General availability of SAP CDC capabilities for Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics
Customers use SAP systems for their business-critical operations.Today, customers want to be able to combine their SAP data with non-SAP data for their analytics needs. Azure Data Factory (ADF) is an industry-leading data integration service which enables customers to ingest data from diverse data sources (e.g., multi-cloud, SaaS, on-premises), transform data at scale, and more. Azure Data Factory (ADF)works seamlessly to combine data and prepare it at cloud-scale. Customers are using ADF to ingest data from different SAP data sources (e.g., SAP ECC, SAP Hana, SAP Table, SAP BW Open Hub, SAP BW via MDX, SAP Cloud for Customers), and combining them with data from other operational stores (e.g., Cosmos DB, Azure SQL family, and more). This enables customers to gain deep insights from both SAP and non-SAP data. Today, we are excited to announce the General Availability of SAP CDC support in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics.Process your data in seconds with new ADF real-time CDC
In January, we announced that we've elevated our Change Data Capture features front-and-center in ADF. Up until just today, the lowest latency we were allowing for CDC processing was 15 minutes. But today, I am super-excited to announce that we have enabled the real-time option!Data Factory Increases Maximum Activities Per Pipeline to 80
This week we have doubled thelimit on number of activitiesyou may define in a pipeline, from 40 to 80. With more freedom to develop, we want to empower you to create more powerful, versatile, and resilient data pipelines for all your business needs. We are excited to see what you come up with, harnessing the power of 40 more activities per pipeline!Action Required: Switch from Memory Optimized Data Flows in Azure Data Factory to General Purpose
Azure Data Factory Memory Optimized Data Flows will be fully retired on April 1, 2027. Going forward, all ADF Data Flows will use the General Purpose SKU that will provide performance that is superior to the current Memory Optimized and at the General-Purpose price.Granular Billing for Azure Data Factory
In this blog, Charlie Zhu walks you through the new granular billing option for Azure Data Factory and helps you better understand pipeline costs. We are bringing clarity and transparency into data pipelines operations with built-in per pipeline billing report so that you will know exactly how much each pipeline costs you.Securing outbound traffic with Azure Data Factory's outbound network rules
The Outbound Rules feature in Azure Data Factory allows organizations to exercise granular control over outbound traffic, thereby strengthening network security. By integrating with Azure Policy, this feature also improves overall governance.
