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Wrangling Data Flows vs Mapping Data Flows in ADF
Azure Data Factory has two visual ways to transform data: mapping data flows, built as a graph, and wrangling with Power Query. Both run on Spark. This guide compares authoring, connectors, supported functions and limits, shows what each is good at, and explains how the choice carries into Microsoft Fabric.
ADF vs Databricks: When to Use Each
Azure Data Factory moves and orchestrates data; Azure Databricks processes it with Spark and has grown its own orchestration. This guide separates their roles, examines the three areas where they overlap, runs one transformation as PySpark code to compare with a visual data flow, and gives a way to choose.