The name is not case sensitive. It must be unique within the domain. You can change this property after you create the connection. The name cannot exceed 128 characters, contain spaces, or contain the following special characters:

~ ` ! $ % ^ & * ( ) - + = { [ } ] | \ : ; " ' < , > . ? /

Optional. Description that you use to identity the connection.

The description cannot exceed 765 characters.

You cannot run a database ingestion or streaming ingestion task on a Hosted Agent or serverless runtime environment.

Select one of the following options:

Service Principal Authentication
. Select to use the client ID, client secret, and tenant ID to connect to Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
Shared Key Authentication
. Select to use 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.

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 managed identity is system-assigned, leave the field empty.

The client secret key to complete the OAuth authentication in the Azure Active Directory.

The directory ID of the Azure Active Directory.

The account key for the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account.

You can select one of the following syntax:

/
for root directory.
/dir1
dir1/dir2

There is no default directory.

You can choose one of the following endpoints:

core.windows.net
. Default
core.usgovcloudapi.net
. To select the Azure Government endpoints.