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Valentin Loghin
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In this quick guide I will show you how to connect to a Fabric Lakehouse
using SQL Server Management System(SSMS).

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In the article Medallion architecture in Microsoft Fabric I have created an

example of a Microsoft Fabric-based lakehouse medallion architecture for
the sales department. In this example we will try to connect to those
lakehouses using SSMS in order to browse tables and to perfom queries.

Prerequisite : SQL Server Management System must be installed on our

computer.

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Implementation steps :

1. From fabric workspace we will open the Sales_Gold lakehouse.

2. Swith from Lakehouse mode to SQL analytics endpoint.

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3. Chose Settings(1) from the top menu, copy SQL connection string(2)

4. Start SQL Server Mangement Studio.

5. From SSMS menu chose Connect to Server (1) , chose Database Engine for
Server Type , paste SQL connection string in Server Name section, chose
Azure Active Directory — Password for Authentification(3), fill the
credentials (User Name & Password)(4), chose Connect (5)

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6. Chose Sales_Gold database, expand Tables(2), write first query(3), execute

the code (4).

We just successfully connected SSMS to Ms Fabric Lakehouse, the lakehouse

can be used like a normal Ms SQL database.
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