1. 1. 1 Slide 1 Introducing Logic Apps Penelope Coventry
2. 2. 2 Slide 2 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17
3. 3. 3 Slide 3 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Penny Coventry MVP: Office Server and Services 11 years Author/Co-author 10+ SharePoint Books Independent consultant Trainer & product specialist Worked with SharePoint since 2001 UK Based, work in Europe & US @pjcov
4. 4. 4 Slide 4 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Integration problems & automation Logic Apps Software as a Service - SaaS One of the Azure serverless application services Abstraction of servers Manage apps not servers Reduce DevOps Event-driven / instant scale Micro billing Faster time to market Combination Azure services is often the best way Gluing together disparate systems Workflow Logic Reusability Web and cloud based
5. 5. 5 Slide 5 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Serverless application platform components
6. 6. 6 Slide 6 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Logic Apps is Powerful Integration Hyperscale Workflow Engine, born in Azure Faster integration using innovative Visual Designer Easy workflow creation with triggers and actions Mashup applications, data and services Built for mission critical Enterprise Integration Create, deploy, manage and monitor
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8. 8. 8 Slide 8 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Visual Studio Tooling Hosted Logic App Designer Resource Group Project Cloud Explorer XML and B2B artifacts
9. 9. 9 Slide 9 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Trigger & Run History Monitoring view Diagnostics Alerts
10. 10. 10 Slide 10 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Enable diagnostic logging Tracked properties Tracking API Operations Management Suite
11. 11. 11 Slide 11 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Flow is powered by Logic apps Successor to SharePoint Designer workflows Flow & Logic Apps Uses public APIs and standard runtime Workflows defined using JSON formatted models Leverages same visual designer / editor Logic Apps can always do everything that Flow can do Pro tip: the "advanced" mode for conditions uses the same language Flow has additional UX / experiences Simplified experience for typical office worker Flow Logic apps Managed APIs or Custom APIs Uses the Public REST APIs for management Calls into at runtime
12. 12. 12 Slide 12 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Azure Logic Apps GA July 2016 Aimed at IT Pros & developers Browser Azure Portal Visual Studio Designer Code view view Workflow Definition Language Extensible Source control, testing, support, and automation Manageability in Azure Resource Management (ARM)
13. 13. 13 Slide 13 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Components Connectors Integration Accounts Trading Partners EDI XML handling Flat File handling Business tracking Triggers Recurrence & Adv. Scheduling Polling Webhook Request Actions Invokes Services Managed connectors App Service APIs API Management Azure Functions Workflow HTTP + Swagger HTTP Behaviors Retry policy Run after Limit Operation Options Response Webhook Delay Terminate Message Handling Compose Query Table Request schema Parse JSON Xpath & XSLT XML Validation Flow Control Scope Foreach DoUntil Switch Condition Expressions & Operators
14. 14. 14 Slide 14 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17
15. 15. 17 Slide 17 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Setting up a dev environment VM Visual Studio Community Azure Logic Apps Tools for Visual Studio Enterprise Integration Pack SDK? PowerShell modules Azure (development / test / production) Web Apps Integration Accounts ~ repository Logic Apps / Service Bus / Azure Functions / Azure Event Grid Need one subscription or one resource group for each Environment Do not cross Regions with Logic Apps
16. 16. 18 Slide 18 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Do not be afraid of JSON Caution: Can upset Logic App when editing JSON Always Save or check-in to TFS before switching to JSON Sometimes cannot switch back until express is valid Ensure whole Action configured - might not be able to save Ensure you name the Action correctly as soon as you create it
17. 17. 19 Slide 19 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Microsoft Accounts Using more than one Microsoft account caused all kinds of issues locally Best to use one account if you can Always access Azure Portal via Incognito window If you get odd deployment results, close browser and try again
18. 18. 20 Slide 20 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Auto-merge Avoid deploying from Visual Studio when you have Logic App open inside the web editor Sometimes they will try to auto-merge
19. 19. 21 Slide 21 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Connections Defined at the Logic App level Lives at the Resource Group level Last deployment or update wins Defined all connection parameters in one Logic App Use one connection per destination per Resource Group and share it across many Logic Apps
20. 20. 22 Slide 22 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Resources Logic Apps How to get started: http://aka.ms/logicapps-try http://aka.ms/logicapps-tutorial Logic Apps GitHub: http://github.com/logicappsio Logic Apps Blog: http://aka.ms/logicappsblog Microsoft Integration on Channel 9: https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Microsoft-Integration Twitter: @logicappsio @AzureFunctions Logic Apps Ideas: http://aka.ms/logicapps-wish Logic Apps Monthly Webcast: http://aka.ms/logicappslive Logic Apps documentation: http://aka.ms/logicapps-docs Export ARM template from an existing Logic App using Windows PowerShell: https://github.com/jeffhollan/LogicAppTemplateCreator Some of the team: Jon Fancey, Kevin Lam, Jeff Hollan, @jeffhollan, Josh Twist, @joshtwist, Jim Harrer
21. 21. 23 Slide 23 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Resources Ignite 2017, September 25-29, Orlando: Logic Apps BRK2188: Enterprise integration with Microsoft Azure Logic Apps https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/55066 THR2109: Data integration with Azure Logic Apps https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/57069 BRK3179: Build cloud-first Enterprise integration solutions with Logic Apps https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/54873 BRK3246: A day in the life of an Azure serverless developer https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/54876
22. 22. 24 Slide 24 Introducing Logic Apps | Penelope Coventry | 17:25 17:45 25th October 2017 Follow us: #SPUnite17 Questions? | Thank You! Penelope Coventry penny.coventry@p3c.co.uk Wed like to know what you think!