Features of Azure Data Factory(ADF)
The following are the features of Azure Data Factory:
- Data flows: Data flows uses Apache spark to transfer data from the source to destination. Data flow is an code-free way to transform data you can just drag and drop the source and destination of the data to flow it will create an complex pipelines to transfer the data.
- Pipelines: Pipelines plays major role in the data transfer it will orchestrate data movement and transformation processes. Pipelines and can triggered by the events occurred or we can schedule based up on the time intervals.
- Data Sets: Datasets are simply points or reference the data, which we want to use in our activities as input or output.
- Activity: Activities in a pipeline define actions to perform on data. For example, copy data activity can read from one location of Blob storage and loads it to another location on Blob storage.
- Integration Runtime: The Integration Runtime(IR) is to compute infrastructure used by ADF to provide capabilities such as Data Flow, Data Movement, Activity Dispatch, and SSIS Package Execution across different network environments.
- Linked Services: Linked services are used to connect to other sources with the Azure data factory. Linked services act as connection strings for resources to connect.
Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Azure Data Factory
Azure data factory as commonly known as ADF is an ETL(Extract-Transform- load ) Tool to integrate data from various sources of various formats and sizes together, in other words, It is a fully managed, serverless data integration solution for ingesting, and preparing, and transforming all your data at scale. The pipelines of Azure data factory are used to transfer the data from the on-premises to the cloud within a certain period of intervals.
Table of Content
- What Is Azure Data Factory(ADF)?
- How does Azure Data Factory Works?
- Azure Data Factory(ADF) Architecture
- What are the difference between Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Bricks?
- What are the differences between Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Lakes?
- Features of Azure Data Factory(ADF)
- Benefits of Azure Data Factory (ADF)
- Use Cases And Usage Scenarios of Azure Data Factory
- Azure Data Factory(ADF) Pricing
- Microsoft Azure Data Factory (ADF) – FAQs