diff --git a/modules/azure/datafactory.go b/modules/azure/datafactory.go
index 4d88c2d7b..b8d5be7e3 100644
--- a/modules/azure/datafactory.go
+++ b/modules/azure/datafactory.go
@@ -8,17 +8,37 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-// GetSynapseWorkspace is a helper function that gets the synapse workspace.
+// DataFactoryExists indicates whether the Data Factory exists for the subscription.
+// This function would fail the test if there is an error.
+func DataFactoryExists(t testing.TestingT, dataFactoryName string, resourceGroupName string, subscriptionID string) bool {
+	exists, err := DataFactoryExistsE(dataFactoryName, resourceGroupName, subscriptionID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return exists
+}
+
+// DataFactoryExistsE indicates whether the specified Data Factory exists and may return an error.
+func DataFactoryExistsE(dataFactoryName string, resourceGroupName string, subscriptionID string) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := GetDataFactoryE(subscriptionID, resourceGroupName, dataFactoryName)
+	if err != nil {
+		if ResourceNotFoundErrorExists(err) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+// GetDataFactory is a helper function that gets the synapse workspace.
 // This function would fail the test if there is an error.
 func GetDataFactory(t testing.TestingT, resGroupName string, factoryName string, subscriptionID string) *datafactory.Factory {
-	Workspace, err := GetDataFactoryE(t, subscriptionID, resGroupName, factoryName)
+	Workspace, err := GetDataFactoryE(subscriptionID, resGroupName, factoryName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	return Workspace
 }
 
 // GetDataFactoryE is a helper function that gets the workspace.
-func GetDataFactoryE(t testing.TestingT, subscriptionID string, resGroupName string, factoryName string) (*datafactory.Factory, error) {
+func GetDataFactoryE(subscriptionID string, resGroupName string, factoryName string) (*datafactory.Factory, error) {
 	// Create a datafactory client
 	datafactoryClient, err := CreateDataFactoriesClientE(subscriptionID)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/azure/datafactory_test.go b/modules/azure/datafactory_test.go
index b3f688aa4..437e31d39 100644
--- a/modules/azure/datafactory_test.go
+++ b/modules/azure/datafactory_test.go
@@ -10,14 +10,26 @@ import (
 The below tests are currently stubbed out, with the expectation that they will throw errors.
 If/when CRUD methods are introduced for Azure Synapse, these tests can be extended
 */
+func TestDataFactoryExists(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	dataFactoryName := ""
+	resourceGroupName := ""
+	subscriptionID := ""
+
+	exists, err := DataFactoryExistsE(dataFactoryName, resourceGroupName, subscriptionID)
+
+	require.False(t, exists)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
 
 func TestGetDataFactoryE(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	resGroupName := "terratest-datafactory-resource"
-	subscriptionID := "00fb78cc-7201-4e1c-8203-2b2e1390309a"
-	dataFactoryName := "datafactoryresource"
+	resGroupName := ""
+	subscriptionID := ""
+	dataFactoryName := ""
 
-	_, err := GetDataFactoryE(t, subscriptionID, resGroupName, dataFactoryName)
+	_, err := GetDataFactoryE(subscriptionID, resGroupName, dataFactoryName)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
diff --git a/test/azure/terraform_azure_datafactory_example_test.go b/test/azure/terraform_azure_datafactory_example_test.go
index 28b68a0b0..45865fbab 100644
--- a/test/azure/terraform_azure_datafactory_example_test.go
+++ b/test/azure/terraform_azure_datafactory_example_test.go
@@ -43,4 +43,6 @@ func TestTerraformAzureDataFactoryExample(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedDataFactoryName, *actualDataFactory.Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedDataFactoryProvisioningState, *actualDataFactory.FactoryProperties.ProvisioningState)
 
+	actualDataFactoryExits := azure.DataFactoryExists(t, expectedDataFactoryName, expectedResourceGroupName, "")
+	assert.True(t, actualDataFactoryExits)
 }