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Set up your SharePoint Online List connection

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This article outlines the steps to create a SharePoint Online List connection.

Supported authentication types

The SharePoint Online List connector supports the following authentication types for copy and Dataflow Gen2 respectively.

Authentication type Copy Dataflow Gen2
Organizational account n/a √
Service Principal √ √

Set up your connection in Dataflow Gen2

Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric uses Power Query connectors to connect Dataflow Gen2 to a SharePoint Online List. The following links provide the specific Power Query connector information you need to connect to a SharePoint Online List in Dataflow Gen2:

In some cases, the Power Query connector article might include advanced options, troubleshooting, known issues and limitations, and other information that could also prove useful.

Set up your connection in a data pipeline

To create a connection in a data pipeline:

  1. From the page header in Data Factory service, select Settings Settings gear icon > Manage connections and gateways.

    Screenshot showing how to open manage gateway.

  2. Select New at the top of the ribbon to add a new data source.

    Screenshot showing the '+ new' page.

    The New connection pane appears on the left side of the page.

    Screenshot showing the 'New connection' pane.

Setup connection

Step 1: Specify the new connection name, type, and URL

Screenshot showing how to set new connection.

In the New connection pane, choose Cloud, and specify the following fields:

  • Connection name: Specify a name for your connection.
  • Connection type: Select SharePoint for your connection type.
  • URL: The SharePoint Online site URL, for example https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName.

Step 2: Select and set your authentication

Under Authentication method, select your authentication from the drop-down list and complete the related configuration. The SharePoint Online List connector supports the following authentication types.

Screenshot showing that authentication method of SharePoint Online List.

Service Principal authentication

Select Service Principal under Authentication method, and fill in the required properties.

Screenshot showing that service principal authentication method.

  • Tenant Id: The tenant ID under which your application resides.
  • Service principal ID: The Application (client) ID of the application registered in Microsoft Entra ID. Refer to Prerequisites for more details, including the permission settings.
  • Service principal key: The application's key.

Step 3: Specify the privacy level that you want to apply

In the General tab, select the privacy level that you want apply in the Privacy level drop-down list. Three privacy levels are supported. For more information, go to privacy levels.

Step 4: Create your connection

Select Create. Your creation is successfully tested and saved if all the credentials are correct. If not correct, the creation fails with errors.

Screenshot showing connection page.

Table summary

The following table contains the connector properties supported in a pipeline copy.

Name Description Required Property Copy
Connection name A name for your connection. Yes ✓
Connection type Select SharePoint for your connection type. If no connection exists, then create a new connection by selecting New. Yes ✓
URL The SharePoint Online site URL, for example https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName. Yes ✓
Authentication Go to Authentication Yes Go to Authentication
Privacy Level The privacy level that you want to apply. Allowed values are Organizational, Privacy, Public Yes ✓

Authentication

The following table contains the supported authentication type properties.

Name Description Required Property Copy
Service Principal ✓
- Tenant ID The tenant ID under which your application resides. Yes
- Service Principal ID The Application (client) ID of the application registered in Microsoft Entra ID. Refer to Prerequisites for more details including the permission settings. Yes
- Service Principal key The application's key. Yes

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