Copy Entire Container from ADLS Gen2 to Lakehouse Files Using Pipeline | Microsoft Fabric Tutorial

Copy Entire Container from ADLS Gen2 to Lakehouse Files Using Pipeline

Microsoft Fabric Tutorial

📘 Overview

This tutorial guides you through copying an entire container from Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS Gen2) into the Files section of a Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric using a Data Pipeline.

✅ Topics Covered

• How to connect to an ADLS Gen2 container in a Fabric Pipeline
• How to copy all files and folders to Lakehouse storage
• Folder structure handling and bulk data transfer strategies
• Error handling and data overwrite settings
• Best practices for large-scale data ingestion from cloud storage

⚙️ Step-by-Step Process

1. In your Microsoft Fabric workspace, create a new Data Pipeline.
2. Add a Copy Activity to the pipeline canvas.
3. Configure the Source as your ADLS Gen2 container using a linked service.
4. For the Destination, choose your target Lakehouse and a folder within the Files section (e.g., /Files/Raw).
5. Enable recursive folder copy to include all subfolders and files.
6. Set overwrite options as needed (overwrite all or skip existing).
7. Add error handling with Try-Catch or configure retry policies in the pipeline settings.
8. Validate and trigger the pipeline.

💡 Best Practices

• Use staging folders for large data loads to manage processing independently.
• Avoid overwriting entire containers in production — use timestamped folders.
• Enable logging and diagnostics to track failures and retries.
• Test on a small dataset first to validate schema compatibility.

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