Creating a workflow with Azure Logic and API Apps
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The document discusses Azure Logic Apps and how they can be used to simplify and implement scalable integrations and workflows in the cloud. It provides examples of common integration scenarios that can be achieved using Logic Apps, including connecting systems, retrieving and migrating data, and B2B communications. The document also shares a production example where Logic Apps have been used for 1.5 years to integrate local SAP systems with CRM Online across 7 countries and 34 Logic Apps.
Creating a workflow with Azure Logic and API Apps
- 1. Logic apps and more in Production Kelvin van Geene Creating a workflow with Azure Logic and API Apps
- 2. Kelvin van Geene, Software Engineering Worked in IT for 8 years, 5 for Avanade as Integration Consultant Main technology focus: BizTalk and WCF Who am I?
- 3. What are Logic Apps?
- 4. “Logic Apps provide a way to simplify and implement scalable integrations and workflows in the cloud.“ What are Logic Apps?
- 5. Microsoft’s Integration Platform as a Service (IPAAS) on Azure What are Logic Apps?
- 6. Microsoft’s Integration Platform as a Service (IPAAS) on Azure Part of the Azure App Service What are Logic Apps?
- 7. Microsoft’s Integration Platform as a Service (IPAAS) on Azure Part of the Azure App Service Since July 27th General Available in Azure What are Logic Apps?
- 8. Example
- 9. Example
- 10. So, why does this matter?
- 11. To me the system integration is very black box. I don’t know how it works. Why do you need 40 hours to setup a connection between these systems? Why is Integration a dark art that can only be done by an expensive consultant ? Some quotes about Integration
- 12. To me the system integration is very black box. I don’t know how it works. Why do you need 40 hours to setup a connection between these systems? Why is Integration a dark art that can only be done by an expensive consultant ? Some quotes about Integration
- 13. To me the system integration is very black box. I don’t know how it works. Why do you need 40 hours to setup a connection between these systems? Why is do you need again 40 hours to built this? It is the same system?! Some quotes about Integration
- 14. 1. Complex and tedious Why are Logic Apps important?
- 15. 1. Complex and tedious 2. Specialized knowledge required Why are Logic Apps important?
- 16. 1. Complex and tedious 2. Specialized knowledge required 3. Custom hard wired coding Why are Logic Apps important?
- 17. 1. Complex and tedious 2. Specialized knowledge required 3. Custom hard wired coding Why are Logic Apps important?
- 19. Connectors out of the box
- 20. Check tweets on certain hashtag, analyze the data, create an alert on this. Common Integration scenarios
- 21. Host an endpoint to receive XML messages, map this to a different message and sent it towards the destination Common Integration scenarios
- 22. Retrieve data from SQL database every 5 minutes and migrate it to a SFTP server. Notify subscribers when complete. Common Integration scenarios
- 23. B2B communication Enterprise Integration
- 24. B2B communication Trading Partner Management and encryption possibilities Enterprise Integration
- 25. B2B communication Trading Partner Management and encryption possibilities Still in preview Enterprise Integration
- 26. Push and connect your own API Apps Similar to MVC controller actions Deploy existing As-Is Third party vendors can push API Apps in the marketplace Custom & Third Party
- 27. Logic Apps for Business people Microsoft Flow
- 29. Started using in production for 1,5 years. Production example
- 30. Started using in production for 1,5 years. Integration between local SAP systems and CRM Online Production example
- 31. Started using in production for 1,5 years. Integration between local SAP systems and CRM Online AS2 communication protocol Message Signing Message Encryption Production example
- 32. Started using in production for 1,5 years. Integration between local SAP systems and CRM Online AS2 communication protocol Message Signing Message Encryption 7 countries live on the platform 34 Logic Apps 6 API Apps Production example
- 35. Did I inspire you?
- 36. 1 month every minute poll = 43,200 billable actions * 0,0007 = 30,24 (1 poll / min) x (60 min / hr) x (24 hrs/day) x (30 days) Additional - Pricing
- 37. Control flow in the Logic Apps is still limited, the BizTalk Orchestrations allow you to run much more complex scenario where you use control shapes like the Listen Shape, Parallel Shape or Loop. There is no easy way to make routing, pub/sub or correlation of messages easy but you can still do it by using the available connectors in combination with Service Bus Queues, Topics or even the Azure Table or Blob Storage Reliability, no message lost guarantee, de/batching, large messages and transaction support are very niche requirements and have not been fully addressed in this release End to end tracking, currently there is no such thing that is equivalent of BAM, or an ability to extract important business critical information to be consumed by someone that is not interested in the technical details of the solution Additional - BizTalk
- 38. Additional - Disadvantages Not easy to retrieve information if something goes wrong Formatting of data in web viewer Settings / Configuration management
- 39. Additional - On premise gateway