Create Azure Data Factory for Dynamics 365

What is Azure Data Factory?

1. Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a fully managed, serverless data integration solution for ingesting, preparing and transforming all your data at scale.

1. It enables every organization in every industry to use it for a rich variety of use cases: data Engineering, migrating their on-premises SSIS packages to Azure, operational data integration, analytics, ingesting data into data warehouses, and more. 

1. Azure Data Factory enables organizations to ingest data from a rich variety of data sources. Whether the data source is on-premises, multi-cloud, or provided by Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers, Azure Data Factory connects to all of them at no additional licensing cost. 

Why Use Azure Data Factory with Dynamics 365 / Power Platform?
Azure Data Factory is ideal for situations where you need to migrate or bulk update large quantities of data
Handle Large Volumes of Data, Take Advantage of Speed and Save Time and Resources

Let's Begin...

Follow the below step-by-step process to create Azure Data Factory.

Note: Only the account which is having Azure service license assigned will be able to create it. You can create a trial and use it for 1 month.

1. Login to:  https://portal.azure.com/ with the licensed account which is having global Admin permission.

2.  Search or Look for Data Factories -> Click and open it

3.  Click on Start with an Azure free trial -> It will get open in a new window

4. Fill in all the mandatory details -> Verify your Phone Number -> Enter Address details -> Select Agreements -> Click on Next -> Verify Your Identity Verification By Card -> Finally Click on Sign Up 

Note: You can use your Credit Card for it and it will charge Rs 2 which will be automatically reverted back to the same card.

5.  Once created -> navigate to https://portal.azure.com -> and Click on Data factories (as in step 2) -> Click on Create

6.  Fill in all the below details as shown and click Next: Git Configuration

Note: If the Resource Group is not there create a new resource group by clicking on Create new link.

7. Click Configure Git Later -> Click Next: Networking

8. Keep as is and Click Next: Advanced

9.  Click Next: Tags

10. Click Next: Review + Create

11. Finally Click on Create 

12. It starts initializing + Submitting Deployment

13. Once deployment is completed click on Go to resources

14. Our Azure Data Factory Creation is Completed Now we can use it for any data operations.

That's all...
Thank you ..

Happy Azuring...