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DP-203 · Question #334

You have an Azure Data Factory pipeline named pipeline1 that contains a data flow activity named activity1. You need to run pipeline1. Which runtime will be used to run activity1?

The correct answer is A. Azure Integration runtime. Azure Data Factory data flow activities are executed on Azure Integration Runtime, which provisions the underlying Spark compute cluster used to run the transformation logic.

Submitted by javi_es· Mar 30, 2026Develop data processing

Question

You have an Azure Data Factory pipeline named pipeline1 that contains a data flow activity named activity1. You need to run pipeline1. Which runtime will be used to run activity1?

Options

  • AAzure Integration runtime
  • BSelf-hosted integration runtime
  • CSSIS integration runtime

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    76% (25)
  • B
    15% (5)
  • C
    9% (3)

Why each option

Azure Data Factory data flow activities are executed on Azure Integration Runtime, which provisions the underlying Spark compute cluster used to run the transformation logic.

AAzure Integration runtimeCorrect

Data flow activities require Azure Integration Runtime because ADF spins up an auto-managed Apache Spark cluster under the Azure IR to execute the data flow; this is the only runtime that supports the Spark-based execution engine data flows depend on.

BSelf-hosted integration runtime

Self-hosted Integration Runtime runs on customer-managed machines and is designed for connectivity to on-premises or private network sources, not for executing data flow activities which require managed Spark compute.

CSSIS integration runtime

SSIS Integration Runtime is purpose-built to lift-and-shift SQL Server Integration Services packages and has no capability to run ADF native data flow activities.

Concept tested: Azure Data Factory data flow integration runtime selection

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/concepts-integration-runtime

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#Azure Data Factory#integration runtime#data flow activity#Azure IR

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