# Azure Data Factory ## Supported Capabilities {% tabs %} {% tab title="Supported Capabilities" %} **General** * **Metadata** — metadata extraction and display of asset information (tables, columns, schemas). Types collected: Schema, Virtual Table, Virtual Column, Data Job, Data Run, Data Task {% endtab %} {% tab title="Not Supported" %} **General** * Profiling * Preview * Data Quality * Configurable Collection * External Table * View Table * Stored Procedure {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} Azure Data Factory can map lineage relationships to upstream and downstream objects from the following connectors: * Upstream Connectors: postgresql, mysql, synapse, azure\_server, databricks, sql\_server, redshift, bigquery, adls * Downstream Connectors: postgresql, mysql, synapse, azure\_server, databricks, sql\_server, redshift, bigquery, adls ## Connection Requirements From our Azure account, we will need the following information: * Tenant ID * Client ID * Client Secret * Subscription ID * Resource Group Name * Factory Name * Data Source Name

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### How to connect 1. On the Azure Home Page, go to `Azure Active Directory`.
2. Go to `App registrations`.
3. Click on `New registration`.
4. Click `Register`.
5. Save the `Application (client) ID` and `Directory (tenant) ID`. 6. Click `Add a certificate or secret`. 7. Go to `Client secrets` and click `+ New client secret`.
8. Click `Add`.
9. Copy and save the `Value`.
10. Go to Data Factories and click the factory you wanna add.
11. Go to `Access Control (IAM)`.
12. Click on `+ Add` and select `Add role assignment`.
13. Select `Data Factory Contributor`.
14. Go to `Members` tab and Click on `+ Select members`.
15. Search and select the service principal that was created in the previous step. Click on `Select`.
16. Go to `Review + assign` tab and Click `Review + assign`
17. Go to Data Factories and select the factory you wanna add, copy the `Name` and `Resource group`.
18. Copy the `Subscription ID`.
19. Fill all the required fields in the connection form, and click on Test this connection once connection is successful, give your database a name and connect the data source.