1. Stephen W Thomas Using BizTalk Server as your Foundation to the Clouds
Azure Hybrid Integration Architect
Using BizTalk Server as your Foundation to the Clouds

2. About Me Consulting for almost 20 years
Working with BizTalk Server since 2001
Working with Logic Apps for over 2 years
13 year Microsoft MVP
@StephenWThomas

3. Learn Logic Apps Pluralsight QuickLearn Hands-on labs
Azure Logic Apps: Getting Started
Azure Logic Apps: Fundamentals
Plus BizTalk courses
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QuickLearn
Week long instructor led course
Cloud-Based Integration Using Azure Logic Apps
Hands-on labs

4. Session Layout Phase 1 – Why BizTalk and Logic Apps
INTEGRATE 2018
Session Layout
Phase 1 – Why BizTalk and Logic Apps
Phase 2 – Friction Factors

5. Phase 1 – Why BizTalk & Logic Apps

6. Why? Not for all scenarios Use connectors not included with BizTalk
100% on premise
Low latency
No plans to ever do anything outside of the data center
Use connectors not included with BizTalk
Reduce the load on current BizTalk Servers
Plan for the future
Save hardware and software costs
“be cool like the .Net guys”

7. How? On-premise data gateway Service Bus queues Logic Apps Adapter
API calls

8. Scenario – Need Connector
Social media monitoring (use with Cognitive Services)

9. Scenario – Need Connector
Social media monitoring
Customer communications

10. Scenario – Need Connector
Social media monitoring
Customer communications
Cross team communication

11. Scenario – Need Connector
Social media monitoring
Customer communications
Cross team communication
Incident management

12. Scenario – Batching Logic Apps does batching really, really well!
BizTalk… not so much
Logic App batching on any combination of
Message Count
Batch Size
Time
Limit of 5k messages or 80 MB

13. Scenario – Batching
Demo

14. Scenario – Mapping
Near seamless execution between BizTalk and Logic Apps
Call inside Integration Accounts* or via Azure Functions
Database and Custom functoids need to be re-worked
Support for custom .Net assemblies

15. Scenario – Mapping
Near seamless execution between BizTalk and Logic Apps
Call inside Integration Accounts* or via Azure Functions
Database and Custom functoids need to be re-worked
Support for custom .Net assemblies
See: Migrating BizTalk Maps to Azure Logic Apps: Shortcomings & Solutions

16. Scenario – Inbound De-batching
BizTalk does a good job about inbound de-batching
Logic Apps support auto-shredding JSON and XML
Not all Logic App triggers and scenarios support Debatching
Like a Request-response process

17. Scenario – Inbound De-batching
Demo

18. Scenario – Inbound FTP/sFTP
Use Logic App triggers to receive files
Map, de-batch, and log as needed
Send to BizTalk for on-prem processing

19. Scenario – Replace Reverse Proxy
Use Logic App to collect inbound data
Map, de-batch, and log as needed
Great for one way scenarios
Front with API Management for more flexibility

20. Phase 2 – Friction Factors

21. We Already Have BizTalk

22. We Already Have BizTalk
For all the reasons we have already talked about

23. Data is too Sensitive

24. Data is too Sensitive True in some scenarios
Use Logic Apps for non-sensitive workloads
Do you trust your IT security team or Microsoft more?

25. Infrastructure Manager says NO

26. Infrastructure Manager says NO
Get the infrastructure team on board early is key
You will bother them less
No new servers are needed
Might reduce on-premise servers
Show them all the cool IaaS features
Let them feel important and tell them you will make them a co- admin on the Azure Subscription
(usually Infrastructure or Ops own the Production subscription with no developer access)

27. Infrastructure Manager says NO

28. Learning Curve for Logic Apps
If you have worked with BizTalk, Logic App will just make sense

29. Learning Curve for Logic Apps
If you have worked with BizTalk, Logic App will just make sense
“Logic Apps is so easy we do not need to hire outside consultants like Stephen anymore”

30. Learning Curve for Logic Apps
If you have worked with BizTalk, Logic App will just make sense
“Logic Apps is so easy we ALMOST do not need to hire outside consultants like Stephen anymore”

31. Azure Changes to Frequently
Great!
New features
Things are made easier
JITA
Just In
Time
Architecture

32. CEO/CTO Says NO to the Clouds

33. CEO/CTO Says NO to the Clouds

34. Thanks – Stephen@StephenWThomas.com