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Drag and Drop Question You are creating a managed data warehouse solution on Microsoft Azure. You must use PolyBase to retrieve data from Azure Blob storage that resides in parquet format and load…

The correct answer is Create a master key on database.; Create an external data source for Azure Blob storage.; Create an external file format to map the parquet files.; Create the external table FactSalesOrderDetails. The correct sequence follows the mandatory dependency chain for PolyBase configuration in Azure Synapse Analytics: First, a master key must be created to protect the database-scoped credential used for authentication. Next, an external data source is created to point PolyBase…

Submitted by manish99· Mar 6, 2026Design and Implement Data Storage - Configure and use PolyBase to load data into Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pools from external data sources

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Drag and Drop Question You are creating a managed data warehouse solution on Microsoft Azure. You must use PolyBase to retrieve data from Azure Blob storage that resides in parquet format and load the data into a large table called FactSalesOrderDetails. You need to configure Azure Synapse Analytics to receive the data. Which four actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order. Answer:

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Create an external data source for Azure Blob storage.Create a master key on database.Enable Transparent Data Encryption.Create the external table FactSalesOrderDetails.Load the data to a staging table.Create an external file format to map the parquet files.

Correct arrangement

  • Create a master key on database.
  • Create an external data source for Azure Blob storage.
  • Create an external file format to map the parquet files.
  • Create the external table FactSalesOrderDetails.

Explanation

The correct sequence follows the mandatory dependency chain for PolyBase configuration in Azure Synapse Analytics: First, a master key must be created to protect the database-scoped credential used for authentication. Next, an external data source is created to point PolyBase to the Azure Blob storage location. Then, an external file format must be defined to tell PolyBase how to interpret the parquet files. Finally, the external table FactSalesOrderDetails is created, referencing both the data source and file format to expose the data as a queryable object - at which point data can be loaded using INSERT INTO...SELECT or CTAS patterns.

Topics

#PolyBase#Azure Synapse Analytics#External Tables#Azure Blob Storage Integration

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