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Connect to Microsoft Fabric

Let's configure the Microsoft Fabric connection properties to connect to Microsoft Fabric.

Before you begin

Before you get started, you'll need to get information from your Microsoft Fabric account based on the authentication type that you want to configure.
Check out Prepare for authentication to learn more about the authentication prerequisties.

Connection details

The following table describes the basic connection properties:
Property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the connection.
Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Use Secret Vault
Stores sensitive credentials for this connection in the secrets manager that is configured for your organization.
This property appears only if secrets manager is set up for your organization.
This property is not supported by Data Ingestion and Replication and the Data Access Management services.
When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select the credentials that the Secure Agent retrieves from the secrets manager. If you don't enable this option, the credentials are stored in the repository or on a local Secure Agent, depending on how your organization is configured.
Note:
If you’re using this connection to apply data access policies through pushdown or proxy services, you cannot use the Secret Vault configuration option.
For information about how to configure and use a secrets manager, see "Secrets manager configuration" in the Administrator help.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks. Select a Secure Agent or serverless runtime environment.
Authentication Type
The authentication type to use for the connection. Choose to connect using the Admin User option or the Service Principal option.

Authentication types

You can configure your Microsoft Fabric connection to use either the Admin User or Service Principal authentication type.
Select the required authentication type and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.

Admin User authentication

Admin User authentication requires your Microsoft Fabric account user name and password.
The following table describes the connection properties for the Admin User authentication:
Property
Description
Cloud URL
URL to connect to the Microsoft Fabric account.
Client ID
Unique identifier of your application registered in Microsoft Entra ID.
User Name
User name to connect to the Microsoft Fabric account.
Password
Password associated with the user name.

Service Principal authentication

Service Principal authentication requires the tenant ID and client secret of your application.
The following table describes the connection properties for the Service Principal authentication:
Property
Description
Cloud URL
URL to connect to the Microsoft Fabric account.
Authentication URL
URL to authenticate the application with Microsoft Entra ID.
Scope
Resource identifier that specifies the permissions requested for the application.
Client ID
Unique identifier of your application registered in Microsoft Entra ID.
Tenant ID
Unique identifier of the tenant registered in Microsoft Entra ID.
Client Secret
Secret key generated for the application in Microsoft Entra ID. It authenticates the application.