Microsoft Integration Roadmap 2015

Integration Roadmap 2015Highlights of Microsoft’s Vision & StrategyDan ToomeyMexia Consulting

What is the Integration Roadmap?

“This roadmap explains our holistic approach to integration and the key product offerings that contribute to our integration capabilities. It details our vision and ambition as well as our strategy to address the challenges and opportunities for integration we see in the years ahead.”

Microsoft Integration Roadmap 1.0, Executive Summary, 24 December 2015

Highlights• Continuing commitment to BizTalk Server, with our 10th release of BizTalk

Server in Q4 2016• Expansion of our iPaaS vision to provide a comprehensive and compelling

integration offering spanning both traditional and modern integration requirements – Preview refresh in January 2016 and General Availability (GA) in April 2016.

• Deliver our iPaaS offering on premises through Azure Stack– Preview in Q2 2016 – GA by end of the 2016

• The next release of Host Integration Server is planned on the same timeline as BizTalk Server 2016

Context

Two Types of Integration

Enterprise Integration

• Industry standards support, e.g. EDI, HL7, AS/2

• Virtually unlimited scale• Fully managed iPaaS• Very high reliability 99.95 SLA

for mission critical workloads• Cost competitive• Marketplace of available

services, components, connectors

• Core capabilities, messaging, transformation, complex logic

Modern Integration

• Step-based flows to drive automation

• Ease of use as a feature• SaaS and web-centricity• Affordability but with built-in

reliability and scale• Inclusive approach, no code,

browser-based tools• Integrated part of Azure – a

complete cloud solution• Agility and innovation through

bimodal IT practices

Modern Integration Trends

•Democratization of access to integration

•Simplification of tools

•Easy & secure connectivity between on-prem cloud assets

•Device-centric LOB Applications

•Ubiquitous access to data

•SaaS to run core processes

•API Management

API Economy

Increasing Mobility

Citizen Integrato

r

Hybrid Integratio

n

Microsoft’s Vision

“…to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more.”

https://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/it-trends/social-enterprise/articles/our-vision-for-productivity.aspx

Target Audience

Enterprise Integration

• Industry standards support, e.g. EDI, HL7, AS/2

• Virtually unlimited scale• Fully managed iPaaS• Very high reliability 99.95 SLA

for mission critical workloads• Cost competitive• Marketplace of available

services, components, connectors

• Core capabilities, messaging, transformation, complex logic

Modern Integration

• Step-based flows to drive automation

• Ease of use as a feature• SaaS and web-centricity• Affordability but with built-in

reliability and scale• Inclusive approach, no code,

browser-based tools• Integrated part of Azure – a

complete cloud solution• Agility and innovation through

bimodal IT practicesEnterprise Integration Specialists

Web & Mobile Devs

Product Reach Pro Integration

Developer

Complex integrationOn-premises LOB systemsMission criticalDedicated IT resourcesOrganization-centricMessaging patterns

Web and Mobile Dev

Point to point integration

SaaSFailure

expected/toleratedDemocratized

User-centricAPI-based

What’s Coming?

In-houseLOB

RFID

SAP

OrchestrationBusiness Rules

Engine

Business Activity Monitoring

Customers

Partners

SiebelIBMMainframe

BizTalk ServerSeamlessly integrate disparate systems and business partners

BizTalk Server

Hybrid

B2B

BizTalk Server 2016• Support for SQL AlwaysOn• Production IaaS support for HA• Improved WCF NetTcpRelay adapter with SAS support• Tighter integration between BizTalk Server and API connectors to enable

BizTalk Server to consume our cloud connectors such as SalesForce.Com and O365 more easily.

• Better performance & usability in the admin console• Platform alignment:

– Windows Server 2016– SQL Server 2016– Visual Studio 2015 – Office 2016

• No code designer for rapid creation

• Dozens of pre-built templates to get started

• Out of box support for popular SaaS and on-premises apps

• Use with custom API apps of your own

• BizTalk APIs for expert integration scenarios

Logic AppsAutomate SaaS and On-Premises Systems

• Box• Chatter• Delay• Dropbox• Azure HD Insight• Marketo• Azure Media Services• OneDrive• SharePoint • SQL Server• Office 365• Oracle

• QuickBooks• SalesForce• Sugar CRM • SAP• Azure Service Bus• Azure Storage• Timer / Recurrence• Twilio• Twitter• IBM DB2 • Informix• Websphere MQ

• Azure Web Jobs• Yammer• Dynamics CRM• Dynamics AX• Hybrid Connectivity

• HTTP, HTTPS • File• Flat File• FTP, SFTP• POP3/IMAP• SMTP• SOAP + WCF

• Batching / Debatching

• Validate• Extract (XPath)• Transform

(+Mapper)• Convert (XML-JSON)

• Convert (XML-FF)• X12• EDIFACT• AS2• TPMOM• Rules Engine

Connectors

Protocols BizTalk Services

Built-in API Connectors

Logic Apps Improvements• Eventual porting of all functionality from Microsoft Azure BizTalk Services

– Imminent replacement of MABS(?)• Addition of more Logic Apps Connectors• Extending Logic Apps to incorporate more of the rich messaging capabilities

and industry verticals support currently offered by BizTalk Server• Option to host Logic Apps on-prem via Azure Stack

Microsoft Azure Stack

Microsoft Azure

Windows Server Linux

PortalIaaS / PaaS services

Cloud Infrastructure

PortalIaaS | PaaS services

Cloud infrastructure

Microsoft Private Cloud(on-premises/hosted)

Microsoft Azure Stack(on premises | hosted)



Cloud infrastructure[powered by Windows Server, System

Center, and Azure technologies]

App innovation

Microsoft Azure Stack

Microsoft Private Cloud(on-premises/hosted)

Microsoft Azure Stack(on premises | hosted)



Cloud infrastructure[powered by Windows Server, System

Center, and Azure technologies]

Cloud-consistent service delivery

Cloud-optimized application platform

Cloud-inspired hybrid infrastructure

Bridging the gap between on-prem & cloudHosting Flexibility

Microsoft Integration Roadmap 1.0, Figure 2, 24 December 2015

Summary

Converging Integration Capabilities


Timeline


Preview Logic Apps

update

GALogic Apps

Integration Summit

2016

Preview Logic Apps on Azure Stack

Beta BizTalk Server

RTM BizTalk Server

More Logic Apps

Connectors

CU1 BizTalk Server

Resources

https://aka.ms/integrationroadmap

Integration Roadmap 2015

Blog Posts• Saravana Kumar (MVP):

– http://blogs.biztalk360.com/what-is-the-microsoft-integration-roadmap/• Kent Weare (MVP):

– http://kentweare.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/my-point-of-view-microsoft-releases.html• Scott Banwart:

– http://rogue-technology.com/blog/2016/01/thoughts-on-the-microsoft-integration-roadmap/• Sudheer Kumar Gajula:

– http://spr.com/future-integration-following-microsoft-biztalk-integration-roadmap/• Dan Toomey:

– http://mindovermessaging.com/2015/12/27/following-the-roadmap-to-microsoft-integration/

Thank you.

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Microsoft Integration Roadmap 2015