Data source of type web with service principal and certificate error

[Intm]

Hell all.

I have a workspace with a semantic model where several data sources of type web are configured (they are used to request information from several Azure and Microsoft API's).

The credentials of these data sources were configured with an Entra ID application registration/service principal using this configuration option in the credential settings:

The service principal is using a secret and all data source connections were working fine. But the secret expired and before renewing it (I can not extend it more than 6 months for IT security policies in my environment), I would like to know if it is possible to use a certificate instead of a secret. I used the thumbprint in the of the certificate in the "Service Principal but I am getting only errors:

Are there any alternatives to use this service principal and the certificate instead of secret?

Regards.

[v-pgoloju]

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[GilbertQ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Intm 

As far as I'm aware, I have not seen any options to use certificate authentication. Unfortunately, as a stand right now, I think you can unuse a service principle with a client secret. You can vote or create an idea here. https://aka.ms/FabricIdeas