Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Post by **admin** » Tue Mar 04, 2025 4:03 pm

Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a cloud service that integrates and transforms data. It's designed to automate data workflows and scale to meet growing data needs.
Features

Security and compliance: Offers comprehensive security and compliance

Scalability: Scales out to meet growing data needs

Code-free: Author and monitor pipelines without writing code
Built-in connectors: Connect to data sources like databases, file shares, and SaaS services
Managed Apache Spark: Generates and maintains code
Intent-driven mapping: Automates copy activities

Use cases Modernize SSIS, Accelerate data transformation, Enable citizen integrators, Deliver integrated data to Azure Synapse Analytics, and Prepare data for analytics and BI.
How to create a data factory

Open the Azure portal

Go to the data factories page

Click Create

Select an existing resource group or create a new one

You can use the Copy Activity in a data pipeline to move data to a centralized location for processing.