Synapse server credential using key vault

Question

Hi

I want to create a server-level or database scoped credential with azure Key vault in a Synapse workspace. Below is the example from MS

/* Setup - create server-level or database scoped credential with Azure Cosmos DB account key:
CREATE CREDENTIAL MyCosmosDbAccountCredential
WITH IDENTITY = 'SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE', SECRET = 's5zarR2pT0JWH9k8roipnWxUYBegOuFGjJpSjGlR36y86cW0GQ6RaaG8kGjsRAQoWMw1QKTkkX8HQtFpJjC8Hg==';
*/

SELECT TOP 10 *
FROM OPENROWSET(
PROVIDER = 'CosmosDB',
CONNECTION = 'Account=synapselink-cosmosdb-sqlsample;Database=covid',
OBJECT = 'Ecdc',
SERVER_CREDENTIAL = 'MyCosmosDbAccountCredential'
) with ( date_rep varchar(20), cases bigint, geo_id varchar(6) ) as rows

Instead of using Cosmos db key can we create a credential by using a key vault?

I tried to use below syntax but getting an error ' Incorrect syntax near 'IDENTITY'.

CREATE CREDENTIAL Azure_DF_Test
WITH IDENTITY = 'ContosoKeyVault',
SECRET = 'EF5C8E094D2A4A769998D93440D8115DSECRET_DBEngine'
FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROVIDER AzureKeyVault_EKM_Prov ;

Thank you

Answer 1

Hello @Rock ,

Thanks for the question and using MS Q&A platform.

Azure SQL Database only supports Azure Key Vault and Shared Access Signature identities.

For more details, refer to CREATE CREDENTIAL (Transact-SQL).

Hope this will help. Please let us know if any further queries.

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Answer 2

CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL MyCosmosDbAccountCredential
WITH IDENTITY = 'SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE',
SECRET = 's5zarR2pT0JWH9k8roipnWxUYBegOuFGjJpSjGlR36y86cW0GQ6RaaG8kGjsRAQoWMw1QKTkkX8HQtFpJjC8Hg==';

The above statement is not working in Azure Synapse Studio for Serverless SQL database pool.
and returning below error:

Incorrect syntax near 'IDENTITY'.

Kindly suggest @PRADEEPCHEEKATLA-MSFT

Thanks