Run Azure Data Factory locally no data transfer

Question

Hello, we have a requirement to run Azure Data Factory locally because the information is private and can not leave the local computer.

We have seen the following link provided by Azure Support to "Create and configure a selfhosted integration runtime": https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/create-self-hosted-integration-runtime

As far as we can see, local creation is possible, but in the following diagram in point 5 the information is transferred to a cloud database. Is it possible to configure it to be a local database?

As we understand it, a double copy is made to a local database and another in the cloud, in short, we want to avoid that copy to the cloud to prevent the information from leaving our computer. Is it possible?

Thank you

Answer 1

Hello @Juan Carlos Serrano Perez and welcome to Microsoft Q&A.

Step 5 does not require data to be written to the cloud. You could read data from the cloud, and write to on-premises. Data Factory is used to move data. You get to choose which direction data moves. You can also choose not to move data at all.

So, yes it is possible to avoid copying to the cloud.