Microsoft Azure Data Factory (ADF) Managed Virtual Network is now Generally Available:
By using Managed Virtual Network (VNet), ADF provides more security to data integration and data movement by
- creating Azure Integration Runtime (IR) with managed VNet i.e. compute environment with in VNet.
- using Private Endpoints to securely connect to supported data stores
Thus it prevents:
- potential man-in-the-middle or spoof traffic attack on public networksÂ
- data exfiltration to the public internet.
Another advantage of using managed VNet, we do not need to manage this VNet , it is managed by ADF only.
Once we create IR within managed VNet, then only we can create managed private endpoints of resources.
From ADF managed virtual network, we also can use Private Link Service and Load Balancer to access on premises data stores or data stores in another virtual network .