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Connect to Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Let's configure the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connection properties to connect to Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

Before you begin

Before you configure the connection properties, you'll need to get information from your Azure account.
The following video shows you how to get information from your Azure account:
https://infa.media/3ThYFEB

Connection details

The following table describes the 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.
When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select which 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.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks.
Select the Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent.
Account Name
Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account name or the service name.
File System Name
The name of the file system in the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account.
Directory Path
The path of a directory without the file system name.
Enter a slash (/) for the root directory.
Default is /.

Authentication types

Select your preferred authentication type and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.