Data Lake Storage connector not working in Desktop after Nov 2018 update

After updating Desktop to Nov 2018, my existing reports with Azure Data Lake Storage connections now fail to refresh, nor can I create a new connection to my Azure Data Lake Storage account. I have ...

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MatthewAWC

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7 years ago

Just tried again after updating Desktop to 2.64.5285.741 64-bit (November, 2018) and exactly the same problem remains. I keep getting a message "Please specify how to connect" whether I use the connector, or use the query that was suggested in this thread.

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