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Microsoft's cloud-based data integration service for orchestrating data movement and transforming data at scale with pipelines, activities, linked services, datasets, integration runtimes and triggers. Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric is described by Microsoft as its next generation.
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2026-06-07 · Video on YouTube
In this episode of the M365 FM Podcast, we explore one of the biggest hidden risks in modern data governance: shadow data. While Microsoft Purview provides powerful visibility into governed data sources, many organizations assume that what Purview cannot see…
2026-10-26 · Video on YouTube
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…
2026-07-22 · Video on YouTube
Is Fabric Data Factory just Azure Data Factory with a new name? This episode explains the four building blocks - pipelines, Dataflow Gen2, copy jobs and mirroring - and how they work together through OneLake. Data engineers and analysts get a clear rule of…
It is a Microsoft cloud service that moves your data around and reshapes it while you get on with your day. · From the episode: Azure Data Factory - Simply Explained
Pipelines and activities are the building blocks of Azure Data Factory. A pipeline is made up of activities, and each activity does one step of the job. The episode compares the service to a courier that picks up, cleans and delivers company data. · From the episode: Azure Data Factory - Simply Explained
An integration runtime is the engine room of Azure Data Factory: it supplies the compute that carries out the data movement and transformation work in pipelines. · From the episode: Azure Data Factory - Simply Explained
The episode gives an honest answer: Fabric is the newer sibling Microsoft now points newcomers toward. · From the episode: Azure Data Factory - Simply Explained
You pay only for what you use, and the episode covers how to keep it cheap. It also notes that Fabric is the newer sibling Microsoft now points newcomers toward. · From the episode: Azure Data Factory - Simply Explained
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