2021 wasn’t the year we all desire to be, COVID-19 pandemic is still present, but overall it was a good year for my family and me. We manage to be safe and well, which is the most important. Because we use our homes more and more, renovations at home continue to happen during 2021 to continue to build our dream house:
It was a year we all got vaccinated, and that allowed us to have more freedom, so we were able to safely visit Portugal (our country) and take a deserved vacation away from the hustle of the city or the most tourist places:
But without exaggeration! Homeworking, or working in all possible crazy situations and from literally everywhere, was still present:
And I decide not to do any in-person events. Instead, I did 21 online events and kept friends close by doing a lot of video calls!
My Blog has still solid numbers and growing every year…
The numbers of my blog kept solid in terms of visitors and new content, and 2021 was again a very productive year:
Publish 77 new posts on my blog;
One more publisher: Pedro Almeida
More than 375,328 visits to my blog.
Coming from 210 countries across the world in the past year (and more than 15,137 cities).
And the countries that most visited my blog are once again the United States, followed by India, the United Kingdom, and this time Australia
Not bad if we compare to previous years:
2020: 392,535 visits, 214 countries, 92 new posts
2019: 431,000visits, 207countries, 43 new posts
2018: 246,381 visits, 194 countries, 70 new posts
2017: 210,000 visits, 167 countries, 63 new posts (migrate to a new blog)
2016: 318,576 visits, 190 countries, 50 new posts
2015: 350,000 visits, 184 countries, 79 new posts
2014: 310,000 visits, 183 countries, 52 new posts
2013: 200,000 visits, 176 countries, 79 new posts
2012: 170,000 visits, 171 countries, 102 new posts
2011: 91,000 visits, 61 new posts
I want to say thanks to all my readers. I appreciate all the visits to my blog, and thanks for your support. And a big thanks to my team at DevScope:
Attractionsin 2021
These are the top 10 posts that got the most views in 2021:
2021 was also the year I finished my second book: Migrating to BizTalk Server 2020. This time with the help of good friends: Tom Canter and Lex Hegt.
The book is almost available! Unfortunately, we had some setbacks with printing books and shipping (Brexit), but I’m confident it will become available by the end of this month (January 2022).
Open Source Contributions…
Continue to improve the existing GitHub contributions and add new ones. Here are some samples:
BizTalk Server File-RADITZ Adapter: The File-RADITZ adapter is kind of the arch-enemy of the File-Z Adapter, this adapter doesn’t pick up or process empty (zero-byte) files.
BizTalk Server WCF-Loopback Adapter: The Loopback adapter is simply a two-way send adapter that, in its essence, returns a copy of the outbound message.
BizTalk Server SSO Application Configuration CLI: Unfortunately, there is no command line tool to allow you to script the deployment SSO Application Configurations or perform CI/CD thru DevOps. This tool is designed to address this gap allowing you to: you can securely import Application configurations by using this CLI application
PowerShell Runbook: Find Broken Azure API Connections: This PowerShell Runbook will look at all of the API Connections in all resource groups present in a specific Azure Subscription and provide a list of all broken API Connections.
Function App: Find Broken Azure API Connections: This PowerShell Function App will look at all of the API Connections in all resource groups present in a specific Azure Subscription and provide a list of all broken API Connections.
API Connections Status Report: This PowerShell script will look at all of the API Connections in all resource groups present in a specific Azure Subscription and providen their currenct status.
Find Orphaned Azure API Connectors: This PowerShell script will look at all of the API Connections in all resource groups present in a specific Azure Subscription and then inspect every Logic App in your resource group to check if the API Connections are being used or not. The goal of this script, of course, is to identify orphaned API Connections in a single Resource Group quickly and effectively.
And if you think I stayed and contribute only to my blog, you are very wrong I perform several other publications outside my blog:
Publish 9 guest blog posts on Serveless360 about Azure Integration Services on topics like Logic Apps, API Management, Azure App Configuration, and Power Automate.
However, that is not all! I still was able to deliver 21 virtual sessions in several conferences and User Groups worldwide on topics like BizTalk Server, Logic Apps, and Power Automate:
Azure User Group Portugal | January 13, 2021 | Logic Apps: Development experiences
101 Talk Arena | January 14, 2021 | 101 Talk Arena with Sandro Pereira: What about integration now?
Microsoft Integrate Conference DACH 2021 | January 21, 2021 | Logic Apps: Anywhere, Everywhere
Azure Lowlands | January 29, 2021 | How to create robust monitor solutions with PowerShell, Azure Functions and Logic Apps
Global Automation Bootcamp 2021 | February 6, 2021 | Power Automation: Best practices, tips and tricks
Virtual Scottish Summit 2021 | February 19, 2021 | Power Automation: Best practices, tips and tricks
Global Power Platform Bootcamp 2021 – Münsterland | February 19, 2021 | Power Automate: Best practices, Tips and Tricks
Webinar: PowerTalk by Atea | February 22, 2021 | Power Automate: Best practices, Tips and Tricks
Global Integration Bootcamp 2021 – Virtual | February 25, 2021 | Logic App (Preview): The new kid on the block
Power Platform Virtual Conference | March 12, 2021 | Power Automate: Best practices, Tips and Tricks
Global Azure Lüdinghausen 2021 | April 16, 2021 | Logic App (Preview): The new kid on the block
Global Azure Portugal 2021 | April 16, 2021 | Logic App (Preview): The new kid on the block
DeveloperWeek Europe 2021 | April 26, 2021 | The most important Best practices you need to know to develop Azure Logic Apps
Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon | April 26, 2021 | Logic Apps: Best practices, Tips and Tricks
Power Platform 24 | May 5, 2021 | How to create robust monitor solutions with PowerShell and Power Automate
Bizz Summit ES | June 4, 2021 | Power Automation: Best practices, tips and tricks
Dutch Microsoft Cloud Call | June 5, 2021 | Logic Apps: Best practices, Tips and Tricks
We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We are entering the 3rt pandemic year. We are in a better position, the vaccination is helping minimize the impact of this pandemic, but there is still a long way to go. This makes his holiday season even more important because we never know what tomorrow will be, so on this Christmas, I hope you all can spend time with your close family and friends in the safest way you can. And if you are like me, with three young kids, then it’s all about creating happy memories that will last a lifetime, and we need it more than ever!
And once again, my sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my readers, friends, customers, partners, coworkers, my amazing Integration Team at DevScope (Pedro Almeida and Diogo Formosinho – you guys rock!), to all Microsoft Integration and Azure Community (BizTalk Server, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and so on), MSFT Product Groups, all the Portuguese Communities, my MVP “family” and of course to my beautiful family.
Thanks in advance for all the support and encouragement given throughout another year – 11 years as MVP. I couldn’t make it without you guys!. It was, once again, an incredible year for me, on both a personal and professional level, and I hope that the next will be a year filled with new challenges. I promise that I will continue to share knowledge, hoping to help someone.
May this festive season sparkle and shine, may all of your wishes and dreams come true, and may the new year be made of great happiness. Merry Christmas to you and your entire family, and a happy new year!
I’m not a Dynamics 265 expert, and Dynamics 365 is not my focus area. Nevertheless, I couldn’t ignore the flood of requests to add the new Dynamics 365 logos, especially the App icons. It took a while, but they are finally here.
What’s new in this version?
These are the list of changes and additions present in this major release:
New shapes: There are new shapes on the following Visio Stencils files (.vssx):
MIS Office, Office 365 and Dynamics 365: add the new Dynamic 265 logo, Dynamics 365 App Icons, and Dynamics 365 Mixed Reality Icons.
MIS Azure Stencils and MIS Azure Additional or Support Stencils: there were a few new icons add to the stencils, most of them related to new preview features and integration services like the new Logic App icon.
SVG files: new SVG files added.
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack it’s a Visio package that contains fully resizable Visio shapes (symbols/icons) that will help you to visually represent On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid Integration and Enterprise architectures scenarios (BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub…), solutions diagrams and features or systems that use Microsoft Azure and related cloud and on-premises technologies in Visio 2016/2013:
BizTalk Server
Microsoft Azure
Integration
Integration Service Environments (ISE)
Logic Apps and Azure App Service in general (API Apps, Web Apps, and Mobile Apps)
Azure API Management
Messaging: Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus, …
Azure IoT and Docker
AI, Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
SQL Server, DocumentDB, CosmosDB, MySQL, …
and so on
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
Office365, SharePoint,…
DevOps and PowerShell
Security and Governance
And much more…
… and now non-related Microsoft technologies like:
SAP Stencils
The Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack is composed of 27 files:
Microsoft Integration Stencils
MIS Additional or Support Stencils
MIS AI and Machine Learning Stencils
MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils
MIS Azure Additional or Support Stencils
MIS Azure Black and Gray
MIS Azure Old Versions
MIS Azure Stencils
MIS Black and Cyan
MIS Buildings Stencils
MIS Databases and Analytics Stencils
MIS Deprecated Stencils
MIS Developer Stencils
MIS Devices Stencils
MIS Files and Message Types Stencils
MIS Generic Stencils
MIS Infrastructure and Networking Stencils
MIS Integration Fun
MIS Integration Patterns Stencils
MIS IoT Stencils
MIS Office, Office 365 and Dynamics 365
MIS Power BI Stencils
MIS Power Platform Stencils
MIS SAP Stencils
MIS Security and Governance
MIS Servers (Hexagonal) Stencils
MIS Users and Roles Stencils
Organisational Stencils
That you can use and resize without losing quality, in particular, the new shapes.
Download
You can download Microsoft Integration, Azure, BAPI, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack for Visio from GitHub Here:
I sincerely believe that humankind has faced worse years than in 2020. Nevertheless, this was probably the most challenging, exhausting, and difficult year of our generation. When the pandemic hit, and we were forced to be locked down at home, everything change, and we have to struggle between:
Both parents working from home. We were not prepared, i.e., we did not have the necessary conditions at home, but that was the least of concerns, and it was relatively easier to fix. I ready had my office at home, so it was a matter to extend it to fit my wife’s needs and improve the network capabilities.
3 Kids with younger ages being 24 hours at home and more critical having virtual school at home, and this was truly a challenge. Once again, luckily, I have several devices, that unfortunately, many people do not have, so in terms of equipment, that was easy, the oldest get a Mac, and the youngest was entitled to a Surface Pro. the little one, fortunately, didn’t have virtual school. But to conciliate both kids having virtual school and both parents having to work, and taking care of the kids and the house… wow, that was something huge that we luckily succeeded in without causing to much stress on our family and marriage.
Briefly and in the face of adversity, I would say that this turned out to be a good year. Family until now is safe and healthy, and that is the essential thing in life. We didn’t travel this year, that is something that I miss, but we arrange other things to pass the time in family, mainly at home safely. And for that reason, renovations at home continue to happen during 2020 in order to continue to build our dream house.
But that it’s not all:
We increased the family by adopting a new member: a 4-year-old puppy who suffered from mistreatment and that is now is a little princess here at home and cause for great joy and children’s play
We started a pep project during this pandemic to reduce stress, but it ended up improving our food: a biological garden that was initially small and got bigger and bigger!
And my team at DevScope grew even more and we hope it will continue to grow during this year in terms of business but full of challenging and great projects worldwide. We are doing a fantastic job;
My Blog is growing every year…
With all these constraints caused by the pandemic, both in personal and professional terms, It was to imagine that I had little time to do something I like: sharing knowledge. But when you do something that you enjoy, you always find the time. It was also a way to escape from all the problems and worries that have happened and relax. So it actually was a very productive year:
Publish 92 new posts on my blog; This goes directly to the podium, being the second most productive year since I start my personal blog.
More than 392,535 visits to my blog – that’s an average of 1,075 visits per day!
Coming from 214 countries across the world in the past year.
7 new countries compare to the previous year
And the countries that most visited my blog are once again the United States, followed by India, the United Kingdom, and Canada
Not bad if we compare to previous years:
2019: 431,000 visits, 207countries, 43 new posts
2018: 246,381 visits, 194 countries, 70 new posts
2017: 210,000 visits, 167 countries, 63 new posts (migrate to a new blog)
2016: 318,576 visits, 190 countries, 50 new posts
2015: 350,000 visits, 184 countries, 79 new posts
2014: 310,000 visits, 183 countries, 52 new posts
2013: 200,000 visits, 176 countries, 79 new posts
2012: 170,000 visits, 171 countries, 102 new posts
2011: 91,000 visits, 61 new posts
I want to say thanks to all my readers. I appreciate all the visits to my blog, and thanks for your support.
Attractions in 2020
These are the top 10 posts that got the most views in 2020:
With all of this activity on my blog and to support my posts, I end up reorganizing and add several repositories and contributions to my GitHub account and organizations. Here are some samples:
Migrate all the BizTalk Server tools and Open Source Community projects to BizTalk Server 2020:
BizTalk Port Multiplier Tool: a tool that aims to simplify this process by allowing you to easily “clone or duplicate” an existing port (Receive Port or Send Port).
BizTalk Filter Finder Tool: a tool that aims to simplify the process for better understand and maintain solutions based on content-based routing. By allowing you to have a quick overview of all the artifacts, send ports, or orchestrations that have filters associated.
BizTalk Server SSO Application Configuration Tool: a tool that provides the ability to add and manage applications, add and manage key-value pairs in the SSO database, as well as import and export configuration applications so that they can be deployed to different environments.
BizTalk MapperExtensions Functoid Wizard: a Custom Functoid Project Wizard for Visual Studio 2010. It allows you to create a new Functoids project for BizTalk Server without having to create manually the project.
BizTalk MapperExtensions Functoid Project Template: a Custom Functoid Project Template for Visual Studio 2019. It allows you to create a new Functoids project for BizTalk Server 2020 without having to create manually the project.
BizTalk Pipeline Components Extensions Utility Pack: a set of custom pipeline components (libraries) with several custom pipeline components that can be used in received and sent pipelines, which will provide an extension of BizTalk out-of-the-box pipeline capabilities.
BizTalk Mapper Extensions UtilityPack: a set of libraries with several useful functoids to include and use in a map, which will provide an extension of BizTalk Mapper capabilities.
Azure Learning Path: still in progress but already has one code sample about Functions Apps
Generic Resources: this is a public repository for Generic resources mainly PowerShell scripts that I want to share that are not related to Azure or Integration.
And if you think I stayed and contribute only on my blog, you are very wrong I perform several other publications outside my blog:
Publish 12 guest blog posts on Serveless360 about Azure Integration Services on topics like Logic Apps, API Management, Azure App Configuration, and Power Automate.
And 3 of them still waiting to be published (soon).
And contributing in all crazy ideas with my dear friend Nino Crudele on his blog: https://ninocrudele.com/
A year of on-line speaking engagements…
However, that not all! I still was able to deliver 10 virtual sessions in several conferences and User Groups worldwide on topics like BizTalk Server, Logic Apps and Power Automate:
Virtual Global Azure Lisbon | April 25, 2020 | Logic Apps: Best practices, Tips, and Tricks
Integration Use Group | May 4, 2020 |Microsoft Power Platform: Learn what Power BI + PowerApps + Power Automate + Office 365 can do for your organization
Integration Use Group | May 25, 2020 |Logic App: Best Practices, Tips & Tricks
INTEGRATE 2020 Remote | June 1-3, 2020 | BizTalk Server 2020: Migration Path
On-Demand | July 16, 2020 | Current Vision Enterprise Integration & Automation
Collabdays Lisbon | October 10, 2020 | Power Automates: Best Practices, Tips & Tricks
Global Microsoft 365 Bootcamp Lisbon 2020 | November 21, 2020 | Power Automates: Best Practices, Tips & Tricks
Global Integration Bootcamp Madrid 2020 | November 28, 2020 | BizTalk Server 2020 In Action
Integration Use Group | December 07, 2020 | Logic Apps: Development Experiences
Developer! Developer! Developer! (DDD2020) | December 12, 2020 | Logic App: Best Practices, Tips & Tricks
For all of you…
Once again, thanks for following me, for reading my blog, and I promise that I will continue to share my knowledge during 2021.
HO HO HO, yes, it is that magical time of the year again!… More than other years, this year Christmas is about spending time with close family, the small number possible and family members that you are in contact with every day to due this COVID 19 pandemic. It’s about creating happy memories that will last a lifetime, and we need it more than ever!
This was without a doubt a challenging year for everyone, a year not to forget but to learn and remember, and hoping to start 2021 with a blank page for us to write a better story.
To all my readers, friends, coworkers, customer, partners, to all Microsoft Integration and Azure Community (BizTalk Server, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and so on), MSFT Product Groups, all the Portuguese Communities, my MVP “family” and of course to my family, my sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thanks in advance for all the support and encouragement given throughout this year. I hope that the next will be a year filled with new distinct contributions. I promise that I will continue to share knowledge, hoping that they can help someone.
This year I had the privilege of receiving a surprise Christmas gift from good friends that intentionally or unintentionally (I believe it was intentional) combine two of my passions/hobbies:
Wine enthusiasm and the passion for exploring and taste new wines (you can find more in my Instagram account)
And my blog.
So I got this fantastic Blog (Black Label) 2016 Red Wine. Thanks for this amazing gift! No need to mention names. You know who you are
All the best for the coming year, and most importantly, stay safe!
When migrating your BizTalk Server environment or deploy to a new or different environment, there are many different resources or configurations that you need to take into considerations like:
local queue creations
cloud queue creations
folder creations
and so on.
In this blog post, I will address how we can easily “export” a list of existing local private Message Queues (MSMQ) and recreate them, and set proper permissions in a different environment/server.
PowerShell script to extract a list of all private Message Queues (MSMQ) names
With this PowerShell sample, we will be able to extract a list of all private Message Queues (MSMQ) names to a CSV file to be used on a different script to deployed these resources on a different BizTalk Server environment.
set or update the URI (address) or part of the URI on a list of BizTalk Server Receive Locations deployed in your BizTalk Server environment.
PowerShell script to create private Message Queues (MSMQ)
With this PowerShell sample, we will be able to create local Private Message Queues (MSMQ) and set proper permissions on a different BizTalk Server environment.
Well, the thing is, you cannot say to me, “…these stencils look fantastic, but are currently unusable or worthless because…” my brain enters in a crazy mode, and I can only free myself when all the work is finished successfully and that these resources are handy :).
Jokes apart, I use these resources for a long time, I create these for myself, but I knew that they were not perfects. The major problem was that fixing that amount of icons was a time-consuming task. However, with the number of people using these stencils increasing and reporting those problems, I decided to resolve them once and for all.
Today I can announce that I close all the open issues reported on the git repository of this package.
What’s new in this version?
These are the list of changes and additions present in this major release:
Restructure of Visio Stencils files (.vssx) names: the package is now composed of 26 Visio Stencils files.
Some of them were renamed: PowerApps and Flow is now Power Platform; Files is now Files and Message Types Stencils, …
Some were merged: Power BI was merged in the new Power Platform Visio Stencil file; Azure Others was merged in the Azure Additional or Support Stencils, Office365 is now Office, Office 365 and Dynamics 365…
New Visio Stencils files: MIS Black and Cyan and MIS Azure Black and Gray;
New Organisational Stencils file add by Jacob Mansfield;
New shapes: New shapes were added on the majority of the Visio Stencils files (.vssx). Probably the one that was most affected was Azure Stencils and Office, Office 365 and Dynamics 365;
Text annotationsand connector points: The issues regarding text annotations (legend appear in the center of the icon instead of bellow) and connector points (lack of proper connect points) are now solved in all the Visio Stencils files (.vssx). This was a massive work!
Order of the icons: all the icons appear in alphabetic order inside the Visio Stencil file, with the exception in some cases of the first ones that in some case contains the main shape of the context, like in Microsoft Integration Stencils, the first icon is BizTalk Server Logo.
Automation: add 3 PowerShell script to this package for you to:
Standardize all SVG filenames available in all subfolders by:
Not using spaces. Some software will not recognize file names with spaces, and file names with spaces must be enclosed in quotes when using the command line. Having spaces in URL’s are also not a good experience and should be avoided. For all these reasons I decided to remove all spaces and replace it will ‘-‘ (dash);
Names are in Camel case, where the first letter of each section of text is capitalized (of course respecting the line above), e.g., File-Name.svg
Having extension in lowercase, e.g., *.svg
List all the detected duplicate files.
Automatically install (configure) all the Visio files (*.vssx), so that next time you open Visio, they will be there available;
And also the possibility to download the most recent version from GitHub and install it locally;
Standardize shape sizes: standardize the shapes sizes in all to be more or less all of the same sizes Visio Stencils files.
Fixed some minor stencils layouts;
SVG files: new SVG files added.
These changes were a massive job that stole all my free time apart from my work and family time, from the past three weeks! So I hope you appreciate it!
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack it’s a Visio package that contains fully resizable Visio shapes (symbols/icons) that will help you to visually represent On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid Integration and Enterprise architectures scenarios (BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub…), solutions diagrams and features or systems that use Microsoft Azure and related cloud and on-premises technologies in Visio 2016/2013:
BizTalk Server
Microsoft Azure
Integration
Integration Service Environments (ISE)
Logic Apps and Azure App Service in general (API Apps, Web Apps, and Mobile Apps)
Azure API Management
Messaging: Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus, …
Azure IoT and Docker
AI, Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
SQL Server, DocumentDB, CosmosDB, MySQL, …
and so on
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
Office365, SharePoint,…
DevOps and PowerShell
Security and Governance
And much more…
… and now non-related Microsoft technologies like:
SAP Stencils
The Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack is composed of 27 files:
Microsoft Integration Stencils
MIS Additional or Support Stencils
MIS AI and Machine Learning Stencils
MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils
MIS Azure Additional or Support Stencils
MIS Azure Black and Gray
MIS Azure Old Versions
MIS Azure Stencils
MIS Black and Cyan
MIS Buildings Stencils
MIS Databases and Analytics Stencils
MIS Deprecated Stencils
MIS Developer Stencils
MIS Devices Stencils
MIS Files and Message Types Stencils
MIS Generic Stencils
MIS Infrastructure and Networking Stencils
MIS Integration Fun
MIS Integration Patterns Stencils
MIS IoT Stencils
MIS Office, Office 365 and Dynamics 365
MIS Power BI Stencils
MIS Power Platform Stencils
MIS SAP Stencils
MIS Security and Governance
MIS Servers (Hexagonal) Stencils
MIS Users and Roles Stencils
Organisational Stencils
That you can use and resize without losing quality, in particular, the new shapes.
I am always paying attention to requests from members of the community, and whenever I can, I update this stencil pack with requested shapes or functionalities. And this is one of these cases. One of the most common complaints about this stencil pack was/is text annotations. When you try to add a legend on the stencil, the text is in the middle of the icon, instead of underneath. And sometimes the text is white, which doesn’t help also.
Another recent aspect that came to my attention was the fact that was missing proper connector points, which make it hard to properly connect shapes in a diagram.
Of course, all of these you can manually fix by move the text to the bottom of each shape, change the color of the text and add connector points. But some of these tasks required a more deep knowledge of working with Visio and they are time-consuming. Luckily this work is being made, it may take a while since this package has more than 2000 shapes!
What’s new in this version?
Today I can announce that the first phase is done and the first file, and probably the most important, of this package is fixed:
Microsoft Azure (MIS Azure Stencils.vssx): This package contains stencils of Azure Services (original icons) that are available thru the Azure Portal.
The main goal of this release was to solve or improve the user experience regarding text annotations and connector points. In this version, the changes and additions are:
Text annotationsissue solved: This issue was solved on the stencils present on the Microsoft Azure (MIS Azure Stencils.vssx) file;
Proper connector points added: This improved feature was added on stencils present on the Microsoft Azure (MIS Azure Stencils.vssx) file;
Fixed some minor stencils layouts;
New shapes: New shapes added on Microsoft Azure (MIS Azure Stencils.vssx) and Microsoft Azure: Others (MIS Azure Others Stencils.vssx);
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack it’s a Visio package that contains fully resizable Visio shapes (symbols/icons) that will help you to visually represent On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid Integration and Enterprise architectures scenarios (BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub…), solutions diagrams and features or systems that use Microsoft Azure and related cloud and on-premises technologies in Visio 2016/2013:
BizTalk Server
Microsoft Azure
Integration
Integration Service Environments (ISE)
Logic Apps and Azure App Service in general (API Apps, Web Apps, and Mobile Apps)
Azure API Management
Messaging: Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus, …
Azure IoT and Docker
AI, Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
SQL Server, DocumentDB, CosmosDB, MySQL, …
and so on
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
Office365, SharePoint,…
DevOps and PowerShell
Security and Governance
And much more…
… and now non-related Microsoft technologies like:
SAP Stencils
The Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack is composed of 27 files:
Microsoft Integration Stencils
MIS Additional or Support Stencils
MIS AI and Machine Learning Stencils
MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils
MIS Azure Additional or Support Stencils
MIS Azure Mono Color
MIS Azure Old Versions
MIS Azure Others Stencils
MIS Azure Stencils
MIS Buildings Stencils
MIS Databases and Analytics Stencils
MIS Deprecated Stencils
MIS Developer Stencils
MIS Devices Stencils
MIS Files Stencils
MIS Generic Stencils
MIS Infrastructure Stencils
MIS Integration Fun
MIS Integration Patterns Stencils
MIS IoT Devices Stencils
MIS Office365
MIS Power BI Stencils
MIS PowerApps and Flows Stencils
MIS SAP Stencils
MIS Security and Governance
MIS Servers (HEX) Stencils
MIS Users and Roles Stencils
That you can use and resize without losing quality, in particular, the new shapes.
Once again, I update this stencil pack with requested shapes from community members: Azure HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource) and Azure Synapse Analytics. The result was the addition of 16 new shapes. I hope you enjoy it.
What’s new in this version?
The main goal of this release was to provide the new icons present in the Azure Portal and update existing ones. In this version, the changes and additions are:
New shapes: New shapes added on MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils, Microsoft Integration Stencils, MIS Users and Roles Stencils, MIS Files Stencils, MIS Azure Others Stencils, and MIS Azure Stencils;
SVG Files: Add new SVG files, and uniform all the filenames;
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack it’s a Visio package that contains fully resizable Visio shapes (symbols/icons) that will help you to visually represent On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid Integration and Enterprise architectures scenarios (BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub…), solutions diagrams and features or systems that use Microsoft Azure and related cloud and on-premises technologies in Visio 2016/2013:
BizTalk Server
Microsoft Azure
Integration
Integration Service Environments (ISE)
Logic Apps and Azure App Service in general (API Apps, Web Apps, and Mobile Apps)
Azure API Management
Messaging: Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus, …
Azure IoT and Docker
AI, Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
SQL Server, DocumentDB, CosmosDB, MySQL, …
and so on
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
Office365, SharePoint,…
DevOps and PowerShell
Security and Governance
And much more…
… and now non-related Microsoft technologies like:
SAP Stencils
The Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack is composed of 27 files:
Microsoft Integration Stencils
MIS Additional or Support Stencils
MIS AI and Machine Learning Stencils
MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils
MIS Azure Additional or Support Stencils
MIS Azure Mono Color
MIS Azure Old Versions
MIS Azure Others Stencils
MIS Azure Stencils
MIS Buildings Stencils
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2019 was a very challenging year. Nevertheless, it was another great year both on a personal and professional level, if last year I described as a family year this one it was a consolidation year.
If last year I moved my family to a bigger house, this year we made all the necessary modifications to the home of our dreams;
If my team at DevScope grew at the end of 2018, 2019 was a year of consolidation, and we hope it will continue to grow during this year in terms of business but full of challenging and great projects worldwide. We are doing a fantastic job;
My Porto Airbnb host house is running smoothly, with good reviews from our guests. Nevertheless, there is always space for improvement.
And who knows me knows that one of my passions is to enjoy a glass of good wine, so I’m delighted to have my first wine cellar draft (it will be improved in the future)
But with all of these renovations, it was also a year
that I had to dedicated more time to the family – something that was delightful!
And I got married…
My Blog is growing every year…
So, once again, I struggle to have free time, but when you love what you do, you will always find a way to do it. So, in the end, I was able to:
Publish 43 new posts on my blog; it was indeed the year I publish fewer blog posts since I started my blog, but to be honest, I compensate in other aspects!
More than 431,000 visits to my blog – that’s an average of 1,181 visits per day!
That is almost double of last year. And the best year ever.
Coming from 207 countries across the world in the past year.
13 new locations compare to the previous year
And the countries that most visited my blog still are the United States, followed by India, the United Kingdom, and Canada
Not bad if we compare to previous years:
2018: 246,381 visits, 194 countries, 70 new posts
2017: 210,000 visits, 167 countries, 63 new posts (migrate to a new blog)
2016: 318,576 visits, 190 countries, 50
new posts
2015: 350,000 visits, 184 countries, 79 new
posts
2014: 310,000 visits, 183 countries, 52
new posts
2013: 200,000 visits, 176 countries, 79
new posts
2012: 170,000 visits, 171 countries, 102
new posts
2011: 91,000 visits, 61 new posts
I want to say thanks to all my readers. I appreciate all the visits to my
blog, and thanks for your support.
Attractions in 2019
These are the top 10 posts that got the most views in 2019:
I told earlier that this was the year I wrote fewer
blog posts in my blog. On the other hand, this was the year I published more
open source contributions like code samples, tools, and resources. Here is the
current list of all my contributions:
Migrate all the code samples that existed in Microsoft Code Gallery that shut down to a GitHub repository: BizTalk Server Learning Path that includes nothing less than 46 code samples that will help you understand and improve different skill in BizTalk Server.
BizTalk Scheduled Task Adapter repo includes an in-process receive adapter that executes a prescribed task on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule.
And the creation of a public repository for Microsoft BizTalk Server open source community extensions: code samples, BizTalk Artifacts (components), adapters, tools and so on: BizTalk Server Open Source Community that at the moment already includes 5 tools and 3 resources:
BizTalk Binding Exporter Tool is a simple tool that you can use to easily generate and export binding files from BizTalk Applications.
BizTalk Port Multiplier Tool is a simple tool that aims to simplify this process by allowing you to easily “clone or duplicate” an existing port (Receive Port or Send Port).
BizTalk Filter Finder Tool is a simple tool that aims to simplify the process for better understand and maintain solutions based on content-based routing and context-based routing with or without orchestrations involved.
BizTalk Pipeline Components Extensions Utility Pack is a set of custom pipeline components (libraries) with several custom pipeline components that can be used in received and sent pipelines, which will provide an extension of BizTalk out-of-the-box pipeline capabilities.
BizTalk Mapper Extensions UtilityPack is a set of libraries with several useful functoids to include and use it in a map, which will provide an extension of BizTalk Mapper capabilities.
BizTalk MapperExtensions Functoid Wizard is a Custom Functoid Project Wizard for Visual Studio. It allows you to create a new Functoids project for BizTalk Server without having to create manually the project.
SSO Application Configuration tool that provides the ability to add and manage applications, add and manage key-value pairs in the SSO database, as well as import and export configuration applications so that they can be deployed to different environments.
Other contributions…
And of course, several other publications outside my
blog.
