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Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connection properties

When you set up a Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connection, configure the connection properties.
The following table describes the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 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.
Type
The Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connection type.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run the tasks.
You cannot run a database ingestion and replication task or streaming ingestion and replication task on a Hosted Agent or serverless runtime environment.
Account Name
Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account name or the service name.
Authentication Type
Authentication type to access the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account.
Select one of the following options:
  • - Service Principal Authentication. Uses the client ID, client secret, and tenant ID to connect to Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
  • - Shared Key Authentication. Uses the account key to connect to Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
  • - Managed Identity Authentication. Select to authenticate using identities that are assigned to applications in Azure to access Azure resources in Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
Client ID
Applies to Service Principal Authentication and Managed Identity Authentication.
The client ID of your application.
To use service principal authentication, specify the application ID or client ID for your application registered in the Azure Active Directory.
To use managed identity authentication, specify the client ID for the user-assigned managed identity. If the permission is provided by system-assigned managed identity, leave the field empty. If there is no system-assigned identity but only a single user-assigned managed identity, you may also leave the field empty.
Client Secret
Applies to Service Principal Authentication.
The client secret key to complete the OAuth authentication in the Azure Active Directory.
Tenant ID
Applies to Service Principal Authentication.
The directory ID of the Azure Active Directory.
Account Key
Applies to Shared Key Authentication.
The account key for the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account.
File System Name
The name of the file system in the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account.
Directory Path
The path of an existing directory without the file system name.
You can select one of the following syntax:
  • - / for root directory
  • - /dir1
  • - dir1/dir2
There is no default directory.
Adls Gen2 End-point
The type of Microsoft Azure endpoints.
Select one of the following endpoints:
  • - core.windows.net. Connects to Azure endpoints.
  • - core.usgovcloudapi.net. Connects to US government Microsoft Azure Data Lake storage Gen2 endpoints.
  • - core.chinacloudapi.cn. Connects to Microsoft Azure Data Lake storage Gen2 endpoints in the China region.
Default is core.windows.net.