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Abhishek_MAQ
Microsoft Employee
11 months ago
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Using Managed Identity for Fabric Lakehouse SQL Analytics Authentication

Hello, I was able to connect to the Fabric Lakehouse SQL Analytics endpoint using pyodbc along with DefaultAzureCredential for authentication in local. However, after switching to Managed Identity a...
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  • Shahid12523's avatar
    Shahid12523
    11 months ago

    Managed Identity is not yet supported for connecting from Azure apps (like Container Apps) to Fabric Lakehouse SQL Analytics.

    ✅ Use Service Principal (SPN) with Microsoft Entra ID instead:

    Register an SPN in Entra ID.

    Enable “Service principals can use Fabric APIs” in tenant settings.

    Grant the SPN workspace + item-level access (e.g., “Read all SQL endpoint data”).

    Connect with Authentication=ActiveDirectoryServicePrincipal.

     

    👉 Managed Identity works in Data Factory/Synapse pipelines, but for app workloads, SPN is the recommended secure option.

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v-lgarikapat
Community Support
11 months ago

Hi Abhishek_MAQ ,

Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.

Shahid12523 

Thanks for your prompt response

Abhishek_MAQ 

 

I wanted to follow up and confirm whether you’ve had the opportunity to review the information provided by Shahid12523   If you have any questions or need further clarification, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

 

We truly appreciate your continued engagement and thank you for being an active and valued member of the community.

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