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Microsoft Promises to "Unlock Value from On-Premise Systems" with Azure Logic Apps

by Dann Anthony Maurno
Assistant Editor, MSDW

Microsoft has announced general availability of Azure Logic Apps, its integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) offering that aims to tie together SaaS and on-premise enterprise applications using an organization's own rules and business logic. 

"[We] want to enable our customers by providing the right tools to deliver services faster and stay ahead of competition," wrote Frank Weigel, principal director of program management for the company.

Microsoft has previously described its vision of a comprehensive hybrid integration platform, enabling seamless connection between on-premises systems and cloud-native applications, and Logic Apps is key to that vision.

Gartner in March 2016 named Microsoft one of two application platform as a service (aPaaS) leaders alongside Salesforce; but at the time, Gartner described Microsoft as "distracted" by its strategic focus on competing with (among others) Amazon for platform as a service (PaaS), and observed that key App Service capabilities like Logic Apps had yet to materialize more than a year after they were announced.  

Nevertheless, here it is.

Microsoft promises that Logic Apps makes it possible to complete projects faster and iterate more efficiently, compared to the tedious integrations of days past. It does so with a "vast set of out-of-the-box connectors" that integrate SaaS applications like Office 365, Salesforce and Dynamics CRM within minutes.

A new visual designer (see graphic) enables users to spend less time coding and more time composing workflows to automate business processes. 

Among the connectors available in Logic Apps (not a complete list):

  • API/Web App
  • ...

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About Dann Anthony Maurno

Dann Anthony Maurno is a seasoned business journalist who began his career as International Marketing Manager with Lilly Software, then moved on as a freelancer to write for such prestigious clients as CFO Magazine; Compliance Week;Manufacturing Business Technology; Decision Resources, Inc.; The Economist Intelligence Unit; and corporate clients such as Iron Mountain, Microsoft and SAP. He is the co-author of Thin Air: How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives(CRC/Productivity Press, 2010).

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