




Microsoft Azure Data Factory

What is Microsoft Azure Data Factory?
Azure Data Factory is Azure's cloud ETL service for scale-out serverless data integration and data transformation. It offers a code-free UI for intuitive authoring and single-pane-of-glass monitoring and management. Data Factory provides a data integration and transformation layer that works across your digital transformation initiatives.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+91 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Performance Enhancing
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
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Microsoft Azure Data Factory Reviews
Denis D.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted May 2023
The cloud service to simplify data management
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Data Factory from other similar products?
Azure Data Factory has some key differentiators that set it apart from the competition: Integration with Azure services, Hybrid data integration, Flexible execution, Rich ecosystem. Azure Data Factory supports a variety of execution models, including scheduling, event-based triggers, and manual execution, also it has a rich ecosystem of connectors and integration partners, including support for big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and HDInsight.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Integration with Azure services. Azure Data Factory has the ability to scale to handle large volumes of data, thanks to its cloud-based infrastructure and it's considered to be a cost-effective solution for data integration, as it allows users to easily move data between different sources and destinations without requiring expensive hardware or infrastructure.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Overall, Azure Data Factory is a service I highly recommend to anyone working with data in the cloud.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Before starting to create complex data pipelines, it is important to gain a good understanding of basic Azure Data Factory concepts, such as datasets, activities, and pipelines.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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Ajay C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted May 2023
Amazing product with fantastic features
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Data Factory from other similar products?
The ease of use and the most user friendly UI had made this product be a standalone in the market. I would definitely suggest this to others.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Importing data from a client’s server or cloud data to an Azure Data Lake has helped the ease to use in synapse analytics for reporting and BI purposes.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Activity failure mails which is sent does not specify which activity has failed. Which can be an add-on in the future which would be very useful to analyse the blocking point
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Ease of use , pay as you go model , one stop for all ETL needs , user friendly UI , drag and drop features is very easy to learn even for business people.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
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Yash G.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Retail
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted May 2023
ADF has been a useful tool for orchestration.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Data Factory from other similar products?
Airflow Cron jobs
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Drag and drop of job elements
What do you dislike most about this product?
Logs are hard to read and write logs
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
For consuming logs wish there was a power bi dashboard to check the job health
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Trustworthy
- Effective Service
- Respectful
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