Azure data factory
Azure data factory elements: ADF VS SSIS (Integration Services) Runtimes: 1. Azure SSIS runtime - it' used when you want to lift and shift existing SSIS. 2. Self hosted runtime - it's used when you want to connect to on premises or private cloud sources. 3. Azure runtime - it's used when you want to connect azure resources which is available/access publicly. Linked Services 1. Data Stores - Example: SQL server, cosmosdb, blob storage etc. 2. External Compute - Example: Azure ML, Data Bricks etc Triggers: 1. Schedule -- it will run from next schedule time only. 2. Tumbling Window -- it will run from missed days also (use properly tumbling window and schedule trigger, both looks like similar but not) 3. Event based -- it will run based on the event. Data Flows: It's used for ETL process.