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Triggering an Azure Logic App by SMS messages with Twilio

Posted by Paco de la Cruz on 05 July 2017

Development, Twilio, Logic Apps, Blog, Technology

Introduction

SMS messaging has been a widely adopted way of communication over the last decades, not only for people but for organisations as well. Even though nowadays there are many messaging apps that are more popular and flexible than plain SMS, there are still scenarios in which businesses find SMS messaging a...

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Transforming JSON Objects in Logic Apps

Posted by Paco de la Cruz on 18 May 2017

Azure, Development, Enterprise Integration Patterns, iPaaS, JSON, Logic Apps, Blog, Technology

Introduction

Many integration scenarios require translating messages from one data model to another. This is described in the Message Translator Enterprise Integration Pattern. Some of these might be:

  • Translation between two different proprietary data models
  • Translation between a proprietary data model and an...
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Implementing the Polling Consumer Pattern using Azure Logic Apps

Posted by Paco de la Cruz on 11 May 2017

Azure, Development, Enterprise Integration Patterns, iPaaS, Logic Apps, Polling, Blog, Technology

Introduction

When implementing integration projects, it's quite common that upstream systems don't have the capabilities to push messages to downstream systems, or that due to different constraints or non-functional requirements, the receivers are required to pull for messages from those systems. Gregor Hohpe...

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Displaying Team City build status in Octopus Deploy

Posted by Matt Corr on 18 February 2017

Octopus, Team City, Blog, Technology

Introduction

For our on-premises deployment of our integration applications, Mexia often look for the ideal tools to utilise to deliver the best value for our clients and to minimise time/effort wastage and provide developers a pleasant experience.

A combination we find that works well for Integration projects is ...

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Microsoft Azure Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) – Logic Apps, Azure Functions, API Management and Service Bus working together

Posted by Paco de la Cruz on 10 February 2017

Azure, Azure API Management, Azure Functions, iPaaS, Logic Apps, Microsoft iPaaS, Service Bus, Blog, Technology

[UPDATE] A newer version of this post has been published here. 

Introduction

If you work for an established organisation going through Digital Transformation or in a modern company born in the digital era, the chances are that IT is required to implement integration solutions more than ever before. Whether an...

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Issue with BTDF not deploying to GAC in multi server installs

Posted by Matt Corr on 12 October 2015

Blog, Technology

Details a workaround for a small issues with BTDF v5.5 when deploying to multi server environments

We utilise the BizTalk Deployment Framework (BTDF) for deploying our Biztalk applications. It is a very useful utility and would strongly recommend checking it out if you are not currently utilising it for your Biztalk...

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Logic Apps and the Service Bus Connector - The Case of the Incomplete Message!

Posted by Adam Craven on 18 September 2015

Logic Apps, Microsoft, Service Bus, Blog, Technology

When an Azure App Service Logic App Service Bus Connector trigger does not complete the Service Bus message...

(Cross-posted on DevZone.ChannelAdam.com)

The Symptom

The other day I tracked down an issue my team was seeing with an Azure App Service Logic App. The Logic App was being triggered by an Azure Service Bus...

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