Palantir Foundry to Azure Migration Center¶

The definitive resource for migrating from Palantir Foundry to Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and CSA-in-a-Box.

Who this is for¶

This migration center serves federal CIOs, CDOs, Chief Data Architects, platform engineers, data engineers, and analysts who are evaluating or executing a migration from Palantir Foundry to Azure-native services. Whether you are responding to a Foundry license expiration, a budget compression mandate, or an organizational pivot toward open standards, these resources provide the evidence, patterns, and step-by-step guidance to execute confidently.

Quick-start decision matrix¶

Your situation	Start here
Executive evaluating Azure vs Foundry	Why Azure over Palantir
Need cost justification for migration	Total Cost of Ownership Analysis
Concerned about vendor lock-in	Vendor Lock-In & Open Standards
Need a feature-by-feature comparison	Complete Feature Mapping
Ready to plan a migration	Migration Playbook
Federal/government-specific requirements	Federal Migration Guide
Want hands-on tutorials	Tutorials
Need performance data	Benchmarks

Strategic resources¶

These documents provide the business case, cost analysis, and strategic framing for decision-makers.

Document	Audience	Description
Why Azure over Palantir Foundry	CIO / CDO / Board	Executive white paper covering 10 strategic advantages, ecosystem synergies, talent availability, and innovation velocity
Total Cost of Ownership Analysis	CFO / CIO / Procurement	Detailed pricing model comparison, 3-year and 5-year TCO projections, hidden cost analysis, and FinOps best practices
Vendor Lock-In & Open Standards	CTO / Enterprise Architecture	Technical lock-in vectors, data portability analysis, exit cost comparison, and multi-cloud flexibility
Benchmarks & Performance	CTO / Platform Engineering	Query performance, ETL throughput, AI inference latency, scalability, and ecosystem breadth comparisons

Technical references¶

Document	Description
Complete Feature Mapping	Every Palantir Foundry feature mapped to its Azure equivalent with migration complexity ratings and CSA-in-a-Box evidence paths
Migration Playbook	The original end-to-end migration playbook with capability mapping, worked example, phased project plan, and competitive framing
Sample Ontology (YAML)	Machine-readable federal case-management ontology migration example

Migration guides¶

Domain-specific deep dives covering every aspect of a Foundry-to-Azure migration.

Guide	Foundry capability	Azure destination
Ontology Migration	Ontology, object types, links, properties	Purview Unified Catalog, dbt semantic layer, Fabric semantic model
Data Integration	Magritte connectors, Data Connection, agents	Azure Data Factory, Self-hosted IR, Fabric Data Factory
Pipeline Migration	Pipeline Builder, transforms, scheduling	ADF pipelines, dbt, Fabric notebooks
Analytics Migration	Contour, Quiver, Object Explorer, Fusion	Power BI, Fabric Copilot, Purview Data Catalog
Application Migration	Workshop, Slate, Object Views, OSDK	Power Apps, Power Pages, React portal, PCF
AI & AIP Migration	AIP, Chatbot Studio, AIP Logic, Evals	Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio
Security & Governance	Markings, classifications, audit, lineage	Purview, Entra ID, Azure Monitor, RBAC
DevOps & Deployment	Apollo, Code Repositories, packaging	Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Bicep
Functions Migration	Functions, Actions, Compute Modules	Azure Functions, Event Grid, AKS

Tutorials¶

Hands-on, step-by-step walkthroughs for common migration scenarios.

Tutorial	Duration	What you'll build
Your First Data Product on Azure	2-3 hours	Deploy CSA-in-a-Box landing zone, ingest data, build dbt models, register in Purview, create a Power BI report
Ontology to Purview	1-2 hours	Export a Foundry ontology, map to Purview glossary terms, automate classification, build relationships
Workshop to Power Apps	2-3 hours	Analyze a Workshop app, design and build a Power Apps equivalent with Power Automate flows
Pipeline to ADF/dbt	2-3 hours	Migrate a Foundry pipeline to ADF orchestration with dbt transforms and scheduling
AIP to Azure AI	2-3 hours	Set up Azure OpenAI, build a Copilot Studio agent, implement RAG with AI Search

Government & federal¶

Document	Description
Federal Migration Guide	FedRAMP inheritance, IL4/IL5/IL6 analysis, CMMC mapping, HIPAA, ITAR, tribal sovereignty, agency-specific patterns
Best Practices	Pre-migration assessment, incremental strategies, change management, common pitfalls, team structure

How CSA-in-a-Box fits¶

CSA-in-a-Box is the core migration destination — an Azure-native reference implementation providing Data Mesh, Data Fabric, and Data Lakehouse capabilities. It deploys a complete data platform with:

Infrastructure as Code (Bicep across 4 Azure subscriptions)
Data governance (Purview automation, classification taxonomies, data contracts)
Data engineering (ADF pipelines, dbt models, Databricks/Fabric notebooks)
Analytics (Power BI semantic models, Direct Lake, Copilot integration)
AI integration (Azure OpenAI, AI Foundry, RAG patterns)
Compliance (FedRAMP, CMMC, HIPAA machine-readable control mappings)

For capabilities beyond CSA-in-a-Box's current scope (e.g., Copilot Studio agents, Power Apps operational apps, Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence), this migration center provides direct guidance using the broader Azure and Microsoft ecosystem.

Migration timeline overview¶

gantt
    title Typical Foundry-to-Azure Migration (36 weeks)
    dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
    section Discovery
    Foundry inventory & mapping    :a1, 2026-01-06, 2w
    section Landing Zones
    Deploy CSA-in-a-Box DMLZ/DLZ  :a2, after a1, 4w
    section Ontology
    Top-20% object types           :a3, after a1, 6w
    section Pipelines
    Top-20% pipelines              :a4, after a2, 8w
    section Consumer Apps
    Power BI + Power Apps          :a5, after a3, 8w
    section Cutover
    Parallel run & decommission    :a6, after a5, 8w

Last updated: 2026-04-30 Maintainers: CSA-in-a-Box core team