You are designing an Azure Synapse solution that will provide a query interface for the data stored in an Azure Storage account. The storage account is only accessible from a virtual network. You…

The correct answer is A. a managed identity. Managed Identity authentication is required when your storage account is attached to a VNet. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/quickstart-bulk- load-copy-tsql-examples

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You are designing an Azure Synapse solution that will provide a query interface for the data stored in an Azure Storage account. The storage account is only accessible from a virtual network. You need to recommend an authentication mechanism to ensure that the solution can access the source data. What should you recommend?

Options

Aa managed identity
Banonymous public read access
Ca shared key

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A
72% (34)
B
17% (8)
C
11% (5)

Explanation

Managed Identity authentication is required when your storage account is attached to a VNet. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/quickstart-bulk- load-copy-tsql-examples

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#managed identity#Azure Storage#virtual network#authentication

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