Which Snowflake feature enables secure sharing of data with internal and external parties?

• A. Data Exchange
• B. Snowpipe
• C. Streams
• D. Snowflake Connector for Kafka

Answer: (A)

Data Exchange is the feature that enables secure sharing of data with internal and external parties. It lets a data provider publish a dataset to a data exchange and then let other Snowflake accounts subscribe to that share. The data remains in the provider’s account, and Snowflake handles access control, governance, and usage metering, so collaborators can access the data securely without moving or duplicating it. This setup supports real-time or near real-time access depending on how the data is published, and access can be revoked as needed.

The other options serve different purposes: Snowpipe is for continuous data ingestion, bringing external data into Snowflake; Streams is for capturing and propagating changes within Snowflake tables (change data capture); and the Snowflake Connector for Kafka is for streaming data between Snowflake and Kafka for ingestion or consumption.