Azure Data Factory pipeline definition with a Web Activity to scale an Azure Analysis Services server. The pipeline is parameterized. The call to AAS is synchronous, hence it waits for the scale operation to complete.

ADF_Scale_Azure_AS.json

{
    "name": "ADF_Scale_Azure_AS",
    "properties": {
        "activities": [
            {
                "name": "00_Scale_Azure_AS",
                "type": "WebActivity",
                "policy": {
                    "timeout": "7.00:00:00",
                    "retry": 0,
                    "retryIntervalInSeconds": 30,
                    "secureOutput": false,
                    "secureInput": false
                },
                "typeProperties": {
                    "url": {
                        "value": "@concat('https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/', pipeline().parameters.SubscriptionID, '/resourceGroups/', pipeline().parameters.ResourceGroupName, '/providers/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers/',pipeline().parameters.AzureASServerName,'?api-version=2017-08-01-beta')",
                        "type": "Expression"
                    },
                    "method": "PUT",
                    "headers": {
                        "Content-Type": "application/json"
                    },
                    "body": {
                        "value": "@json(concat('{\"sku\":{ \"capacity\": 1,\"name\":\"', pipeline().parameters.ComputeSize, '\",\"tier\":\"', pipeline().parameters.ServiceTier, '\"},', '\"location\": \"', pipeline().parameters.AzureRegionName, ' \"}'  ) )",
                        "type": "Expression"
                    },
                    "authentication": {
                        "type": "MSI",
                        "resource": "https://management.azure.com/"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "parameters": {
            "ServiceTier": {
                "type": "String",
                "defaultValue": "Basic"
            },
            "ComputeSize": {
                "type": "String",
                "defaultValue": "B1"
            },
            "AzureASServerName": {
                "type": "String",
                "defaultValue": "<specifyDefaultASServer>"
            },
            "SubscriptionID": {
                "type": "String",
                "defaultValue": "<specifyDefaultSubscriptionID>"
            },
            "ResourceGroupName": {
                "type": "String",
                "defaultValue": "<specifyDefaultRG>"
            },
            "AzureRegionName": {
                "type": "String",
                "defaultValue": "West Europe"
            }
        }
    }
}