AzureFunBytes - Intro to Azure Data Factory with @KromerBigData
Jun 14, 2021Jay Gordon

Summary
This post introduces Azure Data Factory as a cloud-based ETL and data integration service. It covers creating data-driven workflows, orchestrating data movement, and transforming data at scale. It highlights the use of built-in connectors, visual ETL processes with data flows, and integration with compute services like Azure HDInsight Hadoop, Azure Databricks, and Azure SQL Database. The post also discusses differences between ADF and Synapse, data lake ETL patterns, and provides a demo of building an ETL flow using sample data.