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Direct Lake

Connect directly to Delta tables in a Fabric Lakehouse. Used for Direct Lake storage mode, which reads data from OneLake without importing it into the model.

Connection Properties

Property Description
Workspace ID The Fabric workspace GUID.
Lakehouse ID The lakehouse GUID.

Authentication Methods

  • Entra ID (MFA): Required. Signs in via a browser popup.

Tips

  • Direct Lake connections are only used with the Direct Lake storage mode. You cannot use them with Import or DirectQuery tables.
  • Tables must exist as Delta tables in the lakehouse before they can be referenced.
Topic Link
Direct Lake overview Direct Lake overview
OneLake OneLake overview