【MCP Server】Azure Data Lake Storage × Claude Desktop 連携ガイド | AI でデータを徹底活用
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In this article, we guide the reader through installing the CData MCP Server for Azure Data Lake Storage, configuring the connection to Azure Data Lake Storage, and asking questions of the data in Claude Desktop.
Prerequisites
You need to download Claude Desktop (download) and create an account before continuing.
Overview
Here's a quick overview of the steps:
- Download and install the CData MCP Server for Azure Data Lake Storage
- Configure the connection to Azure Data Lake Storage
- Ask questions about the data in Claude Desktop
Step 1: Download and install the CData MCP Server
- To begin, navigate to https://www.cdata.com/solutions/mcp/connectors and download the CData MCP Server for Azure Data Lake Storage.
- Find and double-click the installer to begin the installation.
- Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
When the installation is complete, you are ready to configure your MCP Server by connecting to Azure Data Lake Storage.
Step 2: Configure the connection to Azure Data Lake Storage
- After installation, the CData MCP Server configuration wizard should open automatically.
NOTE: If the wizard does not open automatically, search for "CData MCP Server" in the Windows search bar and double-click the application.

- Click the dropdown menu in MCP Configuration > Configuration Name and select "
"
- Name the configuration (e.g. "cdataadls") and click "OK."
NOTE: This name is used as the name for the MCP server and as the prefix for all of the MCP Server's tools.
Connecting to Azure Data Lake Storage
Azure Data Lake Storage 接続プロパティの取得・設定方法
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 への接続
それでは、Gen2 Data Lake Storage アカウントに接続していきましょう。接続するには、以下のプロパティを設定します。
- Account:ストレージアカウントの名前
- FileSystem:このアカウントに使用されるファイルシステム名。例えば、Azure Blob コンテナの名前
- Directory(オプション):レプリケートされたファイルが保存される場所へのパス。パスが指定されない場合、ファイルはルートディレクトリに保存されます
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2への認証
続いて、認証方法を設定しましょう。CData 製品では、5つの認証方法をサポートしています:アクセスキー(AccessKey)の使用、共有アクセス署名(SAS)の使用、Azure Active Directory OAuth(AzureAD)経由、Azure サービスプリンシパル(AzureServicePrincipal またはAzureServicePrincipalCert)経由、およびManaged Service Identity(AzureMSI)経由です。
アクセスキー
アクセスキーを使用して接続するには、まずADLS Gen2ストレージアカウントで利用可能なアクセスキーを取得する必要があります。
Azure ポータルでの手順は以下のとおりです:
- ADLS Gen2ストレージアカウントにアクセスします
- 設定でアクセスキーを選択します
- 利用可能なアクセスキーの1つの値をAccessKey 接続プロパティにコピーします
接続の準備ができたら、以下のプロパティを設定してください。
- AuthScheme:AccessKey
- AccessKey:先ほどAzure ポータルで取得したアクセスキーの値
共有アクセス署名(SAS)
共有アクセス署名を使用して接続するには、まずAzure Storage Explorer ツールを使用して署名を生成する必要があります。
接続の準備ができたら、以下のプロパティを設定してください。
- AuthScheme:SAS
- SharedAccessSignature:先ほど生成した共有アクセス署名の値
その他の認証方法については、 href="/kb/help/" target="_blank">ヘルプドキュメントの「Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2への認証」セクションをご確認ください。
Enter the appropriate connection properties in the configuration wizard.
- Click "Connect" to authenticate with Azure Data Lake Storage through OAuth.
NOTE: The configuration wizard should open your browser and ask you to sign into Azure Data Lake Storage. If your browser does not open, close the configuration wizard and re-open the application using "Run as Administrator" (see below).
- Finally, click "Save Configuration" to save the MCP server.
NOTE: This saves the configuration details to a separate file and updates the Claude Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) to start the CData MCP Server when the Claude Desktop client starts.
With the CData MCP Server configured, you are ready to start asking questions of your live data from Claude.
Step 3: Ask AI for answers from live Azure Data Lake Storage のデータ
Now that we have installed the CData MCP Server and configured a connection, we are ready to start with Azure Data Lake Storage のデータ in Claude Desktop.
- Open Claude Desktop. It may take a moment for the MCP Servers to start, but you will see the list of servers and tools available in the Claude interface (look for the settings icon below the prompt bar).
You can individually enable and disable specific tools by clicking on the server name.
- Now that you have connected, you can ask Claude questions about the Azure Data Lake Storage のデータ. For example: "Can you give me a quantitative analysis about my closed-won opportunities by industry?"
NOTE: Claude may need to explore the Azure Data Lake Storage のデータ to make sense of it before it can begin answering questions of the data. The tabular model presented by CData alongside the database tools available simplify the data exploration and analysis for an LLM.
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