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You need to build a solution to ensure that users can query specific files in an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account from an Azure Synapse Analytics serverless SQL pool.
Which three 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.
NOTE: More than one order of answer choices is correct. You will receive credit for any of the correct orders you select.
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Step 1: Create an external data source
You can create external tables in Synapse SQL pools via the following steps:
1. CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE to reference an external Azure storage and specify the credential that should be used to access the storage.
2. CREATE EXTERNAL FILE FORMAT to describe format of CSV or Parquet files.
3. CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE on top of the files placed on the data source with the same file format.
Step 2: Create an external file format object
Creating an external file format is a prerequisite for creating an external table.
Step 3: Create an external table
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-tables-external-tables

This question is in DP-203 Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure Exam
For getting Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate Certificate


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