Category: ramblings

Integration Down Under

Integration Down Under is a brand new Microsoft Integration & Azure webcast, in an APAC friendly time zone! And that is an idea that have been simmering for a long time.

We all love Integration Monday, one of the most successful MS Integration webcasts ever, but it was always a recurring joke between the AU/NZ integration professionals who would have to wake up the earliest to be able to watch. So, for a while now, we’ve been discussing how nice would be to have a similar webcast in a time slot that didn’t require lots of caffeine and an alarm clock setup to early in the morning, just to enjoy live…

Then earlier this year Bill Chesnut rallied the troops and brought together a group of Microsoft Azure MVPs – Daniel Toomey, Martin Abbot, Rene Brawuers and myself – to start this project. After a couple of crazy nights furiously discussing details and logistics – social media, logo, topics, among lots of other things – we’ve settled for an inaugural meeting on the 8th Feb, which will kick off the webcast with a series of lightning talks. Here is a taste of what you can expect on the first webcast:

  • Bill Chesnut – API Management REST to SOAP
  • Martin Abbott – Azure Data Factory v2.
  • Wagner Silveira – Azure Functions Proxy
  • Dan Toomey – Azure Event Grid
  • Rene Brauwers – A reactive integration primer

You can register for the webinar here, thanks to SixPivot, which is kindly providing the Webinar facility.

So please join us on the 8th, and let us know what you think, what topics you are interested in hearing more next and how can we improve more and more!

2017 – a year of firsts

It is Saturday, the last Saturday of my Christmas holiday, and the weather is not exactly “friendly”, so instead of playing in a beach, I am home getting ready for work on Monday.

That reminded me that although I wanted, I didn’t wrote the classic “year in review post” for 2017 – and by classic I mean, the first ever for this blog… 😀 Continue reading “2017 – a year of firsts”

Hour of Code 2017

It has been a while since the last post. Between work and a bit of author’s block (hey it is a good excuse as any), a month or so went by and no posts.

But there is something that was not exactly technical that I would like to share – I had an awesome experience running an Hour of Code event at the kids’ school. What started with a conversation with Andrea Howard, the Learning Support Teacher at Arahoe School, end up being a big event at school with all year 3, 4, 5 and 6 participating over two days. Continue reading “Hour of Code 2017”

Developing Logic Apps in the Portal

When it comes to developing Logic Apps, everyone has a preference. Some people like to develop in the portal, while others like to start development directly from Visual Studio. I am in the first group mainly because a lot of my logic apps involves integration with the Dynamics 365 CRM connector, which doesn’t play well with the Logic Apps editor after I apply the required parameterization (which reminds me that I have to blog about that – will write something about it soon). I also like the simplicity of just opening the browser and be able to develop, debug all in one go.

Continue reading “Developing Logic Apps in the Portal”

Rethinking an old Logic App deployment package – Part I

Some time ago I had the opportunity to work on a big Logic Apps implementation. The project was a big success and I’ve learned a lot… but one thing always bugged me on that project: the way I’ve tackled deployment. It was a mix of me, my team getting used to logic apps and the tooling still on early stages.

Almost a year later and I have the opportunity to revisit this deployment setup, as I’m working on some updates in the logic apps. So I’m taking this opportunity to try to create the deployment package the way I think it should be. My plan is to document the new “thinking”, any gotchas and tools I’m using along the way. So expect a series of blog posts as this evolves. Continue reading “Rethinking an old Logic App deployment package – Part I”