diff --git a/lib/srv/db/access_test.go b/lib/srv/db/access_test.go
index 9a4f3d0ab7925..d6a5c8152da6b 100644
--- a/lib/srv/db/access_test.go
+++ b/lib/srv/db/access_test.go
@@ -281,13 +281,18 @@ func TestAccessMySQL(t *testing.T) {
 // TestAccessRedis verifies access scenarios to a Redis database based
 // on the configured RBAC rules.
 func TestAccessRedis(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	testCtx := setupTestContext(ctx, t, withSelfHostedRedis("redis"))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+	testCtx := setupTestContext(ctx, t,
+		withSelfHostedRedis("redis"),
+		withAzureRedis("azure-redis", azureRedisToken))
 	go testCtx.startHandlingConnections()
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		// desc is the test case description.
 		desc string
+		// dbService is the name of the database service to connect to.
+		dbService string
 		// user is the Teleport local username the test will use.
 		user string
 		// role is the Teleport role name to create and assign to the user.
@@ -301,6 +306,7 @@ func TestAccessRedis(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			desc:         "has access to all database users",
+			dbService:    "redis",
 			user:         "alice",
 			role:         "admin",
 			allowDbUsers: []string{types.Wildcard},
@@ -308,6 +314,7 @@ func TestAccessRedis(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			desc:         "has access to nothing",
+			dbService:    "redis",
 			user:         "alice",
 			role:         "admin",
 			allowDbUsers: []string{},
@@ -316,6 +323,7 @@ func TestAccessRedis(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			desc:         "access allowed to specific user",
+			dbService:    "redis",
 			user:         "alice",
 			role:         "admin",
 			allowDbUsers: []string{"alice"},
@@ -323,12 +331,30 @@ func TestAccessRedis(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			desc:         "access denied to specific user",
+			dbService:    "redis",
 			user:         "alice",
 			role:         "admin",
 			allowDbUsers: []string{"alice"},
 			dbUser:       "root",
 			err:          "access to db denied",
 		},
+		{
+			desc:         "azure access allowed to default user",
+			dbService:    "azure-redis",
+			user:         "alice",
+			role:         "admin",
+			allowDbUsers: []string{"default"},
+			dbUser:       "default",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:         "azure access denied to non-default user",
+			dbService:    "azure-redis",
+			user:         "alice",
+			role:         "admin",
+			allowDbUsers: []string{"alice"},
+			dbUser:       "alice",
+			err:          "access denied to non-default db user",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -336,9 +362,8 @@ func TestAccessRedis(t *testing.T) {
 			// Create user/role with the requested permissions.
 			testCtx.createUserAndRole(ctx, t, test.user, test.role, test.allowDbUsers, []string{types.Wildcard})
 
-			ctx := context.Background()
 			// Try to connect to the database as this user.
-			redisClient, err := testCtx.redisClient(ctx, test.user, "redis", test.dbUser)
+			redisClient, err := testCtx.redisClient(ctx, test.user, test.dbService, test.dbUser)
 			if test.err != "" {
 				require.Error(t, err)
 				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), test.err)
diff --git a/lib/srv/db/redis/engine.go b/lib/srv/db/redis/engine.go
index 9c0dcd760e5dc..51e66ce022011 100644
--- a/lib/srv/db/redis/engine.go
+++ b/lib/srv/db/redis/engine.go
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ func (e *Engine) InitializeConnection(clientConn net.Conn, sessionCtx *common.Se
 // authorizeConnection does authorization check for Redis connection about
 // to be established.
 func (e *Engine) authorizeConnection(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if err := e.checkDefaultUserRequired(); err != nil {
+		e.Audit.OnSessionStart(e.Context, e.sessionCtx, err)
+		return trace.Wrap(err)
+	}
 	authPref, err := e.Auth.GetAuthPreference(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return trace.Wrap(err)
@@ -104,6 +108,24 @@ func (e *Engine) authorizeConnection(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// checkDefaultUserRequired checks if the session db user is the "default" Redis
+// user, and checks if the session db user must be the default user.
+// When the session db user is not "default", but it's required to be "default",
+// return an error.
+func (e *Engine) checkDefaultUserRequired() error {
+	// When the db user is already "default", there's no need to check if it's
+	// required to be "default".
+	if defaults.DefaultRedisUsername == e.sessionCtx.DatabaseUser {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if e.sessionCtx.Database.IsAzure() {
+		return trace.AccessDenied("access denied to non-default db user: "+
+			"Azure Cache for Redis requires authentication as default user %q",
+			defaults.DefaultRedisUsername)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SendError sends error message to connected client.
 func (e *Engine) SendError(redisErr error) {
 	if redisErr == nil || utils.IsOKNetworkError(redisErr) {
diff --git a/lib/srv/db/redis/protocol/resp2_test.go b/lib/srv/db/redis/protocol/resp2_test.go
index eed140d34169f..8ac9a90a7bf2c 100644
--- a/lib/srv/db/redis/protocol/resp2_test.go
+++ b/lib/srv/db/redis/protocol/resp2_test.go
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ func TestMakeUnknownCommandErrorForCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:          "HELLO",
-			command:       []interface{}{"HELLO", 3, "user", "TOKEN"},
-			expectedError: "ERR unknown command 'HELLO', with args beginning with: '3' 'user' 'TOKEN'",
+			command:       []interface{}{"HELLO", 3, "AUTH", "user", "TOKEN"},
+			expectedError: "ERR unknown command 'HELLO', with args beginning with: '3' 'AUTH' 'user' 'TOKEN'",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "no extra args",