1. Working with Logic App Cloud Adapters, Functions, and Storage
Stephen W. Thomas
Independent Consultant
@StephenWThomas

2. My Experience with Azure Integration
Service Bus messaging based solutions
API App low latency health care application
Compared to Logic Apps and BizTalk Server
End-to-end B2B EDI solution using Integration Accounts & Logic Apps
Interesting mix of BizTalk and Azure
Standard and non-standard EDI Transactions
Deployment via PowerShell
Pluralsight and QuickLearn trainer
13 year Microsoft Most Valuable Professional

3. Pluralsight Courses Azure Logic Apps: Getting Started
3 BizTalk Course and 1 Travel Course
New BizTalk Course on BizTalk Server Administration with BizTalk 360
New course available:
Azure Logic Apps: Getting Started
Coming soon:
Azure Logic Apps Fundamentals

4. Instructor Led Training
QuickLearn Instructor Led Course: “Cloud-Based Integration Using Azure Logic Apps”
Next course is next week! Starts on Monday March 26th

5. Contact Me

6. Biggest Challenges in Azure Today?

7. Knowing What Azure Technology To Use When
Azure Today?
Knowing What Azure Technology To Use When

8. Keeping Current With Azure
Azure Today?
Keeping Current With Azure

9. Azure Storage

10. Storage Accounts 101 Storage Accounts 101
Years ago it was so much simpler… Now…
Deployment model - Resource Manager - Classic
Account type - General purpose - Blob
Performance - Standard - Premium
Replication - Four options
Storage Accounts 101

11. Storage Accounts 101 Storage Accounts 101
Blob Only, LRD, Cold is the cheapest
Use pricing calculator to see prices
us/pricing/calculator/
Prices vary by region! Does your storage account need a view?
P1 – 128 GB Solid Stage Drive
- East US - $19.71 (current price)
- East US 2 - $17.92 (current price)
Storage Accounts 101

12. Serverless
No server setup required
No capacity planning needed
Pay only for what you use
High availability
No need to deal with your in-house Infrastructure team
“Deploying Logic Apps and Functions will require you to find something else to fight with your Infrastructure team about.” Stephen W. Thomas

13. Serverless is the Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?

14. History Lesson
Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, United States, invented the first loaf-at-a-time bread-slicing machine in 1912
First commercial sliced bread was available in July 7, 1928
Sliced bread was shortly banned in the US in 1943 to support the war
As commercially sliced bread resulted in uniform and somewhat thinner slices, people ate more slices of bread at a time, and ate bread more frequently, because of the ease of eating another piece of bread. This increased consumption of bread and, in turn, increased consumption of spreads, such as jam, to put on the bread

15. Azure Functions

16. Function Fundamentals
Supports JavaScript, C#, F#, as well as scripting options such as Python, PHP, Bash, Batch, and PowerShell
Serverless
Feature rich web based editor
Azure Functions are the most Complex - Simple features of Azure
Could easily have a full day session on Functions

17. Function Best Practices
Avoid long running functions
Ensure they are stateless
Use queues for function to function calls

18. Logic Apps

19. Logic Apps in Azure Portal
Dive into Logic Apps
Logic Apps in Azure Portal

20. Logic App Basics Two designer options Workflow definition in JSON {
Web-based
Visual Studio
Workflow definition in JSON {
"$schema": "<schema-of the-definition>",
"contentVersion": "<version-number-of-definition>",
"parameters": { <parameter-definitions-of-definition> },
"triggers": [ { <definition-of-flow-triggers> } ],
"actions": [ { <definition-of-flow-actions> } ],
"outputs": { <output-of-definition> } }

21. Logic App Basics Connectors Triggers Actions Flow Control
First class Azure artifacts (Flow and PowerBI)
Over 200+
Friendly wrappers around API
Triggers
Polling
Recurrence
Event-based
Web-hook
Actions
Building blocks for a Logic App
Flow Control
If-Else
Switch
For-each
Do-until
Scope
Parallel

22. Integration Accounts Adds BizTalk-like features to Logic Apps
Maps, Schema, Partners, Agreements, and Certificates
Support for EDI, Flat File and XML
Plus Enterprise Connections to MQ and SAP
Cost for Integration Account is separate from Logic Apps

23. Dive into Logic Apps
Integration Accounts

24. On-premises Data Gateway
Hybrid Scenarios
On-premises Data Gateway

25. Logic App Deployment Advice
Using Visual Studios creates an Azure Resource Managed (ARM) Template
Can more than one Logic App per ARM
Supports binding / configuration files per environment
Use PowerShell for deployment

26. Logical Logic App Tips Rename the shape right away if desired
Do not be afraid of JSON
Yes you will end up breaking a Logic App from time to time
Save and check-in often
Did you know that For-Each loops run in parallel by default?
You can change this by editing the JSON file
Content-type of the inbound trigger are very important
In the cloud must play by the rules of the platform
429 rate limits vary per connector

27. Mission Critical Links
Connector list -
Handle content types - apps/logic-apps-content-type
Handle errors and exceptions - apps/logic-apps-exception-handling
Workflow definitions - us/rest/api/logic/definition-language

28. Lightning Clothing
It’s Striking!

29. Lab Azure Technologies Used Scenario Windows Azure Logic Apps
Office 365 Connector
Twilio Connector
Cognitive Services Connector
Azure Storage Connector
Functions
Storage Accounts
Cognitive Services
You work for Lighting Clothing. They have a team of resources that monitor social media and , but sometimes critical negative feedback messages are not handled in a timely manner. They need a system to monitor messages and generate a real-time text message when an is received with negative feedback.

30. Lab Office 365 Account Twilio Account
We can all share the same account by setting a unique Subject
Or use your own
Use the API key and phone number provided
Or use your own API key

31. Questions, Comments, Lab Feedback