Data integration in Azure Synapse Analytics versus Azure Data Factory
In Azure Synapse Analytics, the data integration capabilities such as Synapse pipelines and data flows are based upon those of Azure Data Factory. For more information, see what is Azure Data Factory.
Available features in ADF & Azure Synapse Analytics
Check below table for features availability:
| Category | Feature | Azure Data Factory | Azure Synapse Analytics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integration Runtime | Support for Cross-region Integration Runtime (Data Flows) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Integration Runtime Sharing | ✓ Can be shared across different data factories | ✗ | |
| Pipelines Activities | Support for Power Query Activity | ✓ | ✗ |
| Support for global parameters | ✓ | ✗ | |
| Template Gallery and Knowledge center | Solution Templates | ✓ Azure Data Factory Template Gallery | ✓ Synapse Workspace Knowledge center |
| Monitoring | Monitoring of Spark Jobs for Data Flow | ✗ | ✓ Leverage the Synapse Spark pools |
Next steps
Get started with data integration in your Synapse workspace by learning how to ingest data into an Azure Data Lake Storage gen2 account.