Integration runtime

This is one of the main features of version 2.0. It represents the compute infrastructure and performs data integration across networks. Here are some enhancements it can provide:

• Data movements between public and private networks either on-premises or using a virtual private network (VPN). They were known as data management gateways in V1 and Power BI.
  • Public: They are used by Azure and other cloud connections. There's a default integration runtime that comes with ADF.
  • Private: They are used to connect private computer resources such as SQL Server on-premises to ADF. We need to install a service on one Windows machine in the private network. That machine can connect to the enterprise resources and send the data to ADF via the service installed on it.
• SSIS package execution—managing SSIS packages in Azure. This is one of the main topics of this book. Chapter 3, SSIS Lift and Shift, is completely dedicated to this feature.