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Hi Team,
Am tryin to setup Service principal authentication for sharepoint, should i need to create service account or service principal/ azure app registration is enough?
PLease do help if someone has established this authentication.
If your Fabric workload supports it, then it is recommended using an Azure App Registration (Service Principal). A separate service account is typically not required.
Service Principals are generally more secure, easier to manage, and avoid issues related to passwords, MFA, and user account dependencies.
The exact approach depends on the Fabric component and SharePoint connector being used.
If this post helps, please accept this as a solution. Appreciate your kudos.
Thanks,
PallaviHi Rubininagaraj ,
An Azure App Registration and Service Principal are the same thing.
After creating the app registration, you will need to grant it permissions to the sahrepoint site. Here is a great post for how to do that:
https://heyniels.com/2026/03/15/connect-fabric-to-sharepoint-after-the-acs-retirement/
