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Robust Cloud integration with Azure

You're reading from   Robust Cloud integration with Azure Unleash the power of serverless integration with Azure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786465573
Length 696 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abhishek Kumar Abhishek Kumar
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Martin Abbott Martin Abbott
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Gyanendra Kumar Gautam Gyanendra Kumar Gautam
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James Corbould James Corbould
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Mahindra Morar Mahindra Morar
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Ashish Bhambhani Ashish Bhambhani
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. An Introduction to Systems Integration in the Cloud FREE CHAPTER 2. What Is an Azure App Service? 3. Getting Started with API Apps 4. What is Azure API Management? 5. Trigger Your First Logic App in Azure 6. Working with Connectors in Logic Apps 7. Azure Functions in Logic Apps 8. A Deep Dive into Logic Apps 9. Powerful Integration with SaaS Using Logic Apps 10. Advanced Integration with Powerful, Scalable Service Bus in the Cloud 11. Connecting to Event Hubs and an Introduction to IoT Hubs 12. EAI/B2B Integration Using Logic Apps 13. Hybrid Integration Using BizTalk Server 2016 and Logic Apps 14. Tooling and Monitoring for Logic Apps 15. Whats Next for Azure Integration?

Exploring the Logic App SaaS connectors

Chapter 6, Working with Connectors in Logic Apps, describes in detail what a Logic App connector is. In this section, we delve deeper into the SaaS connectors, highlighting what is common between them, key features and things to know, in order to get a head start using these connectors in your workflows.

The SaaS connectors are fundamentally API apps that have been written and are managed by Microsoft, hosted in Azure. They wrap the SaaS vendor's APIs, providing a consistent interface and user experience that reduces the learning curve required to start using a new API. As new SaaS products come online, it is relatively easy for a developer to pick up the new connector and based on previous experience using other connectors, get to grips quickly with hooking up to the SaaS vendor's API.

It is true that any SaaS provider wanting to extend its reach will have an API, and certainly, it is possible to use the vendor's API directly...

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