The document describes Azure Data Factory (ADF) as a fully-managed data integration service in the cloud that allows for hybrid data movement and orchestration of data pipelines wherever data lives. ADF enables connecting to various data sources, transforming and enriching data, and publishing data while meeting security and compliance needs. It provides integration runtimes including Azure, Azure-SSIS, and self-hosted to execute SQL Server Integration Services packages and provide data integration capabilities across cloud and on-premises environments.