How to invoke exe file through Azure Data Factory?

Question

We have one windows application installed in Azure VM. We want to execute that application using Azure so that we will be able to monitor the execution of this application using Azure portal.

Is there any way to invoke an executable present in one Azure VM using Azure Data Factory pipeline or some other service present in Azure?

Answer 1

• We can invoke exe file by using Azure Data Factory making use of Custom Activity.

•  For more clarification regarding “Custom Activity” in Azure Data Factory, refer to this documentation.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/v1/data-factory-use-custom-activities

• We can rewrite our application as a custom activity that will run in Azure Batch Virtual Machines. If our application is not able to run in Azure Batch, we must enable PowerShell remoting.