Creating FTP data movement activity for Azure Data Factory Pipeline

Walkthrough

Just posted this step by step walkthrough of creating, testing and deploying the FTP Custom Activity using Visual Studio:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/cloud_solution_architect/2016/07/02/creating-ftp-data-movement-activity-for-azure-data-factory-pipeline/

Summary

Azure Data Factory supports many data stores today and it will support more in the future. If your data store is not in the list, custom activities are your best friend. With Visual Studio integration, it is very easy to create and manage custom activities as well as data factory pipelines.

Additional Resources

• Developer Reference : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/data-factory-sdks/
• Samples : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/data-factory-samples/
• Monitor and Manage Pipelines : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/data-factory-monitor-manage-app/
• Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/data-factory/