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Technical Leadership Centred Around the Microsoft Data Platform
Building on the work done and detailed in my previous blog post (Best Practices for Implementing Azure Data Factory) I was tasked by my delightful boss to turn this content into a simple check list of what/why that others could use.... I slightly reluctantly did so. However, I wanted to do something better than simply … Continue reading Best Practices for Implementing Azure Data Factory – Auto Checker Script v0.1
From my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/mrpaulandrew Special guest Kamil Nowinski talks about how you can use his PowerShell Module 'azure.datafactory.tools' to deploy Azure Data Factory with ease and in a highly flexible way. Kamil kindly helped me simplify the deployment steps needed for publishing my ADF.procfwk Data Factory pipelines via PowerShell and using his Azure DevOps … Continue reading Using the PowerShell Module ‘azure.datafactory.tools’ to Deploy ADF.procfwk
Hi all, I get asked this question a lot. So I decided to do a full post on the subject based on my current thoughts and experience. When should I use multiple Azure Data Factory's? The consultants answer, it depends 😉 Ok, let's go deeper and explore why it depends! Also, to be clear, we … Continue reading When Should I Use Multiple Azure Data Factory’s?
Code Project Overview This open source code project delivers a simple metadata driven processing framework for Azure Data Factory (ADF). The framework is delivered by coupling ADF with an Azure SQL Database that houses execution stage and pipeline information that is later called using an Azure Functions App. The parent/child metadata structure firstly allows stages … Continue reading ADF.procfwk v1.3 – Metadata Integrity Checks
As Azure Data Factory continues to evolve as a powerful cloud orchestration service we need to update our knowledge and understanding of everything the service has to offer. Mainly, so we can make the right design decisions when developing complex, dynamic solution pipelines. In this post I want to explore and share the reasons for … Continue reading Azure Data Factory – Web Hook vs Web Activity
Building on the excellent PowerShell Databricks module created by Gerhard Brueckl here, I've added another layer of code to recursively export all items in a given Databricks workspace using PowerShell. I accept this does need to be hardened as a PowerShell cmdlet on its own and added to a module. However, I wanted to share the … Continue reading PowerShell Export Databricks Workspace Items – Recurse
Hello friends, in this post I want to share with you a couple of methods I've developed for controlling the start up and stop of the Azure Data Factory (ADF) v2 SSIS Integration Runtime (IR) from your pipelines. This requirement came about mainly because of cost... The SSIS IR underneath is simply a cluster of … Continue reading How To Control the SSIS IR From Your ADFv2 Pipelines – Start/Stop
A tool I've used in the past to query my local disk drives is WinDirStat. It's great for finding out where large files are hiding in your directories using a heat map visual. In this post I talk you through how I've created a similar tool for Azure Data Lake Store using PowerShell, SQL Server … Continue reading Azure Data Lake Store – Files Dashboard
Continuous delivery of data services has always been a battle for us data analytics peeps. Things are getting better when we think about business intelligence and dev ops, however there are still gaps. This blog post is an account of one such issue I recently faced and how I worked around the problem. Problem While … Continue reading Inject into Azure Logic Apps ARM Templates with PowerShell
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