Due to personal requests from some members of the community, I decided to release another minor version of my stencils pack that will include the following features:
New shapes: new shapes were added to existing modules like:
Logic App Inline Code (square – original that you can find in Logic App design)
Logic App Inline Code JS (square – original that you can find in Logic App design)
Logic App Inline Code (Custom shape version 1)
Logic App Inline Code (Custom shape version 2)
Secure Message Input
Secure Message Output
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)
Azure App Service (API Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps, and Logic Apps)
Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus, …
API Management
IoT, and Docker
Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
and so on
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
PowerShell
Infrastructure, IaaS
Office 365
And many more…
… and now non-related Microsoft technologies like:
I may be writing less on my blog as I frequently do, this will change soon, but this year of this is being very productive in terms of lectures. 4 in 4 months and more to come:
3/30/2019 – Real case implementations using Azure Logic Apps and/or Microsoft Flows at Global Integration Bootcamp Madrid
2/14/2019 – Integration Down Under | February 14, 2019 | How we are using Microsoft Integration features and related Azure technologies to improve our processes
2/4/2019 – The NOS-addin – your (free) BizTalk Dev buddy! at Integration Monday
1/30/2019 – XLVIII Porto.Data Community Meeting | How we use Microsoft Flow and PowerApps: Real cases scenarios
Now is time to share some resources before I start writing about other things and completely forget about this.
About my session
Session Name: How we are using Microsoft Integration features and related Azure technologies to improve our processes
Microsoft Integration features Session
Session Overview: In this session, I will show you real live scenarios on how we at DevScope are using Microsoft Integration features (Logic Apps, API Management, API’s) and related Azure technologies like PowerApps, Flows and Power BI to:
First, improve our internal processes like expenses reports, time reports and so on;
And, secondly, how the first step helps us out to extend our product and our business by exporting these same approaches and concepts to our clients
This will be a lightweight talk addressing some real scenarios and show them in action.
Integration Down Under – How we are using Microsoft Integration features and related Azure technologies to improve our processes
About Integration Down Under
Integration Down Under serves the Australian / New Zealand community interested in all things Microsoft integration. Endeavoring to have regular webinar presentations, usually on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Organized by a panel of five Australian and New Zealand integration experts, our guest speakers feature various Azure MVPs, members of the Microsoft product teams, and other prominent members of the Microsoft integration community.
Microsoft Integration, Azure, BAPI, 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
Azure App Service (API Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps, and Logic Apps)
Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus, …
API Management, IoT, and Docker
Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
and so on
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
PowerShell
Infrastructure, IaaS
Office 365
And many more…
… and now non-related Microsoft technologies like:
SAP Stencils
What’s new in this version?
New shapes: new shapes were added to existing modules like Generic, Azure, AI, Developer, Files or Users. But in particular a new module was born:
MIS SAP Stencils contains stencils that will represent some SAP services
Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira
What started to be a Microsoft Integration Stencil Packs is now almost a full Microsoft stack stencil package that includes Microsoft Integration, Azure, BAPI, Office365, devices, products, competing technologies or partners and much more Stencils Pack it’s a Visio package.
This package 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
Azure App Service (API Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps, and Logic Apps)
Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus, …
API Management, IoT, and Docker
Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
and so on
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
PowerShell
Infrastructure, IaaS
Office 365
And many more
This new small update includes the new Office365 icons that were recently announced by Microsoft. It includes an additional of 19 new shapes and some reorganization.
The Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack v3.1.1 is composed of 22 files:
Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira
Microsoft Integration, Azure, BAPI, 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
Azure App Service (API Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Logic Apps)
Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus, …
API Management, IoT, and Docker
Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
and so on
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
PowerShell
Infrastructure, IaaS
Office 365
And many more…
What’s new in this version?
With the growing number of stencils in this package, it was becoming hard to find or look for the right shape/representation and based on some feedback I received from the community and some tips, I focused most of the work in this new version in providing search capacity to this package, but it wasn’t the only one:
Search Capabilities: Defining the correct metadata information and keywords for all the shapes for a better search functionality.
New shapes: of course, that has happened in all other versions, new shapes were added, in particular: Generic, Microsoft Flow and PowerApps shapes
Microsoft Integration (Azure 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
BizTalk Services
Azure App Service (API Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Logic Apps)
Event Hubs
Service Bus
API Management, IoT, and Docker
Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
and so on
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
PowerShell
Infrastructure, IaaS
And many more…
I start this project because at the time I didn’t find nice shapes – graphically beautiful and resizable shapes – to produce BizTalk Server topologies diagrams and high-level overview of integrating processes. The project grew as community member asked for new shapes and during the last few years I have been updating and publishing new shapes, particularly associated with Azure services, which has a very low release cadence.
This time I cannot say it was an update because was actually a complete makeover and the reasons behind this decision are mainly these 2:
The Project Become Huge: more than 1000 shapes, and due to the project structure that I decide to implement at the time, it became a little difficult to maintain since even I had difficulty finding and organizing all the shapes and there were several duplicate shapes (some were purposely duplicated and still are).
A Fresh New Look: at the time, almost all the shapes were blue – not a beautiful blue but an obsolete annoying blue – so I decide to use, in almost the cases, a monochrome approach opting for a darker color – but after all these years it was already a little worn and needing for a new modern look and this time I decided to follow the look that Microsoft is implementing in Microsoft Docs – in fact, several stencils were collect from there – a more light and multicolored approach.
You liked the old aspect? Do not worry, I still kept the old (monochrome) shapes but moved to support files.
What’s new in this version?
Is this version all about a fresh and modern new look? No, it is not. That was indeed one of the main tasks, but in addition:
New shapes: 571 new forms have been added – many of them are in fact a redesign of the existing features to have a modern look – but it is still an impressive number. Making a total of 1883 shapes available in this package.
The package structure changed: It is more organized – went from 13 files to 20 – which means that more categories were created and for that reason, I think it will be easier to find the shapes you are looking for. The Microsoft Integration (Azure and much more) Stencils Pack v3.0.0 is now composed of 20 files:
Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira
This is probably the quickest and smallest update that I made in my Microsoft Integration (Azure and much more) Stencils Pack: only 1 new stencil and I only do it for its importance, since it is definitely one of Microsoft’s fastest growing business these days, and the Ignite context: the new Azure logo.
This will be probably the first Visio pack containing this shape.
The Microsoft Integration (Azure and much more) Stencils Pack v2.6.1 is composed by 13 files:
Microsoft Integration Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Azure Portal, Services and VSTS Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Azure SDK and Tools Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Azure Services Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Deprecated Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Developer v2.6.1
MIS Devices Stencils v2.6.1
MIS IoT Devices Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Power BI v2.6.1
MIS Servers and Hardware Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Support Stencils v2.6.1
MIS Users and Roles Stencils v2.6.1
That will help you visually represent Integration architectures (On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid scenarios) and Cloud solutions diagrams in Visio 2016/2013. It will provide symbols/icons to visually represent features, systems, processes and architectures that use BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Microsoft Azure and related technologies.
BizTalk Server
Microsoft Azure
· Azure App Service (API Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Logic Apps)
API Management
Event Hubs
Service Bus
Azure IoT and Docker
SQL Server, DocumentDB, CosmosDB, MySQL, …
Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira
I decided to update my Microsoft Integration (Azure and much more) Stencils Pack with a set of 24 new shapes (maybe the smallest update I ever did to this package) mainly to add the Azure Event Grid shapes.
One of the main reasons for me to initially create the package was to have a nice set of Integration (Messaging) shapes that I could use in my diagrams, and during the time it scaled to a lot of other things.
With these new additions, this package now contains an astounding total of ~1311 shapes (symbols/icons) that will help you visually represent Integration architectures (On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid scenarios) and Cloud solutions diagrams in Visio 2016/2013. It will provide symbols/icons to visually represent features, systems, processes, and architectures that use BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Microsoft Azure and related technologies.
BizTalk Server
Microsoft Azure
Azure App Service (API Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Logic Apps)
API Management
Event Hubs & Event Grid
Service Bus
Azure IoT and Docker
SQL Server, DocumentDB, CosmosDB, MySQL, …
Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
and so on
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
Office365, SharePoint
DevOpps: PowerShell, Containers
And much more…
The Microsoft Integration (Azure and much more) Stencils Pack v2.6 is composed by 13 files:
Microsoft Integration Stencils v2.6
MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils v2.6
MIS Azure Portal, Services and VSTS Stencils v2.6
MIS Azure SDK and Tools Stencils v2.6
MIS Azure Services Stencils v2.6
MIS Deprecated Stencils v2.6
MIS Developer v2.6
MIS Devices Stencils v2.6
MIS IoT Devices Stencils v2.6
MIS Power BI v2.6
MIS Servers and Hardware Stencils v2.6
MIS Support Stencils v2.6
MIS Users and Roles Stencils v2.6
These are some of the new shapes you can find in this new version:
Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira
Once again, my Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack was updated with new stencils. This time I added near 193 new shapes and additional reorganization in the shapes by adding two new files/categories: MIS Power BI and MIS Developer. With these new additions, this package now contains an astounding total of ~1287 shapes (symbols/icons) that will help you visually represent Integration architectures (On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid scenarios) and Cloud solutions diagrams in Visio 2016/2013. It will provide symbols/icons to visually represent features, systems, processes and architectures that use BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Microsoft Azure and related technologies.
BizTalk Server
Microsoft Azure
BizTalk Services
Azure App Service (API Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Logic Apps)
API Management
Event Hubs
Service Bus
Azure IoT and Docker
Virtual Machines and Network
SQL Server, DocumentDB, CosmosDB, MySQL, …
Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Data Factory, Data Pipelines
and so on
Microsoft Flow
PowerApps
Power BI
Office365, SharePoint
DevOpps: PowerShell, Containers
And much more…
Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack v2.5
The Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack v2.5 is composed by 13 files:
Microsoft Integration Stencils v2.5
MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils v2.5
MIS Azure Portal, Services and VSTS Stencils v2.5
MIS Azure SDK and Tools Stencils v2.5
MIS Azure Services Stencils v2.5
MIS Deprecated Stencils v2.5
MIS Developer v2.5 (new)
MIS Devices Stencils v2.5
MIS IoT Devices Stencils v2.5
MIS Power BI v2.5 (new)
MIS Servers and Hardware Stencils v2.5
MIS Support Stencils v2.5
MIS Users and Roles Stencils v2.5
These are some of the new shapes you can find in this new version:
You can download Microsoft Integration Stencils Pack for Visio 2016/2013 from:
Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira
Recently, the Microsoft Product team released a first feature pack for BizTalk Server 2016 (only available for Enterprise and Developer edition). This whitepaper will help you understand how to install and configure one of the new features of BizTalk Server 2016:
Leverage operational data – View operational data from anywhere and with any device using Power BI, works and how we can configure it.
What to expect about Step by step configuration to publish BizTalk operational data on Power BI
This whitepaper will give a step-by-step explanation of what component or tools you need to install and configure to enable BizTalk operational data to be published in a Power BI report.
Table of Contents
About the Author
Introduction
What is Operational Data?
System Requirements to Enable BizTalk Server 2016 Operational Data
Step-by-step Configuration to Enable BizTalk Server 2016 Operational Data Feed
First step: Install Microsoft Power BI Desktop
Second step: Enable operational data feed
Third step: Use the BizTalk Server Operational Data Power BI template to publish the report to Power BI
Fourth step: Connect Power BI BizTalkOperationalData dataset with your on-premise BizTalk environment
Where I can download it
You can download the whitepaper here:
I would like to take this opportunity also to say thanks to my amazing team of BizTalk360 for the proofreading and for once again join forces with me to publish for free another white paper.
I hope you enjoy reading this paper and any comments or suggestions are welcome.
Author: Sandro Pereira
Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira
Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack for Visio
