Astronomer, a provider of modern data orchestration announced that its Astro platform is now available as Apache Airflow on Astro – an Azure Native ISV Service. Astro enables companies to place Airflow at the core of their data operations, providing ease of use, scalability, and enterprise-grade security, to ensure the reliable delivery of mission-critical data pipelines. As a first-class managed service in the Azure Portal, developers can create an Airflow instance with just a few clicks, access an extensive library of pre-built integrations, and easily coordinate all data operations from Astro’s unified data platform.
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As organizations transition from siloed data workflows, teams, and tools to unified data orchestration, they encounter challenges in adopting and managing modern data processes. This can impede their ability to keep critical applications running, or harness data to meet business demands. With Astro’s streamlined integration on Azure, organizations can effortlessly deploy, monitor, and scale Apache Airflow workflows. This empowers businesses to efficiently manage their data workflows on Azure, accelerating innovation, significantly enhancing productivity, and delivering more effective cost management.
“Astronomer’s integration with Microsoft Azure makes Astro more readily available to power critical business applications,” said Andy Byron, CEO at Astronomer. “Not only does Astro harness the best of Airflow, but it also provides a unified hub for all data operations within Azure workflows. Astro continues to be a cornerstone of the modern data stack, enabling organizations to more quickly and easily deliver critical data to power their business.”
Ease of Use
For Azure customers, the journey towards adopting and scaling Airflow is being reengineered for utmost simplicity. Now natively integrated on Azure, Astro introduces a seamless developer experience tailored for data engineers. This allows them to swiftly initiate, write, and deploy DAGs without prior Airflow experience – providing an effortless gateway to managed Airflow. Together, with developer-friendly features and reduced operational complexities, organizations can now deliver data with unparalleled efficiency.
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“As organizations rely more on accurate and timely data to power critical business decisions, we are seeing them adopt open source-based data orchestration solutions such as Astro to empower their data teams in delivering AI and LLM powered applications alongside traditional data pipelines,” said Katy Brown, CVP of Software and Digital Platforms at Microsoft. “We are pleased to announce that Astronomer’s Astro is now available on Microsoft Azure as an Azure Native ISV Service making it easy for our customers to seamlessly launch enterprise grade Apache Airflow environments and manage their critical data pipelines at scale.”
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