Highlights of the Microsoft Integration Roadmap 2015 as presented to the Brisbane Azure User Group by Dan Toomey

1. Integration Roadmap 2015
Highlights of Microsoft’s Vision & Strategy
Dan Toomey
Mexia Consulting

3. “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

4. 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

6. 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

7. •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
Integrator
Hybrid
Integration

9. “…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

10. 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

11. Pro Integration
Developer
Complex integration
On-premises LOB systems
Mission critical
Dedicated IT resources
Organization-centric
Messaging patterns
Web and Mobile Dev
Point to point integration
SaaS
Failure expected/tolerated
Democratized
User-centric
API-based

13. BizTalk Server

14. 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

15. • 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

16. • 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

17. 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

18. Microsoft AzureMicrosoft Private Cloud
(on-premises/hosted)
Microsoft Azure Stack
(on premises | hosted)
App innovation

19. Microsoft Private Cloud
(on-premises/hosted)
Microsoft Azure Stack
(on premises | hosted)
Cloud-consistent
service delivery
Cloud-optimized
application platform
Cloud-inspired
hybrid infrastructure

20. Microsoft Integration Roadmap 1.0, Figure 2, 24 December 2015

22. Microsoft Integration Roadmap 1.0, Figure 4, 24 December 2015

23. Microsoft Integration Roadmap 1.0, Figure 1, 24 December 2015
Preview
Logic Apps
update
GA
Logic Apps
Integration
Summit
2016
Preview
Logic Apps on
Azure Stack
Beta
BizTalk Server
RTM
BizTalk Server
More Logic Apps
Connectors
CU1
BizTalk Server

25. https://aka.ms/integrationroadmap
Integration Roadmap 2015

26. 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/

27. Thank you.