Northumbria University is at an exciting point on its journey to become a new kind of excellent university at a time when the higher education sector itself is undergoing significant change. The University’s “Vision 2025” and underpinning corporate strategy describe how the University will respond to a changing sector and exploit emerging opportunities (including technologies) to help shape the future direction of higher education and differentiate itself by providing outstanding experiences to its students. A key enabler to “Vision 2025” is an innovative transformation and technology strategy which places integration right at its heart. In this session we will explore how a flexible business focused integration platform could be created with Microsoft Azure and other technologies to help the University achieve its vision.
1. tSponsors
Michael Stephenson & Oliver Davy
Integration MVP
An Integration Platform to Support Vision 2025
BizTalk Summit 2015 – London
ExCeL London | April 13th & 14th
7. Everything is
an APIESB is old you
now need a
NoESB
SOA solves
everything
Microservices
RULE!
JSON is
better than
XML
EAI is better
than Batch
This time next year
we will have a
million connected
devices
You need an ESB
8. 2000 2015
Internet of Things
Wearables
Microservices
Big Data
Container Based Deployment
API / REST / JSON
Mobile
Cloud
SOAP / Web Services
SOA
Lightweight Integration
XML
EAI
EDI
Mainframes
Batch Integration
ETL
API Economy
ESB
20102005
We need a platform that can potentially
work with all of this
NoESB
9. On Premise
BizTalk Web Services SQL Server
Integration Services
Frameworks &
Foundation
.net
WCF
WF
SOAP
XML/XSD
XSLT
10. - 2013
Cloud
On Premise
Cloud & Bridging Technologies
Service Bus Queue
Service Bus Relay
Virtual Networking
Azure Connect
Windows Azure BizTalk Services Windows Azure BizTalk VM
BizTalk Server 2013
Windows Server
AppFabric
Windows Server
Service Bus
Windows Server
Workflow Manager
SQL Server
Integration Services
Windows Azure Web Role Windows Azure Worker Role
WCF Routing Service
Custom WCF
Services
Frameworks &
Foundation
.net
WCF
WF
SOAP
REST
AMQP
Windows
Azure
XML/XSD
XSLT
JSON
11. - 2014
Cloud
On Premise
Cloud & Bridging Technologies
Service Bus MessagingService Bus Relay VPN
BizTalk Services EAI
Azure BizTalk VM
BizTalk Server 2013 R2
Windows Server
AppFabric
Windows Server
Service Bus
Windows Server
Workflow Manager
SQL Server
Integration Services
WCF Routing Service
Custom WCF
Services
Frameworks & Foundation
.net
WCF
WF
SOAP
REST
AMQP
Azure
XML/XSD
XSLT
JSON
Traffic Manager BizTalk Services EDI
BizTalk Hybrid Connections Express Route BizTalk Adapter Service
Azure Active Directory Access Control Service
Azure Web Sites Notification Hubs Web & Worker Roles Cache
Azure SQL DB Document DB Scheduler Azure Automation Stream Analytics
Event Hubs API Management Virtual Network Data Factory
WebAPI
12. – 2015
Cloud
On Premise
Cloud & Bridging Technologies
Service Bus MessagingService Bus Relay VPN
BizTalk Services EAI
Azure BizTalk VM
BizTalk Server 2013 R2
Windows Server
AppFabric
Windows Server
Service Bus
Windows Server
Workflow Manager
SQL Server
Integration Services
WCF Routing Service
Custom WCF
Services
Frameworks & Foundation
.net
WCF
WF
SOAP
REST
AMQP
Azure
XML/XSD
XSLT
JSON
Traffic Manager BizTalk Services EDI
BizTalk Hybrid Connections Express Route BizTalk Adapter Service
Azure Active Directory Access Control Service
Azure Web Sites Notification Hubs Web & Worker Roles Cache
Azure SQL DB Document DB Scheduler Azure Automation Stream Analytics
Event Hubs API Management Virtual Network Data Factory
Swagger
WADL
WebAPI
Durable Task
18. How does this work????
Is this future integration
spaghetti?
19.
20.
21. Do you want to be a tug boat crew
or fighter pilots?
22.
23. Service Gateway
API Management
Security
ManagementMonitoring
Business Service Business Service
Application
Connector Services
Integration Platform
On Premise Applications Cloud Applications
Application
Connector Services
Application
Connector Services
Application
Connector Services
Utility
Services
Service Gateway
API Management
Service Gateway
API Management
Service Gateway
API Management
On Premise Applications
Cloud Applications
EAI ESB Service Virtualization
Business Service Connecting to applications
Business Processes & Logic
Integration Infrastructure
Exposing services outside
the platformSuper charge API’s
24. On-Premise & Cloud IaaS Cloud PaaS Future additions
• IIS Virtual Directory
• Windows Service
• BizTalk
• Azure Website
• Azure Web Role
• Azure Worker Role
• Azure Web Job
• Azure Logic App
• Azure Web App
• Azure API App
• Docker
27. Core Platform
Industry Verticals
BizTalk
Server
SQL Server
Integration
Services
Azure
Service Bus
Relay
BizTalk
Services –
EDI
Azure
Service Bus
Queues
WCF
WebAPI
BizTalk
Accelerators
Hybrid Integration
MABS –
Hybrid
Connections
Azure Site-
To-Site VPN
Azure
Express
Route
MABS –
BizTalk
Adapter
Service
Line of Business Applications
BizTalk
Adapter
Pack
MABS –
BizTalk
Adapter
Service
Host
Integration
Server
SOA, API & Services
Azure API
Management
Sentinet
WCF Routing
Service
SaaS Integration
BizTalk
Services –
EAI Bridges
REST
Azure API
Management
28. Core Platform
BizTalk
Server
SQL Server
Integration
Services
Azure
Service Bus
Relay
Azure
Service Bus
Queues
WCF
WebAPI
Eventing
Azure
Service Bus
Event Hubs
Azure
Stream
Analytics
Wearables & IoT
Azure
Service Bus
Event hubs
Azure API
Management
Azure
Service Bus Data Integration
Azure Data
Factory
Stream
Analytics
Mobile
Azure API
Management
Azure
Service Bus
Notification
Services
Azure Mobile
Services
31. Service Gateway
API Management
Security
ManagementMonitoring
Business Service Business Service
Application
Connector Services
Integration Platform
On Premise Applications Cloud Applications
Application
Connector Services
Application
Connector Services
Application
Connector Services
Utility
Services
Service Gateway
API Management
Service Gateway
API Management
Service Gateway
API Management
On Premise Applications
Cloud Applications
EAI ESB Service Virtualization
Azure API Management
Azure APP Service (Websites + REST/WCF)
IIS + WCF IIS + REST
IIS + WCF/REST
Azure API App
BizTalk
BizTalk
BizTalk Azure Service Bus Sentinet
Business ServiceAzure Logic App
Sentinet
32.
33.
34. • Can we protect a room in
Minecraft so you can only enter
it if you are authenticated
against active directory?
• Can we query data from our line
of business systems?
• Can we trigger an enrolment
process from a student enrolling
for a course in Minecraft?
35. On Premise Data Centre
Active Directory
Azure
Azure Service
Bus Relay
Azure API Management
36. On Premise Data Centre
Azure Azure Service
Bus Queue
Azure API Management
Enrolment System
Courses System
37. On Premise Data Centre
Azure
Azure Service
Bus Queue
Azure API
Management
Enrolment System
Courses System
41. Unfortunately many companies are poor at
- ALM Particularly with BizTalk & Testing
- Dependency Management
- Configuration Management
We need to… How
Deal with a chaotic world With an agile integration platform
Have confidence in our
architecture
Have confidence in our
components & microservices
Have reliable and predictable
components & services
Good ALM processes
(Build / Test / Deploy)
Notes de l'éditeur
If we think about the way applications are changing in the way they are build there are some good things happening.
There are however some challenges which are not so clearly defined around the communication between microservices and the communication to from microservices to monolithic applications. Saying to just use a queue or HTTP leave a lot of scope for customers to make mistakes and use bad practices resulting in coupled systems.
As an integration person we need to think about how we can address these challenges
Application teams used to often see integration teams like the tug boat crew trying to maneuver this huge integration product around which was difficult to get what they wanted and moved slowly
We still have a solid foundation (aircraft carrier), but the fighter jets represent our microservices within the integration platform for agility and fast response and specific tasks. When we start making our services work together we can create some great solutions.
Types of Component
There are the following types of component:
App Connector Services
Business Services
Infrastructure Services (EAI, ESB, Service Virtualization, Security, Utilities)
Service Gateways
API Proxies
This slide is about illustrating logically building the platform
We can expose a Minecraft friendly API as a WebAPI on Azure App Service
We can use Azure Service Bus Relay to bridge on premise
We can use the Microservices architecture and Services Stack to make it easy to integrate with apps
We could expose an existing enrolment process via the API stack
The process in BizTalk can reuse our Services Stack
We can integrate into LOB applications with BizTalk
We can extend the process with light weight integrations on Azure App Service
The business have a requirement to change the existing enrolment process and add some notifications to the end of it
Rather than change whats there we can implement a simpler solution using App Service and try out the idea with zero change to the existing solution.
If it doesn’t work we can bin it
If it works well we can keep it or integrate something into existing integration process
This fits really well with the idea of 2 speed IT and 2 speed integration
This is a big concern to me, our principles of separation of messaging and API combined with service virtualization and API management are how we think we will provide governance and management of this.
Its important to remember that just stuffing an API Management product in front of your API’s isn’t a silver bullet to this.
EG: App Service is new so this is the latest “when do we use what” challenge.
WebApps and MobileApps have been out a while so will be lower risk but newer features may be less mature. We will use R&D to evaluate how well they fit into our way of working and how they fit into our patterns and how confident we are in them. This will decide when we are ready to bet on them and by how much.
If we wanted to use an immature product in a niche area we might accept a less mature process for using it