Microsoft Azure Fabric Warehouse connection
To access your data in Microsoft Azure Fabric Warehouse, create a connection asset for it.
Microsoft Azure Fabric Warehouse is a cloud-native relational data warehouse. It handles structured data for analytics and integration with other tools.
Create a connection to Microsoft Azure Fabric Warehouse
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Hostname or IP address: The SQL endpoint of the Fabric Warehouse or IP address of the database.
- Port number: The port of the database.
- Database name: The name of the database.
- Use Proxy server: Enable the use of a proxy server to connect to the data source. If enabled, enter the information for the proxy server.
Credentials
Choose an authentication method:
Microsoft Entra ID is a cloud-based identity and access management service. To obtain connection values for the Entra ID authentication method, sign in to the Microsoft Azure portal. For information about Entra ID, refer to the following Microsoft documentation:
Entra ID client secret credential
- Client ID: The client ID for authorizing access to Microsoft Azure. To find the Client ID for your application, select Microsoft Entra ID. From App registrations, select your application. Click Copy to copy the Client ID of your application. For more information, see Register a Microsoft Entra app and create a service principal.
- Client secret: The authentication key that is associated with the client ID for authorizing access to Microsoft Azure. To find the Client secret for your application, select Microsoft Entra ID. From App registrations, select your application. Go to Certificates & secrets > Client secrets. Click Copy to copy the existing Client secret or click New client secret to create a new Client secret and copy it. For more information, see Register a Microsoft Entra app and create a service principal.
Entra ID username password credential
Username and Password for the Microsoft Azure account.
For Private connectivity, to connect to a database that is not externalized to the internet (for example, behind a firewall), you must set up a secure connection.
If you connect with IBM Cloud Satellite, you need to set the Proxy connection policy on the Azure server in order to connect to the Azure SQL Database. For more information, see Azure SQL Database connectivity architecture.