Logic Apps is not a fit for enterprise integration!

"Logic Apps is not a fit for real enterprise integration!". This is a statement I often heard throughout the last year. In this blog, I'll summarize the main reasons why people tend to make such statements. Even though their reasoning is completely true, I can't disagree more with their final conclusion.

Code Style: Formatting

When people talk about Code Style they refer to their Naming Conventions, Code Structure… but what they sometimes forget are the Formatting Guidelines. Something that’s not been taken serious enough in my opinion; but it’s one of the guidelines that I like very much to talk about.

Webinar Recap: Azure IPaaS - Integration Evolved

A couple of weeks ago we hosted a webinar on Logic Apps, BizTalk and the Enterprise Integration pack. This blogpost will give you a small recap and invite you to take the next steps in the Azure IPaaS platform.

Logic Apps Debatching

Debatching is a common need in enterprise integration. This blog post includes several ways to achieve debatching in Logic Apps for both JSON and XML messages. The aspect of monitoring and exception handling is also covered.

Save costs by scheduling Logic Apps

Within Logic Apps, there is a pay-per-usage pricing model. You get invoiced for every action that is executed, but also for every polling trigger (regardless whether the trigger is skipped or fired). You can reduce the cost of polling triggers by scheduling Logic Apps to run only during business hours, if your scenario allows this of course. This blog posts describes all the detailed steps required to schedule Logic Apps automatically.

Authenticate Postman against Azure Service Management API

Postman is a great and popular tool to test Web API's. There are however a few steps needed to get it authenticated against Microsoft's standard API's, such as the Azure Service Management API. This blog post covers two ways on how to authenticate Postman quick and easily.