester {
-	return &identity.StaticRequester{
-		Type:           claims.TypeServiceAccount, // system:apiserver
-		UserID:         1,
-		OrgID:          orgId,
-		Name:           "admin",
-		Login:          "admin",
-		OrgRole:        identity.RoleAdmin,
-		IsGrafanaAdmin: true,
-		Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{
-			orgId: {
-				"*": {"*"}, // all resources, all scopes
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func getList(ctx context.Context, obj rest.Lister, listOptions *metainternalversion.ListOptions) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	ll, err := obj.List(ctx, listOptions)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/dualwrite/collectors.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/dualwrite/collectors.go
index c5fee947a73..1e8f77f6875 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/dualwrite/collectors.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/dualwrite/collectors.go
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ import (
 
 	openfgav1 "github.com/openfga/api/proto/openfga/v1"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	authzextv1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authz/proto/v1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authz/zanzana"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/folder"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
@@ -71,18 +70,11 @@ func folderTreeCollector(folderService folder.Service) legacyTupleCollector {
 		ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "accesscontrol.migrator.folderTreeCollector")
 		defer span.End()
 
-		user := &user.SignedInUser{
-			Login:            "folder-tree-collector",
-			OrgRole:          "Admin",
-			IsGrafanaAdmin:   true,
-			IsServiceAccount: true,
-			Permissions:      map[int64]map[string][]string{orgID: {dashboards.ActionFoldersRead: {dashboards.ScopeFoldersAll}}},
-			OrgID:            orgID,
-		}
+		ctx, ident := identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, orgID)
 
 		q := folder.GetFoldersQuery{
 			OrgID:        orgID,
-			SignedInUser: user,
+			SignedInUser: ident,
 		}
 
 		folders, err := folderService.GetFolders(ctx, q)
diff --git a/pkg/services/authn/grpcutils/grpc_authenticator.go b/pkg/services/authn/grpcutils/grpc_authenticator.go
index 421477ecb9d..500adda2b53 100644
--- a/pkg/services/authn/grpcutils/grpc_authenticator.go
+++ b/pkg/services/authn/grpcutils/grpc_authenticator.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ func NewInProcGrpcAuthenticator() *authnlib.GrpcAuthenticator {
 	// In proc grpc ID token signature verification can be skipped
 	return authnlib.NewUnsafeGrpcAuthenticator(
 		&authnlib.GrpcAuthenticatorConfig{},
-		authnlib.WithDisableAccessTokenAuthOption(),
 		authnlib.WithIDTokenAuthOption(false),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/authn/grpcutils/inproc_exchanger.go b/pkg/services/authn/grpcutils/inproc_exchanger.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7e24ffed7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/authn/grpcutils/inproc_exchanger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package grpcutils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3/jwt"
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/authn"
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
+)
+
+type inProcExchanger struct {
+	tokenResponse *authn.TokenExchangeResponse
+}
+
+func ProvideInProcExchanger() *inProcExchanger {
+	tokenResponse, err := createInProcToken()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return &inProcExchanger{tokenResponse}
+}
+
+func (e *inProcExchanger) Exchange(ctx context.Context, r authn.TokenExchangeRequest) (*authn.TokenExchangeResponse, error) {
+	return e.tokenResponse, nil
+}
+
+func createInProcToken() (*authn.TokenExchangeResponse, error) {
+	claims := authn.Claims[authn.AccessTokenClaims]{
+		Claims: jwt.Claims{
+			Audience: []string{"resourceStore"},
+			Issuer:   "grafana",
+			Subject:  types.NewTypeID(types.TypeAccessPolicy, "grafana"),
+		},
+		Rest: authn.AccessTokenClaims{
+			Namespace:            "*",
+			Permissions:          []string{"folder.grafana.app:*", "dashboard.grafana.app:*"},
+			DelegatedPermissions: []string{"folder.grafana.app:*", "dashboard.grafana.app:*"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	header, err := json.Marshal(map[string]string{
+		"alg": "none",
+		"typ": authn.TokenTypeAccess,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	payload, err := json.Marshal(claims)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &authn.TokenExchangeResponse{
+		Token: fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.", base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(header), base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(payload)),
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
index 3da1c24a2e3..e59070b8c24 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboardaccess"
 	dashboardsearch "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards/service/search"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/folder"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/guardian"
@@ -54,14 +53,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	provisionerPermissions = []accesscontrol.Permission{
-		{Action: dashboards.ActionFoldersCreate, Scope: dashboards.ScopeFoldersAll},
-		{Action: dashboards.ActionFoldersWrite, Scope: dashboards.ScopeFoldersAll},
-		{Action: dashboards.ActionFoldersRead, Scope: dashboards.ScopeFoldersAll},
-		{Action: dashboards.ActionDashboardsCreate, Scope: dashboards.ScopeFoldersAll},
-		{Action: dashboards.ActionDashboardsWrite, Scope: dashboards.ScopeFoldersAll},
-		{Action: datasources.ActionRead, Scope: datasources.ScopeAll},
-	}
 	// DashboardServiceImpl implements the DashboardService interface
 	_ dashboards.DashboardService             = (*DashboardServiceImpl)(nil)
 	_ dashboards.DashboardProvisioningService = (*DashboardServiceImpl)(nil)
@@ -164,7 +155,7 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) Count(ctx context.Context, scopeParams *quota.Sc
 
 		total := int64(0)
 		for _, org := range orgs {
-			ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getDashboardBackgroundRequester(org.ID))
+			ctx, _ := identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, org.ID)
 			orgDashboards, err := dr.CountDashboardsInOrg(ctx, org.ID)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
@@ -228,21 +219,6 @@ func readQuotaConfig(cfg *setting.Cfg) (*quota.Map, error) {
 	return limits, nil
 }
 
-func getDashboardBackgroundRequester(orgId int64) *identity.StaticRequester {
-	return &identity.StaticRequester{
-		Type:   claims.TypeServiceAccount,
-		UserID: 1,
-		OrgID:  orgId,
-		Name:   "dashboard-background",
-		Login:  "dashboard-background",
-		Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{
-			orgId: {
-				"*": {"*"},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) GetProvisionedDashboardData(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]*dashboards.DashboardProvisioning, error) {
 	if dr.features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagKubernetesCliDashboards) {
 		orgs, err := dr.orgService.Search(ctx, &org.SearchOrgsQuery{})
@@ -581,6 +557,7 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) DeleteOrphanedProvisionedDashboards(ctx context.
 		}
 
 		for _, org := range orgs {
+			ctx, _ := identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, org.ID)
 			// find all dashboards in the org that have a file repo set that is not in the given readers list
 			foundDashs, err := dr.searchProvisionedDashboardsThroughK8s(ctx, dashboards.FindPersistedDashboardsQuery{
 				ProvisionedReposNotIn: cmd.ReaderNames,
@@ -592,7 +569,6 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) DeleteOrphanedProvisionedDashboards(ctx context.
 
 			// delete them
 			for _, foundDash := range foundDashs {
-				ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getDashboardBackgroundRequester(org.ID))
 				if err = dr.deleteDashboard(ctx, foundDash.DashboardID, foundDash.DashboardUID, org.ID, false); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -682,8 +658,8 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) SaveProvisionedDashboard(ctx context.Context, dt
 		dto.Dashboard.Data.Set("refresh", dr.cfg.MinRefreshInterval)
 	}
 
-	dto.User = accesscontrol.BackgroundUser("dashboard_provisioning", dto.OrgID, org.RoleAdmin, provisionerPermissions)
-	ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getDashboardBackgroundRequester(dto.OrgID))
+	ctx, ident := identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, dto.OrgID)
+	dto.User = ident
 
 	cmd, err := dr.BuildSaveDashboardCommand(ctx, dto, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -722,8 +698,8 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) SaveFolderForProvisionedDashboards(ctx context.C
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "dashboards.service.SaveFolderForProvisionedDashboards")
 	defer span.End()
 
-	dto.SignedInUser = accesscontrol.BackgroundUser("dashboard_provisioning", dto.OrgID, org.RoleAdmin, provisionerPermissions)
-	ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getDashboardBackgroundRequester(dto.OrgID))
+	ctx, ident := identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, dto.OrgID)
+	dto.SignedInUser = ident
 
 	f, err := dr.folderService.Create(ctx, dto)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -867,7 +843,7 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) GetDashboardByPublicUid(ctx context.Context, das
 
 // DeleteProvisionedDashboard removes dashboard from the DB even if it is provisioned.
 func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) DeleteProvisionedDashboard(ctx context.Context, dashboardId int64, orgId int64) error {
-	ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getDashboardBackgroundRequester(orgId))
+	ctx, _ = identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, orgId)
 	return dr.deleteDashboard(ctx, dashboardId, "", orgId, false)
 }
 
@@ -949,7 +925,7 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) UnprovisionDashboard(ctx context.Context, dashbo
 		}
 
 		for _, org := range orgs {
-			ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getDashboardBackgroundRequester(org.ID))
+			ctx, _ = identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, org.ID)
 			dash, err := dr.getDashboardThroughK8s(ctx, &dashboards.GetDashboardQuery{OrgID: org.ID, ID: dashboardId})
 			if err != nil {
 				// if we can't find it in this org, try the next one
@@ -1720,7 +1696,7 @@ type dashboardProvisioningWithUID struct {
 }
 
 func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) searchProvisionedDashboardsThroughK8s(ctx context.Context, query dashboards.FindPersistedDashboardsQuery) ([]*dashboardProvisioningWithUID, error) {
-	ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getDashboardBackgroundRequester(query.OrgId))
+	ctx, _ = identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, query.OrgId)
 
 	if query.ProvisionedRepo != "" {
 		query.ProvisionedRepo = provisionedFileNameWithPrefix(query.ProvisionedRepo)
diff --git a/pkg/services/stats/statsimpl/stats.go b/pkg/services/stats/statsimpl/stats.go
index cd379f23242..6cebff6ee19 100644
--- a/pkg/services/stats/statsimpl/stats.go
+++ b/pkg/services/stats/statsimpl/stats.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	claims "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ type sqlStatsService struct {
 func (ss *sqlStatsService) getDashboardCount(ctx context.Context, orgs []*org.OrgDTO) (int64, error) {
 	count := int64(0)
 	for _, org := range orgs {
-		ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getStatsRequester(org.ID))
+		ctx, _ = identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, org.ID)
 		dashsCount, err := ss.dashSvc.CountDashboardsInOrg(ctx, org.ID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ func (ss *sqlStatsService) getDashboardCount(ctx context.Context, orgs []*org.Or
 func (ss *sqlStatsService) getTagCount(ctx context.Context, orgs []*org.OrgDTO) (int64, error) {
 	total := 0
 	for _, org := range orgs {
-		ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, getStatsRequester(org.ID))
+		ctx, _ = identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, org.ID)
 		tags, err := ss.dashSvc.GetDashboardTags(ctx, &dashboards.GetDashboardTagsQuery{
 			OrgID: org.ID,
 		})
@@ -75,11 +74,10 @@ func (ss *sqlStatsService) getTagCount(ctx context.Context, orgs []*org.OrgDTO)
 func (ss *sqlStatsService) getFolderCount(ctx context.Context, orgs []*org.OrgDTO) (int64, error) {
 	total := 0
 	for _, org := range orgs {
-		backgroundUser := getStatsRequester(org.ID)
-		ctx = identity.WithRequester(ctx, backgroundUser)
+		ctx, ident := identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(ctx, org.ID)
 		folders, err := ss.folderSvc.GetFolders(ctx, folder.GetFoldersQuery{
 			OrgID:        org.ID,
-			SignedInUser: backgroundUser,
+			SignedInUser: ident,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
@@ -438,18 +436,3 @@ func addToStats(base stats.UserStats, role org.RoleType, count int64) stats.User
 
 	return base
 }
-
-func getStatsRequester(orgId int64) *identity.StaticRequester {
-	return &identity.StaticRequester{
-		Type:   claims.TypeServiceAccount,
-		UserID: 1,
-		OrgID:  orgId,
-		Name:   "stats-requester",
-		Login:  "stats-requester",
-		Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{
-			orgId: {
-				"*": {"*"},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/client.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/client.go
index 068fee8f92d..bd67e68d428 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/client.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/client.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/fullstorydev/grpchan"
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	authnlib "github.com/grafana/authlib/authn"
-	claims "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authn/grpcutils"
@@ -70,8 +72,8 @@ func NewLocalResourceClient(server ResourceServer) ResourceClient {
 	}
 
 	clientInt, _ := authnlib.NewGrpcClientInterceptor(
-		&authnlib.GrpcClientConfig{},
-		authnlib.WithDisableAccessTokenOption(),
+		&authnlib.GrpcClientConfig{TokenRequest: &authnlib.TokenExchangeRequest{}},
+		authnlib.WithTokenClientOption(grpcutils.ProvideInProcExchanger()),
 		authnlib.WithIDTokenExtractorOption(idTokenExtractor),
 	)
 
@@ -131,15 +133,28 @@ func NewCloudResourceClient(tracer tracing.Tracer, conn *grpc.ClientConn, cfg au
 	}, nil
 }
 
+var authLogger = slog.Default().With("logger", "resource-client-auth-interceptor")
+
 func idTokenExtractor(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-	authInfo, ok := claims.AuthInfoFrom(ctx)
+	if identity.IsServiceIdentity(ctx) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	info, ok := types.AuthInfoFrom(ctx)
 	if !ok {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("no claims found")
 	}
 
-	extra := authInfo.GetExtra()
-	if token, exists := extra["id-token"]; exists && len(token) != 0 && token[0] != "" {
-		return token[0], nil
+	if token := info.GetIDToken(); len(token) != 0 {
+		return token, nil
+	}
+
+	if !types.IsIdentityType(info.GetIdentityType(), types.TypeAccessPolicy) {
+		authLogger.Warn(
+			"calling resource store as the service without id token or marking it as the service identity",
+			"subject", info.GetSubject(),
+			"uid", info.GetUID(),
+		)
 	}
 
 	return "", nil
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/client_test.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/client_test.go
index 4c252c08f42..e8c0981b57d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/client_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
-	claims "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 )
 
@@ -16,11 +15,8 @@ func TestIDTokenExtractor(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 		assert.Empty(t, token)
 	})
-	t.Run("should return an empty token for static requester of type service account as grafana admin ", func(t *testing.T) {
-		ctx := identity.WithRequester(context.Background(), &identity.StaticRequester{
-			Type:           claims.TypeServiceAccount,
-			IsGrafanaAdmin: true,
-		})
+	t.Run("should return an empty token when grafana identity is set", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx, _ := identity.WithServiceIdentitiy(context.Background(), 0)
 		token, err := idTokenExtractor(ctx)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Empty(t, token)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/server.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/server.go
index 318d8cabfbf..fab1e585486 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/server.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/server.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 
 	claims "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 )
 
@@ -233,13 +232,7 @@ func NewResourceServer(opts ResourceServerOptions) (ResourceServer, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Make this cancelable
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(claims.WithAuthInfo(context.Background(),
-		&identity.StaticRequester{
-			Type:           claims.TypeServiceAccount,
-			Login:          "watcher", // admin user for watch
-			UserID:         1,
-			IsGrafanaAdmin: true,
-		}))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	s := &server{
 		tracer:      opts.Tracer,
 		log:         logger,
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/sql/test/integration_test.go b/pkg/storage/unified/sql/test/integration_test.go
index c977784714f..5883610bd54 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/sql/test/integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/sql/test/integration_test.go
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3/jwt"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 
-	claims "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/authn"
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/services"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	infraDB "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
@@ -70,15 +71,13 @@ func TestIntegrationBackendHappyPath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
 	}
 
-	testUserA := &identity.StaticRequester{
-		Type:           claims.TypeUser,
-		Login:          "testuser",
-		UserID:         123,
-		UserUID:        "u123",
-		OrgRole:        identity.RoleAdmin,
-		IsGrafanaAdmin: true, // can do anything
-	}
-	ctx := identity.WithRequester(context.Background(), testUserA)
+	ctx := types.WithAuthInfo(context.Background(), authn.NewAccessTokenAuthInfo(authn.Claims[authn.AccessTokenClaims]{
+		Claims: jwt.Claims{
+			Subject: "testuser",
+		},
+		Rest: authn.AccessTokenClaims{},
+	}))
+
 	backend, server := newServer(t, nil)
 
 	stream, err := backend.WatchWriteEvents(context.Background()) // Using a different context to avoid canceling the stream after the DefaultContextTimeout
@@ -420,15 +419,12 @@ func TestClientServer(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	var client resource.ResourceStoreClient
 
-	// Test with an admin identity
-	clientCtx := identity.WithRequester(ctx, &identity.StaticRequester{
-		Type:           claims.TypeUser,
-		Login:          "testuser",
-		UserID:         123,
-		UserUID:        "u123",
-		OrgRole:        identity.RoleAdmin,
-		IsGrafanaAdmin: true, // can do anything
-	})
+	clientCtx := types.WithAuthInfo(context.Background(), authn.NewAccessTokenAuthInfo(authn.Claims[authn.AccessTokenClaims]{
+		Claims: jwt.Claims{
+			Subject: "testuser",
+		},
+		Rest: authn.AccessTokenClaims{},
+	}))
 
 	t.Run("Start and stop service", func(t *testing.T) {
 		err = services.StartAndAwaitRunning(ctx, svc)