Also read: Azure Data Factory v2: Hands-on overview Spark integration, and more The integration of Apache Spark seems to be more than just a "bundling" of the open source big data analytics framework.

The long-awaited follow-up to Azure Data Catalog is here, featuring integration with both Power BI and Azure Synapse Analytics. And with the GA of Synapse's data lake features also being announced ...

In “ Designing a metadata-driven ETL framework with Azure ADF: An architectural perspective,” I laid the groundwork for a scalable, metadata-driven ETL framework using Azure Data Factory (ADF).