Another new Microsoft Azure service now in preview is aimed at helping developers integrate and get insights from their disparate data sources more easily.

In response to developer feedback, Microsoft is taking a page from the growing visual, low-code development approach to simplify Big Data analytics in the cloud with Azure Data Factory.

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).