Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a cloud-based ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) service provided by Microsoft Azure. It enables users to create, schedule, and orchestrate data workflows for integrating data from various sources into centralized data stores,…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2015
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Azure Data Factory was created to address the growing complexity and scale of data integration challenges in the cloud and hybrid environments. It provides a managed, serverless platform to orchestrate data movement and transformation, overcoming the limitations of traditional on-premises ETL tools that struggled with cloud elasticity, diverse data sources, and the operational overhead of infrastructure management.
- Platforms
- Microsoft Azure
Related technologies
Notable users
- Rolls-Royce
- Microsoft (internal use cases)
- EY
- Various enterprises across finance, retail, healthcare leveraging Azure for data analytics.
- Adobe