Which authentication method should you use to access Data Lake Storage?

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You have an Azure Data Lake Storage account that has a virtual network service endpoint configured.

You plan to use Azure Data Factory to extract data from the Data Lake Storage account. The data will then be loaded to a data warehouse in Azure Synapse Analytics by using PolyBase.

Which authentication method should you use to access Data Lake Storage?
A . shared access key authentication
B . managed identity authentication
C . account key authentication
D . service principal authentication

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Answer: B

Explanation:

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/connector-azure-sql-data-warehouse#use-polybase-to-load-data-into-azure-sql-data-warehouse