Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a managed cloud service for ingesting, preparing and transforming data from multiple sources. ADF provides code-free, visual data pipeline interface to describe workflows allowing data engineers and non-expert data integrators alike to accomplish complex data manipulation tasks. Over 90 data sources are supported including Azure services, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud services, Teradata, and Salesforce.
This lab introduces you to Azure Data Factory. You will get acquainted with ADF by performing an Azure Blob Storage data movement operation using an ADF pipeline.
Warning: Currently, Data Factory UI is only officially supported by Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome web browsers. It is also recommended to use incognito mode to avoid conflicts with other Microsoft accounts impacting Data Factory UI.
Upon completion of this intermediate-level lab, you will be able to:
Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:
The following courses can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:
Portions of this lab's content have been adapted from attributed sources.
October 3rd, 2023 - Resolved deployment issue