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    Azure Data Factory

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Azure Data Factory is a service built for all data integration needs and skill levels. It is designed to allow the user to easily construct ETL and ELT processes code-free within the intuitive visual environment, or write one's own code. Visually integrate data sources using more than 80 natively built and maintenance-free connectors at no added cost. Focus on data—the serverless integration service does the rest.N/A

    Microsoft Visual Studio Code

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers Visual Studio Code, an open source text editor that supports code editing, debugging, IntelliSense syntax highlighting, and other features.

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    Azure Data FactoryMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
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    Azure Data FactoryMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure Data FactoryMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    70 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
    69 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    70 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Data FactoryMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    Feature
    Azure Data Factory
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    Feature
    Azure Data Factory
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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    Simple transformations8.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations7.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    Feature
    Azure Data Factory
    6.2
    10 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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    Data model creation4.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management5.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow5.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration6.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging6.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    Feature
    Azure Data Factory
    5.6
    10 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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    Integration with data quality tools4.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Azure Data FactoryMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    9.5
    (104 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.4
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.7
    (23 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Data FactoryMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Best scenario is for ETL process. The flexibility and connectivity is outstanding. For our environment, SAP data connectivity with Azure Data Factory offers very limited features compared to SAP Data Sphere. Due to the limited modelling capacity of the tool, we use Databricks for data modelling and cleaning. Usage of multiple tools could have been avoided if adf has modelling capabilities.
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    Microsoft
    As a general workhorse IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Codee is unmatched. Building on the early success of applications such as Atom, it has long been the standard for electron based IDEs. It can be outshone using IDEs that are dedicated to particular platforms, such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code for .net and the Jetbrains IDEs for Java, Python and others. For remote collaborative development, something like Zed is ahead of VSCode live share, which can be quite flakey.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Data Ingestion - it works very well with numerous data sources.
    • Data pipeline orchestration: It is a generic, popular tool for orchestrating data pipelines.
    • Works well in Azure ecosystem, Azure services and data platforms like Databricks.
    • It is a serverless and scalable solution for cloud data integration.
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    • Integrate with the git repository very well.
    • Integrated copilot chat is very helpful to write code snippets and helps beginners to start with coding and development.
    • Great library of available extensions is one of the best features in Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
    • Dedicated Testing option to configure pytest and others are quite handy to use.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Granularity of Errors: Sometimes, Azure Data Factory provides error messages that are too generic or vague for us, making it challenging to pinpoint the exact cause of a pipeline failure. Enhanced error messages with more actionable details would greatly assist us as users in debugging their pipelines.
    • Pipeline Design UI: In my experience, the visual interface for designing pipelines, especially when dealing with complex workflows or numerous activities, can become cluttered. I think a more intuitive and scalable design interface would improve usability. In my opinion, features like zoom, better alignment tools, or grouping capabilities could make managing intricate designs more manageable.
    • Native Support: While Azure Data Factory does support incremental data loads, in my experience, the setup can be somewhat manual and complex. I think native and more straightforward support for Change Data Capture, especially from popular databases, would simplify the process of capturing and processing only the changed data, making regular data updates more efficient
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    Microsoft
    • The customization of key combinations should be more accessible and easier to change
    • The auxiliary panels could be minimized or as floating tabs which are displayed when you click on them
    • A monitoring panel of resources used by Microsoft Visual Studio Code or plugins and extensions would help a lot to be able to detect any malfunction of these
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Solid tool that provides everything you need to develop most types of applications. The only reason not a 10 is that if you are doing large distributed teams on Enterprise level, Professional does provide more tools to support that and would be worth the cost.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    So far product has performed as expected. We were noticing some performance issues, but they were largely Synapse related. This has led to a shift from Synapse to Databricks. Overall this has delayed our analytic platform. Once databricks becomes fully operational, Azure Data Factory will be critical to our environment and future success.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code earns a 10 for its exceptional balance of power and simplicity. Its intuitive interface, robust extension ecosystem, and integrated terminal streamline development. With seamless Git integration and highly customizable settings, it adapts perfectly to any workflow, making complex coding tasks feel effortless for beginners and experts alike.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
    Overall, Microsoft Visual Studio Code is pretty reliable. Every so often, though, the app will experience an unexplained crash. Since it is a stand-alone app, connectivity or service issues don't occur in my experience. Restarting the app seems to always get around the problem, but I do make sure to save and backup current work.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code is pretty snappy in performance terms. It launches quickly, and tasks are performed quickly. I don't have a lot of integrations other than CoPilot, but I suspect that if the integration partner is provisioned appropriately that any performance impact would be pretty minimal. It doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles (unless you start adding plugins left and right).
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    We have not had need to engage with Microsoft much on Azure Data Factory, but they have been responsive and helpful when needed. This being said, we have not had a major emergency or outage requiring their intervention. The score of seven is a representation that they have done well for now, but have not proved out their support for a significant issue
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    Microsoft
    Active development means filing a bug on the GitHub repo typically gets you a response within 4 days. There are plugins for almost everything you need, whether it be linting, Vim emulation, even language servers (which I use to code in Scala). There is well-maintained official documentation. The only thing missing is forums. The closest thing is GitHub issues, which typically has the answers but is hard to sift through -- there are currently 78k issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Azure Data Factory helps us automate to schedule jobs as per customer demands to make ETL triggers when the need arises. Anyone can define the workflow with the Azure Data Factory UI designer tool and easily test the systems. It helped us automate the same workflow with programming languages like Python or automation tools like ansible. Numerous options for connectivity be it a database or storage account helps us move data transfer to the cloud or on-premise systems.
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    Visual Studio Code stacks up nicely against Visual Studio because of the price and because it can be installed without admin rights. We don't exclusively use Visual Studio Code, but rather use Visual Studio and Visual Studio code depending on the project and which version of source control the given project is wired up to.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
    It is easily deployed with our Jamf Pro instance. There is actually very little setup involved in getting the app deployed, and it is fairly well self-contained and does not deploy a large amount of associated files. However, it is not particularly conducive to large project, multi-developer/department projects that involve some form of central integration.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Facilitate better decision-making and improve business processes.
    • Optimize business process outcomes by increasing internal efficiency and operational effectiveness.
    • Boosts revenue growth while improving business process agility.
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    Microsoft
    • Saves money by replacing suites of tools such as Visual Studio, IntelliJ, etc.
    • Speeds development time and developer environment setup time
    • Strengthens code quality with integrated autoformatting and linting
    • Strengths Git practices by keeping version control tightly connected with the code
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