Azure Data Factory - Simply Explained

Learn Azure Data Factory fundamentals, from pipelines, activities, and linked services to pricing and Fabric comparisons in plain English.

Azure Data Factory is a courier service for your company's data. It picks up raw information from wherever it lives, cleans it on the way, and drops it off somewhere your reports can actually use it.

In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:

• What Azure Data Factory Actually Is
• The Building Blocks: Pipelines and Activities
• Linked Services and Datasets: The Keys and the Address
• Integration Runtimes: The Engine Room
• Triggers and Scheduling: Making It Run on Its Own
• Mapping Data Flows: Transforming Without Code
• Azure Data Factory Versus Fabric Pipelines
• What It Costs and How to Keep It Cheap
• Best Practices That Save You Pain Later
• A Quick Recap and a Question for You

Simply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.

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