Azure SQL Database

February 13, 2026

Featured image: Incremental loads with watermarks in ADF, with a code card showing the source query that copies rows between the old and new watermark and then advances it

Incremental Data Loading in Azure Data Factory Using Watermarks

Build a watermark-based incremental load in Azure Data Factory, then close its two silent gaps: transactions that commit late and deleted rows, with overlap windows, rowversion and Change Tracking.

February 11, 2026

Featured image: Metadata-driven pipelines in ADF, with an Azure SQL control table at the centre and tables, Data Factory and ADLS Gen2 orbiting around it

Building Metadata-Driven Pipelines in Azure Data Factory

Build a metadata-driven Azure Data Factory pipeline: a control table in Azure SQL, Lookup and ForEach fan-out, a parameterised Copy activity landing Parquet in ADLS Gen2, and per-entity run logging.