Azure Synapse Connection
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Azure Synapse is Microsoft’s analytics service for analyzing large volumes of data with seamless integration.
This topic describes how to authenticate to Azure Synapse and configure any necessary connection properties in the Azure Synapse connection connector.
Connection Configuration
Each connection property available in the Azure Synapse connector is explained below.
Connection Name
The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.
Server
The name of the server running Synapse.
Set this property to the name or network address of the Synapse instance.
Port
The port of the Server hosting the Synapse Database. Default value is 1433.
Database
The name of the Synapse database running on the specified Server.
Auth Scheme
The type of authentication to use when connecting to Azure Synapse.
Possible Values
Password
If Password is selected, additional configuration parameter will get listed.
User
The Azure Synapse user account used to authenticate.
Password
The password used to authenticate the user.
AzureServicePrincipal
Set this to use AzureServicePrincipal authentication.
If AzureServicePrincipal is selected, additional configuration parameters will get listed.
Client ID
The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
Client Secret
The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
Refresh Token
The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.
Azure Tenant
The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tenant is used.
Example: contoso.onmicrosoft.com
Alternatively, specify the tenant Id. This value is the directory Id in the Azure Portal > Azure Active Directory > Properties.
Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.
After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.
If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.
Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.
If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.
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