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DP-203 · Question #308

DP-203 Question #308: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: Use a native external table and authenticate by using a shared access signature (SAS).. Serverless SQL Pools cannot use Hadoop, Only Native. Access Key Auth is never best practice therefore leaving only A as a viable answer. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-tables-external- tables?tabs=hadoop

Submitted by anna_se· Mar 30, 2026

Question

You have an Azure subscription that contains an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account named account1 and an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace named workspace1. You need to create an external table in a serverless SQL pool in workspace1. The external table will reference CSV files stored in account1. The solution must maximize performance. How should you configure the external table?

Options

  • AUse a native external table and authenticate by using a shared access signature (SAS).
  • BUse a native external table and authenticate by using a storage account key.
  • CUse an Apache Hadoop external table and authenticate by using a shared access signature
  • DUse an Apache Hadoop external table and authenticate by using a service principal in Microsoft

Explanation

Serverless SQL Pools cannot use Hadoop, Only Native. Access Key Auth is never best practice therefore leaving only A as a viable answer. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-tables-external- tables?tabs=hadoop

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