What is the difference between ADF and Synapse Analytics

Lisa Kruger 60 Reputation points
2023-04-12T21:49:20.4633333+00:00

Hi All, We are using ADF to load data , why would we need Azure synapse analytics? Please advice. Thanks

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  1. GeethaThatipatri-MSFT 29,552 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
    2023-04-12T22:23:09.5166667+00:00

    @Lisa Kruger Azure Synapse Analytics is a cloud-based analytics service that provides a unified experience for data ingestion, big data, data warehousing, and data exploration. It is designed to handle large amounts of data and provide insights quickly. It can help you to analyze data from multiple sources, including Azure Data Factory (ADF). ADF is a cloud-based data integration service that allows you to create, schedule, and manage data pipelines that move and transform data. It is used to move data from various sources to various destinations, including Azure Synapse Analytics.

    Azure Synapse Analytics provides a more comprehensive set of analytics capabilities than ADF. It includes features such as data warehousing, big data processing, and machine learning. If you need to perform complex analytics on large amounts of data, Azure Synapse Analytics may be a better choice than ADF.
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    In summary, if you need to perform complex analytics on large amounts of data, Azure Synapse Analytics is a good choice. If you only need to move data from various sources to various destinations, ADF may be sufficient I hope this information helps

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    Geetha

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  1. RahulRandive 10,486 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-04-12T22:13:27.6366667+00:00

    Thanks for your question. You can find the difference between ADF and Synapse Analytics in below doc Differences from Azure Data Factory - Azure Synapse Analytics | Microsoft Learn Why we need that- In Azure Synapse Analytics, the data integration capabilities such as Synapse pipelines and data flows are based upon those of Azure Data Factory. Azure Synapse Analytics is an enterprise analytics service that accelerates time to insight across data warehouses and big data systems. It brings together the best of SQL technologies used in enterprise data warehousing Synapse is a great data lake house tool. This means in a single tool we have resources to manage a data lake and data warehouse. Let us know if you have any further questions or need additional information. Thank you!


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