Book Image

Robust Cloud Integration with Azure

By : Gyanendra Kumar Gautam, Ashish Bhambhani, Abhishek Kumar, James Corbould, Mahindra Morar, Martin Abbott
Book Image

Robust Cloud Integration with Azure

By: Gyanendra Kumar Gautam, Ashish Bhambhani, Abhishek Kumar, James Corbould, Mahindra Morar, Martin Abbott

Overview of this book

Any software developers, architects, and technical managers lookng to learn about Azure IaaS essentials need look no further. This book is ideal for Microsoft Enterprise developers, DevOps or any IT professionals looking to connect cloud-based and on-premises systems with Azure.

Related Content you might be interested in

Current Title:

Small book image
Robust Cloud Integration with Azure
Gyanendra Kumar Gautam | Ashish Bhambhani | Abhishek Kumar | James Corbould | Mahindra Morar | Martin Abbott
Mar, 2017 | 696 pages
Small book image
Serverless Integration Design Patterns with Azure
Srinivasa Mahendrakar | Abhishek Kumar
Feb, 2019 | 494 pages
Small book image
Azure IoT Development Cookbook
Yatish Patil
Aug, 2017 | 254 pages
Small book image
Enterprise Integration with Azure Logic Apps
Matthew Bennett
Dec, 2021 | 294 pages
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Robust Cloud Integration with Azure
Robust Cloud Integration with Azure
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Customer Feedback
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
An Introduction to Systems Integration in the Cloud
An Introduction to Systems Integration in the Cloud
What is Azure?
What is cloud computing?
Types of microservices
Summary
2
What Is an Azure App Service?
What Is an Azure App Service?
What is an Azure App Service?
App Service plans
An overview of our sample solution
Summary
3
Getting Started with API Apps
Getting Started with API Apps
Why use API Apps?
Building, hosting, and consuming your first API App
Security
What is App Service authentication and authorization?
Summary
4
What is Azure API Management?
What is Azure API Management?
The anatomy of Azure API Management
Working with Azure API Management
Policies in Azure API Management
Securing your API in Azure API Management
Monitoring your API
Summary
5
Trigger Your First Logic App in Azure
Trigger Your First Logic App in Azure
An introduction to Logic App
The comparison between BizTalk server and Logic Apps
Why and when to use
Diagnosing Logic Apps
Building your first Logic App
Logic Apps using Visual Studio
Summary
6
Working with Connectors in Logic Apps
Working with Connectors in Logic Apps
Categorizing Microsoft connectors
Types of triggers
Connector as an action
Building your first connector
Make your connector work for Logic Apps
Adding summary and XML Documentation
Discovering partion keys in the storage table
Summary
7
Azure Functions in Logic Apps
Azure Functions in Logic Apps
The basics of Azure Functions
Building Azure Functions
Using functions with Logic Apps
Other considerations
Summary
8
A Deep Dive into Logic Apps
A Deep Dive into Logic Apps
Workflow definition language
Parameters
Output
Content type in Logic Apps
Flow controls, SplitOn, and scope in Logic Apps
Exception handling in Logic Apps
Summary
9
Powerful Integration with SaaS Using Logic Apps
Powerful Integration with SaaS Using Logic Apps
Exploring the Logic App SaaS connectors
Hooking up to SaaS solutions using the SaaS connectors
Summary
10
Advanced Integration with Powerful, Scalable Service Bus in the Cloud
Advanced Integration with Powerful, Scalable Service Bus in the Cloud
Service Bus types
Service Bus tiers
Service Bus Queue characteristics
Retrieving messages off a queue
Deferring message processing
Security
Managing Service Bus outages and disasters
Service Bus topics
Subscriptions
Partitioned queues/topics
Administration tools
Summary
11
Connecting to Event Hubs and an Introduction to IoT Hubs
Connecting to Event Hubs and an Introduction to IoT Hubs
An introduction to Event Hubs
Introduction to Azure IoT Hubs
Scenario - bringing it all together
Summary
12
EAI/B2B Integration Using Logic Apps
EAI/B2B Integration Using Logic Apps
Enterprise Integration Pack for Logic Apps
Enterprise messaging in Logic Apps
Enterprise Integration Pack connectors
Add partners in your workflow
Store custom metadata information in Integration Accounts artifacts
Summary
13
Hybrid Integration Using BizTalk Server 2016 and Logic Apps
Hybrid Integration Using BizTalk Server 2016 and Logic Apps
Hybrid Integration
Why Hybrid Integration?
Message exchange pattern
What is a BizTalk Server?
Connecting on-premise BizTalk Server 2016 with Azure Logic App
Connecting Azure Logic App with on-premise BizTalk Server 2016
Summary
14
Tooling and Monitoring for Logic Apps
Tooling and Monitoring for Logic Apps
Tools to monitor Azure resources
Azure Resource Management templates
Creating ARM Template using Visual Studio
Manual deployments of App Services
Continuous deployment
Monitoring
Logic App monitoring
Logic App message logging with Azure Functions Application Insights
Summary
15
Whats Next for Azure Integration?
Whats Next for Azure Integration?
An integration roadmap for the future
What and when of Microsoft Azure integration
Business productivity transformation
Final thoughts

Summary

In this chapter, we discussed what an API App is, the benefits of API Apps, and how to develop API Apps using Visual Studio. We also discussed how easily we can host and secure our API in Azure. We will carry out the concept of API App throughout this book as this is a foundational exercise for the next-generation integration. In the next chapter, we will be discussing Azure API Management.

Previous Section
End of Chapter 3
Next Chapter