Chapter 15. Whats Next for Azure Integration?

Through this book, we have looked at the state of integration in Microsoft Azure. We have talked in depth about Logic Apps and discussed how we are moving to an increasingly connected world with IoT Hubs. We have looked at how we can leverage the huge investment in on-premises line of business applications by linking them with the cloud through the newest version of Microsoft's tried and tested integration platform, BizTalk Server 2016. By introducing BizTalk Server 2016, we have shown how to get the best of both worlds, on-premises security and business critical systems with cloud-based security, commodity, and scale.

On this journey, we have introduced our fictional company, Sunny Electricals, to help deliver the key messages about the how and why to use the array of options available in cloud integration with Microsoft Azure.

The pace of change for cloud computing in general, and Microsoft Azure specifically, means that this is a great time...

An integration roadmap for the future

This book has introduced many technologies that affect the integration landscape of cloud computing, from API Management and Logic Apps to Azure Functions, BizTalk Server, and IoT Hubs. The current range of integration technologies is broad in reach and supports workloads in the cloud, on-premises, and between both.

None of us have a crystal ball, but it is possible to take a short look into the future and speculate on some of the ways these technologies may evolve:

• Microservices: So far, microservices have had only a limited impact in the enterprise, but it is safe to assume that they will become the new way to build agile and scalable integrated solutions of the future.

• Azure Service Fabric: This platform service is the basis for many other platform services, and it provides a good platform for highly scalable, highly distributed solutions. It supports both stateful and stateless applications as well as an ability to provide resilience and rolling updates...

What and when of Microsoft Azure integration

When looking at hybrid integration and integration just within the Azure cloud environment, it can be difficult to know what to use and when. To provide some guidance, the following table aims to highlight the key strengths of each technology with an idea of when to use them.

Business productivity transformation

An artefact of the way that IT operations have evolved over the last 20 years is the idea of two-speed IT. Using this, the IT department is seen as not only a key enabler to adopt change but also a hindrance due to the speed at which they are able to execute. This has led to departmental decision makers using their own purchasing power to deliver the solutions required in a timeframe that is acceptable.

This notion of two speeds usually results in the IT department having to accept responsibility for purchasing decisions they did not make, or worse leaving it to departmental workers taking on the responsibility for IT delivery.

This approach does not provide a good outcome for the business as it pushes responsibility away from the IT department and a reliance on potentially unskilled personnel.

The business should be doing what the business does well, and the IT department should be responsible for enabling the business to achieve its outcomes without getting...

Final thoughts

It is an exciting time to be an integration professional. With the explosion of cloud computing and the real need for data governance and investment protection of expensive critical systems, the time for hybrid integration is firmly here and now.

We hope that you have found the book useful and that it has provided you with the confidence to take the next steps in your integration journey.

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Ashish Bhambhani is an Integration Sr. Premier Field Engineer working for Microsoft. He lives in the Seattle region. He has been working in the integration space for more than a decade. In his current role he helps Microsofts enterprise customers by architecting, designing, building, and maintaining their integration solutions. Recently, he has been able to roll out Azure technologies enterprise-wide for his clients and replace their legacy solutions. He is a content creator and master trainer for some of a Microsofts training that is delivered to clients worldwide. Additionally, he was part of the team that wrote the BizTalk performance whitepaper for msdn.com

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Abhishek Kumar works with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise as an integration and data specialist. He is a Microsoft Azure MVP with deep expertise in software development and design. He is a co-author of Robust Cloud Integration and a seasoned contributor to Microsoft blogs, forums, and events. As a technological evangelist, he is specialized in cloud-based technologies such as Azure Functions, Microsoft Graph, Logic Apps, Web API, and Cosmos DB, along with various Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) such as Salesforce, Office 365, and ServiceNow. As a technology advocate, he promotes loosely coupled solution design along with event-based programming.

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James Corbould

James Corbould has been working in the IT sector since 2003, developing and supporting applications in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Since 2010, James has been working in the software integration field, designing and building integration solutions using Microsoft technologies such as BizTalk, SQL Server, WCF, .NET, and now Azure, for a wide range of different customers. Recently, he has been working in the health insurance sector and in the building supplies sector.James currently works for Datacom Systems as a consultant and team lead.

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Mahindra Morar

Mahindra Morar has been working in the IT sector from 1997, developing Windows and website enterprise applications. In 2009, he has been focusing primarily on integrating systems as a principle integration consultant. Having come from an electronics engineering background, he is able to use this knowledge to design solutions that integrate between wetware, software and hardware.

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Martin Abbott

Martin Abbott is a Microsoft Azure MVP living in Perth, Western Australia. He started his career developing subroutines for commercial computational fluid dynamics software, eventually moving on to more mainstream development and systems integration. He has been working with BizTalk Server since the early days of the product, has spent a lot of time with WCF, but more recently has moved in to providing his customers with integration solutions spanning both on-premises and cloud workloads.

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Technology	Strengths	Weaknesses
Logic Apps	Provides a simple-to-use connector semantic that allows quick connection to a large variety of sources Contains the most common control flow options Has a simple-to-use JSON-based language accessible via a code view, which allows customization of the flow and any connectors	Lacks connectors to key on-premises line of business solutions, such as JD Edwards and PeopleSoft More complex control flows are difficult to model, and they can lead to the need to create many Logics Apps that need tying together
API Management	Provides a simple-to-use API governance tool providing policy-driven solutions	Cannot be used to create...

Business productivity transformation

An artefact of the way that IT operations have evolved over the last 20 years is the idea of two-speed IT. Using this, the IT department is seen as not only a key enabler to adopt change but also a hindrance due to the speed at which they are able to execute. This has led to departmental decision makers using their own purchasing power to deliver the solutions required in a timeframe that is acceptable.

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