About This Architecture
Azure Lakehouse ETL pipeline ingests data from SAP, multiple SQL Server instances (FIN700, Dynamics SL, Softland), and SFTP via a self-hosted integration runtime connected to Azure Data Factory. Data Factory orchestrates extraction into Bronze layer on Data Lake Gen2, where Azure Databricks performs multi-stage transformations through Silver and Gold layers using Unity Catalog for governance. Processed data flows to Databricks SQL Warehouse for analytics consumption via Qlik, with Azure Key Vault securing credentials and Azure Monitor tracking pipeline health. This architecture implements the medallion pattern for scalable, governed data lakehouse operations on Azure.