Build a Get-Subscription ADF Pipeline Using Pipeline Return Value Course Now Available

I am excited to announce the availability of Build a Get-Subscription ADF Pipeline Using Pipeline Return Value, a new Azure QuickStart course! Access the new course – along with all my recorded training for one year – by subscribing to Premium Level. Additional access options include: Azure QuickStart Premium – Access all Azure QuickStart training …
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Presenting Introduction to ADF at Hampton Roads Azure Users Group at 6:00 PM 10 Oct 2023!

I am honored to present Introduction to ADF at Hampton Roads Azure Users Group at 6:00 PM 10 Oct 2023! I’ll be there live and in-person. Abstract Azure Data Factory – ADF – is a cloud data engineering solution. ADF version 2 sports a snappy web GUI (graphical user interface) and supports the SSIS Integration …
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Return a Value from an ADF Pipeline Course Now Available

I am excited to announce the availability of Return a Value from an ADF Pipeline, a new Azure QuickStart course! Access the new course – along with all my recorded training for one year – by subscribing to Premium Level. Additional access options include: Azure QuickStart Premium – Access all Azure QuickStart training plus Premium …
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Deploy an SSIS Project to an ADF Azure-SSIS IR Course Now Available

I am excited to announce the availability of Deploy an SSIS Project to an ADF Azure-SSIS IR, a new Azure QuickStart course! Access the new course – along with all my recorded training for one year – by subscribing to Premium Level. Additional access options include: Azure QuickStart Premium – Access all Azure QuickStart training …
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Build a Pipeline to Stop an ADF Azure-SSIS IR Course Now Available

I am excited to announce the availability of Build a Pipeline to Stop an ADF Azure-SSIS IR, a new Azure QuickStart course! Access the new course – along with all my recorded training for one year – by subscribing to Premium Level. Additional access options include: Azure QuickStart Premium – Access all Azure QuickStart training …
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How to Get ADF to List Available Properties

Did you know Azure Data Factory (ADF) will actually list available properties? It will. One of the things I cover in my ADF training titled Master the Fundamentals of Azure Data Factory is this handy troubleshooting tip. An Error I am attempting to read the status of a pipeline execution using a call to the ADF …
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ADF Activity State Property Disables Pipeline Activities

Update: Chenye Charlie Zhu has posted an excellent article about this new functionality over at the Microsoft ADF blog! It’s titled Comment Out Part of Pipeline. Part of one of my consulting gigs is helping a client lift and shift SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to Azure Data Factory (ADF). While developing some test pipelines …
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One Complex Example of ADF Pipeline Return Value

This post is part of a short series on Azure Data Factory pipeline return value functionality, which is in preview at the time of this writing. The Problem I am Trying to Solve I want to develop an Azure Data Factory (ADF) design pattern for calling focused, unit-of-work, function-y ADF pipelines that perform focused tasks. …
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One Simple Example of ADF Pipeline Return Value

This post is part of a short series on Azure Data Factory pipeline return value functionality, which is in preview at the time of this writing. The Problem I am Trying to Solve I want to develop an Azure Data Factory (ADF) design pattern for calling focused, unit-of-work, function-y ADF pipelines that perform focused tasks. …
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ADF Pipeline Return Value Series

While delivering Azure Data factory (ADF) consulting for a client, I had the opportunity to develop some utility pipelines that used Pipeline return values functionality (in preview at the time of this writing). For me, this exercise was a two-step process, which I share in this series: One Simple Example of ADF Pipeline Return Value …
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