Since we introduced the refresh capability of our Reference Data, we had been seeing a lot of asks on how the reference data could be created on a particular schedule. Some customers have used SSIS on a stand alone machine while others have written custom applications running on an Azure Virtual Machine which populates the reference data on a specific schedule. These solutions are tough to manage in a production scenario because someone has to monitor the availability. Well the wait is over! Azure Data Factory is a cloud based managed service which provides an easy way to build your Reference data on your desired schedule. Check out this blog post to learn more.
