BizTalk Server 2013, Windows Azure Service Bus, BizTalk Services and REST

Hybrid Solutions: Integration

Architect & Microsoft Integration MVP

• Author

• Speaker

• Community

• Runner

Steef-Jan Wiggers

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Key takeaways

Give a clear picture of building hybrid solution using the Microsoft Integration Stack

Considerations when building hybrid solutions

View on the different integration components

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What does Hybrid mean?

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Scope

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Different flavors of hybrid integration solutions

On premise – Cloud

Extend reach of existing integration solutions to cloud

services

(BizTalk Server 2013)

Cloud – On premise

Integrate cloud services with on premise LOB applications

(Windows Azure BizTalk Services)

Store and forward, pub/sub, load balancing/levellingWindows Azure Service Bus

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Hybrid solutions

Enterprise

ERPLOB DATABASESMAINFRAME

Service BusBizTalk Services

Partners

Windows AzureDevices

SaaS Apps

BizTalk Server

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Hybrid scenario’s

HYBRID APPS

B2B

SAAS INTEGRATION

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BizTalk Server 2013

• Run BizTalk Server in the cloud (IaaS)• Virtual Machine in Windows Azure

• Connectivity with SaaS solutions• Brokered (Service Bus)

• Direct (Relay)

• Platform as a Service (PaaS)• Deploy integration solutions in Windows Azure

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VM in the Cloud – IaaS

Benefits– Lower TCO– Procurement– Elasticity/Availability

Connectivity– VPN– Web Services

Provisioning– Manually quick create or – Automated using PowerShell– Upload existing Image (VHD)

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New (WCF-based) adapters: BizTalk 2013

Relay: WCF-BasicHttpRelay, WCF-NetTcpRelay, WCF-WebHttp

Service Bus: SB-Messaging REST: WCF-WebHttp SFTP adapter

Key innovation feature of this BizTalk version are the cloud based adapters!

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Service Bus

Middleware in the Cloud– Cloud Hosted

Features• Relay Services• Queues• Pub/Sub Reliable Messaging• Notifications• Windows Azure Portal

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SB-Messaging Adapter

Benefits: Reliable messaging Load levelling/load balancing Low costs, fast Time-to-market

Features:• Brokering (Asynchronous messaging)

• Leverages Access Control Service (ACS) for cloud based authentication

• Sessions (FIFO)

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Use case: Register running times

TopicSubscriptions

Data Store

BizTalk Server

SB-Messaging

DEMO

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Relay adapters

Benefits: Expose existing interfaces to the cloud quickly and easily Extend reach of data or processes Low cost, fast Time-to-market

Features:• Initially introduced as a BizTalk 2010 Feature pack (Connect for services)

• Expose local and cloud endpoints

• Leverages the BizTalk WCF Publishing Wizard

• Provides 1 way Asynchronous or 2 way Synchronous Request-Response Interactions

• Leverages Access Control Service (ACS) for cloud based authentication

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Sample scenario with WCF-NetTcpRelay

Extend reach of existing integration solutions to the cloud

Enterprise

ERP

Line of Business

IntegrationBehind

firewall on premise

Custom View

Custom Process

Windows Azure Service Bus

Relay Service

WCF-NetTcpRelay

DEMO

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REST

Benefits:• Support for ‘Lightweight’ integration scenarios

• Many SaaS and Cloud platforms are adopting RESTful APIs (SalesForce, Twitter, Google, Azure)

• Mobility

Features:• Support for exposing and consuming ‘RESTful’ services

• Can be used with and without Service Bus integration

• Provides 1 way Asynchronous or 2 way Synchronous Request-Response Interactions

• Leverages Access Control Service (ACS) for cloud based authentication

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Sample scenario consuming REST Endpoint

Enterprise

ERP

Line of Business

IntegrationBehind

firewall on premise

FAA Service

Custom Application

WCF-WebHttp

DEMO

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Dedicated Service

•Dedicated service hosted & managed by Microsoft in its subscription

• Provides isolation for compute and storage

• Predictable performance

• Secure sandboxed environment for each customer/tenant

Infrastructure managed by Microsoft, App by user

• 99.9% uptime SLA from Microsoft

• Service Health monitoring integrated with Azure Portal

• BizTalk applications monitoring through BizTalk Portal

•Raw tracking and monitoring information available in user store

Windows Azure BizTalk Services

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Windows Azure BizTalk Services

EAI Service• Drag and drop integration solution development

• Out of the box support for common integration patterns

• Connectivity to on-premises LOB systems out of the box

B2B Service• Trading partner management and supplier on-boarding

• Support for X12 and AS2

• Enterprise capabilities such as Archiving, Ack correlation and NRR

Extensible Platform• Rich message processing

• Customization with code for transforms and pipeline stages

• Trading Partner Management API for custom experiences

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BizTalk Services - Bridge

Database ERP BizTalk Adapter Service

Server Explorer

(Visual Studio)

PowerShell CmdLets

Management Service REST API

Lob Relay (Service Host)

Lob TargetLob Target

FTP/SFTP

HTTP

WCF

Blob

Service BusBridge

Cloud Application

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BizTalk Services - Bridge

Basic building block for building your integration platform

A Bridge is a single message processing unit with 3 parts: Sources: From where the messages originate

Pipeline: Which processes the messages [Flat file, XML, Pass-through]

Destinations: Where the messages are sent to

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Use case: Runner Data

Database BizTalk Adapter Service

Lob Relay (Service Host)

Lob Target

Service Bus

BridgeRunner Data

Windows Azure BizTalk Services

DEMO

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Security (access to resources, identity management) Governance (changing schema’s) Availability (hosting of your endpoints, SLA’s) Increased load (more devices, platforms) REST Orientation (lots of API’s are REST based) Interoperability (support for different platforms) Latency (request for tokens)

Hybrid Solutions – Consideration

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Wrap up

Different options to choose from when building hybrid solutions

BizTalk Server 2013, BizTalk Services and the Service Bus are key components for a hybrid solution

Concepts and technology is easy to understand for BizTalk professionals

Microsoft have taken step forward in innovation, but are not there yet

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Call to action

• Build your own VM with BizTalk Server 2013 or provision a VM in Windows Azure

• Create your own hybrid solution leveraging the new adapters in BizTalk Server 2013

• Provision a Windows Azure BizTalk Service

• Examine and learn from existing examples:• MSDN Code Gallery

• BizTalk Server 2013 Tutorials

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Contact

steefjan@msn.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/steefjan@steefjanhttp://soa-thoughts.blogspot.com

Thank you!

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