Connect Azure Synapse Analytics
Supported authentication methods
The supported authentication methods are:
- Microsoft Entra ID service principal
- Active Directory password
- SQL server authentication
Microsoft Entra ID service principal
The following are the required fields for setting up a connection with Azure Synapse Analytics using Microsoft Entra ID service principal authentication.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Server | The service principal's Synapse host name value (without the trailing string , 1433) for the Synapse test endpoint. |
| Port | The port to connect to Azure Synapse Analytics. You can use 1433 (the default), which is the standard SQL server port number. |
| Database | The service principal's database value for the Synapse test endpoint. |
| Authentication | Choose Service Principal from the dropdown. |
| Tenant ID | The service principal's Directory (tenant) ID. |
| Client ID | The service principal's application (client) ID id. |
| Client secret | The service principal's client secret (not the client secret id). |
Active Directory password
The following are the required fields for setting up a connection with Azure Synapse Analytics using Active Directory password authentication.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Server | The server hostname to connect to Azure Synapse Analytics. |
| Port | The server port. You can use 1433 (the default), which is the standard SQL server port number. |
| Database | The database name. |
| Authentication | Choose Active Directory Password from the dropdown. |
| User | The AD username. |
| Password | The AD username's password. |
SQL server authentication
The following are the required fields for setting up a connection with Azure Synapse Analytics using SQL server authentication.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Server | The server hostname or IP to connect to Azure Synapse Analytics. |
| Port | The server port. You can use 1433 (the default), which is the standard SQL server port number. |
| Database | The database name. |
| Authentication | Choose SQL from the dropdown. |
| User | The username. |
| Password | The username's password. |
Configuration
To learn how to optimize performance with data platform-specific configurations in dbt, refer to Microsoft Azure Synapse DWH configurations.
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