You're reading from Robust Cloud integration with Azure Unleash the power of serverless integration with Azure

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786465573

Length 696 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Azure

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Cloud Computing

Authors (6):

Abhishek Kumar

Martin Abbott

Gyanendra Kumar Gautam

James Corbould

Mahindra Morar

Ashish Bhambhani

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. An Introduction to Systems Integration in the Cloud

2. What Is an Azure App Service? FREE CHAPTER

3. Getting Started with API Apps

4. What is Azure API Management?

5. Trigger Your First Logic App in Azure

6. Working with Connectors in Logic Apps

7. Azure Functions in Logic Apps

8. A Deep Dive into Logic Apps

9. Powerful Integration with SaaS Using Logic Apps

10. Advanced Integration with Powerful, Scalable Service Bus in the Cloud

11. Connecting to Event Hubs and an Introduction to IoT Hubs

12. EAI/B2B Integration Using Logic Apps

13. Hybrid Integration Using BizTalk Server 2016 and Logic Apps

14. Tooling and Monitoring for Logic Apps

15. Whats Next for Azure Integration?

Hooking up to SaaS solutions using the SaaS connectors

Connecting to a SaaS solution is greatly simplified and it is a key feature of the SaaS connectors.

Consider what would be required to connect to a cloud-based solution without an accelerator such as a Logic App SaaS connector. With Dynamics 365 in the cloud, for example, custom code would be required to manage the process of obtaining an OAuth 2.0 token, caching the token for maximum performance, and managing the steps of obtaining a new token when it expires. This is summarized in the following sequence diagram:

Hooking up to SaaS solutions using the SaaS connectors

An alternative option to writing custom code to support the interactions mentioned earlier is to let Microsoft do the heavy lifting and manage this process instead.

Office 365 follows the same approach, and once authenticated with both, it is possible to start building a solution that allows Sunny Electricals to create a process that ties together these two popular Microsoft SaaS solutions. This will form the basis for...