One of the newest features available in Microsoft Fabric is the ability to use Workspace Identity to authenticate with external Data Lake Storage Gen2. I find this to be one of the most important features because it significantly simplifies the entire process of authentication and authorization. Workspace Identity is not a new concept; it was […]
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