generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://adf.azure.com/ (HTTP 200, probed 2026-09-17),
  https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/ (HTTP 200 via redirect to the Azure account
  purchase-options page),
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/quickstart-create-data-factory-rest-api
description: >-
  Azure Data Factory publishes no API sandbox in the Stripe sense — there is no test mode, no
  test-vs-live key prefix, no fixture generator and no simulated clock, because there are no API
  keys at all: every call is a Microsoft Entra ID bearer token against a real subscription, and
  every call bills real meters. What it does publish is an interactive authoring console and a
  platform-level free credit, which are what an evaluator actually uses instead.
test_mode:
  exists: false
  key_prefixes: null
  note: >-
    No test/live key separation. Isolation is achieved the Azure way — a separate subscription or
    resource group with its own RBAC assignments and budget — not by a mode flag on a credential.
console:
  name: Azure Data Factory Studio
  url: https://adf.azure.com/
  probed: '2026-09-17'
  status: 200
  type: hosted authoring and monitoring console
  description: >-
    The first-party web console for authoring pipelines, datasets, linked services and data flows,
    running debug executions, and monitoring runs. Requires an Azure sign-in and a real factory.
  also: https://portal.azure.com/
debug_execution:
  exists: true
  description: >-
    Data Factory exposes a real rehearsal surface for data flows — a debug session, created with
    DataFlowDebugSession_Create, extended with DataFlowDebugSession_AddDataFlow, driven with
    DataFlowDebugSession_ExecuteCommand and torn down with DataFlowDebugSession_Delete. It runs a
    live Spark cluster against real data and is billed, so it is a debug facility rather than a
    free sandbox.
  operations:
  - DataFlowDebugSession_Create
  - DataFlowDebugSession_AddDataFlow
  - DataFlowDebugSession_ExecuteCommand
  - DataFlowDebugSession_QueryByFactory
  - DataFlowDebugSession_Delete
  note: These are the closest thing in the contract to a dry run. Pipeline activities themselves
    have no validate-only mode.
free_credit:
  exists: true
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
  type: platform-level Azure account offer, not a Data Factory plan
  note: >-
    Terms and credit amounts are set by Azure and change; no figure is transcribed here because
    the offer page renders its numbers client-side. Follow the URL for current terms.
test_values:
  published: false
  note: >-
    No published test identifiers, test cards, magic values or fixture tokens. Nothing is invented
    here to fill the slot.
getting_started:
  rest_quickstart: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/quickstart-create-data-factory-rest-api
  portal_quickstart: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/quickstart-create-data-factory
  samples_repo: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-DataFactory
  request_examples: examples/ (112 request/response example documents published by Microsoft
    alongside the contract)
summary:
  sandbox_published: false
  console_published: true
  test_credentials_published: false
  dry_run_mode: false