In this issue:

• Ace Aviator of the Month
• News from our product group
• Community Playbook
• News from our community

Ace Aviator of the Month

April’s Ace Aviator: Massimo Crippa

Massimo Crippa - Lead Architect at Codit

What's your role and title? What are your responsibilities?

I am a Lead Architect at Codit, providing technical leadership and translating strategic technology objectives into actionable plans. My role focuses on ensuring alignment across teams while enforcing technical methodologies and standards.

In addition to supporting pre-sales efforts, I remain hands-on by providing strategic customers with expertise in architecture, governance, and cloud best practices.

Can you give us some insights into your day-to-day activities and what a typical day in your role looks like?

My day-to-day activities are a mix of customer-facing work and internal optimization:

• A day could start with a sync with the quality team to assess our technical performance, evaluate the effectiveness of the provided framework, and identify areas for improvement.
• It might continue with discussions with our Cloud Solution Architects about customer scenarios, challenging architectural decisions to ensure robustness and alignment with best practices.
• Additionally, I meet with customers to understand their needs, provide guidance, and contribute to development work—I like to stay hands-on.
• Finally, I keep an eye on technology advancements, understanding how they fit into the company’s big picture, tracking key learnings, and ensuring proper adoption while preventing misuse.

What motivates and inspires you to be an active member of the Aviators/Microsoft community?

I'm passionate about cloud technology, how it fuels innovation and reshapes the way we do business.Yes, I love technology, but people are at the heart of everything. I am inspired by the incredible individuals I have met and those I will meet on this journey. The opportunity to contribute, learn, and collaborate with industry experts is truly inspiring and keeps me motivated to stay engaged in the community.

Looking back, what advice do you wish you had been given earlier that you'd now share with those looking to get into STEM/technology?

I started my career in technology at a time when knowledge was far less accessible than it is today. There were fewer online resources, tutorials, and training materials, making self-learning more challenging. Because of this, my best advice is to develop a strong reading habit—books have always been, and still are, one of the best ways to truly dive deep into technology.

Even today, while online courses and documentation provide great starting points, technical books remain unmatched when it comes to exploring concepts in depth and understanding the "why" behind the technology.

What has helped you grow professionally?

One key factor is the variety of projects and customers I have worked with, which has exposed me to different challenges and perspectives. However, the most impactful factor has been the mentors I have met throughout my professional journey. Having great leaders who lead by example is essential. Learning from them, applying those lessons in practice, and going the extra mile in your own way makes all the difference.

If you had a magic wand that could create a feature in Logic Apps, what would it be and why?

A fully containerized Logic Apps experience, encompassing the workflow engine, connectors, and monitoring. I envision a LEGO-like modular approach, where I can pick ready-to-use container images and run only what I need, whether in the cloud or at the edge, with minimal overhead. This composable integration model would provide maximum control, flexibility, scalability, and portability for enterprise integrations.

News from our product group

	Logic Apps Live Mar 2025 Missed Logic Apps Live in March? You can watch it here. We had a very special session, directly from Microsoft Campus in Redmon, with four of our MVPs, which were attending the MVP Summit 2025. Together, we’ve discussed the impact of community on our careers and how the AI wave impacts the integration space. Lot’s of great insights from Cameron Mckay, Mick Badran, Mattias Lögdberg and Sebastian Meyer!
	Unleash AI Innovation with a Modern Integration Platform and an API-First Strategy We’re excited to announce the "Unleash AI Innovation with a Modern Integration Platform and an API-First Strategy" event. Over two action-packed days, you'll gain valuable insights from Azure leaders, industry analysts, and enterprise customers about how Azure Integration Services and Azure API Management are driving efficiency, agility, and fueling business growth in the AI-powered era.
	Aggregating repeating nodes in Logic Apps Data Mapper This post walks through an end-to-end example of a powerful transformation pattern in Logic Apps Data Maps: using built-in collection functions to compute summary values from arrays, taking advantage of the Sum and Multiply functions.
	Public Preview Refresh: More Power to Data Mapper in Azure Logic Apps We’re back with a Public Preview refresh for the Data Mapper in Azure Logic Apps (Standard) — bringing forward some long-standing capabilities that are now fully supported in the new UX. With this update, several existing capabilities from the legacy Data Mapper are now available in the new preview version — so you can bring your advanced scenarios forward with confidence.
	Reliable B2B Tracking using Premium SKU Integration Account We are introducing Reliable B2B Tracking in Logic Apps Standard using a Premium SKU Integration Account. This new feature ensures that all B2B transactions are reliably tracked and ingested into an Azure Data Explorer (ADX) cluster, providing a lossless tracking mechanism with powerful querying and visualization capabilities.
	Azure Logic Apps Hybrid Deployment Model - Public Preview Refresh We are thrilled to announce the latest public refresh of the Azure Logic Apps Hybrid Deployment Model,  introducing .NET Framework custom code support on Linux containers, support for running the SAP built-in connector on Linux containers, and a Rabbit MQ built-in connector for on-premises queue scenarios.
	Using SMB storage with Hybrid Logic Apps Logic apps standard uses azure storage account to store artifact files such as host.json, connection.js etc,. With Hybrid environment in picture, access of azure storage account always cannot be guarenteed. And in any scenario, we can never assume that access internet will be available so assuming access to azure will be a long shot. To tackle this problem, in hybrid logic apps, we are using the SMB protocol to store artifact files.
	Scaling mechanism in hybrid deployment model for Azure Logic Apps Standard Hybrid Logic Apps offer a unique blend of on-premises and cloud capabilities, making them a versatile solution for various integration scenarios. This blog will explore the scaling mechanism in hybrid deployment models, focusing on the role of the KEDA operator and its integration with other components.
	Sending Messages to Confluent Cloud topic using Logic App In this blog post, we will explore how to use Azure Logic Apps to send messages to Kafka Confluent topic. Although currently there is no out-of-box Kafka Confluent connector in logic app, we found that Kafka Confluent provides REST API Confluent Cloud API Reference Documentation, allowing us to use the HTTP action in workflow to call the Kafka Confluent API which produce record to topic.
	Access [Logic Apps / App Services] Site Files with FTPS using Logic Apps You may need to access storage files for your site, whether it is a Logic App Standard, Function App, or App Service. Depending on your ASP SKU, these files can be accessed using FTP/FTPS. Some customers encounter difficulties when attempting to connect using Implicit/Explicit FTPS. This post aims to simplify this process by utilizing a Logic App to list files, retrieve file content, and update files.
	Boosting The Developer Experience with Azure API Management: VS Code Extension v1.1.0 Introducing the new version of the Azure API Management VS Code extension. This update brings several exciting enhancements, including tighter integration with GitHub Copilot to assist in explaining and drafting policies, as well as improved IntelliSense functionality.
	Deploy Logic App Standard with Application Routing Feature Based on Terraform and Azure Pipeline This article shared a mature plan to deploy logic app standard then set the application routing features automatically. It's based on Terraform template and Azure DevOps Pipeline.

Logic Apps Aviators Community Playbook

We are excited to announce the latest articles from the Logic Apps Aviators Community Playbook. Interested in contributing? We have made it easy for you to get involved. Simply fill out our call for content sign-up link with the required details and wait for our team to review your proposal. And we will contact you with more details on how to contribute.

Streamline deployment for Azure Integration Services with Azure Verified Modules for Bicep

Author: Viktor Hogberg

Azure Verified Modules is a single Microsoft standard that gives you a unified experience to streamline deployment for Bicep modules and publish them in the public Azure Bicep Registry in GitHub. These modules speed up your experience when working with deployments - no more guessing, copying and pasting, or unclear dependencies between resources. Learn how to use those modules to deploy Azure Integration Services efficiently!

News from our community

Properly securing Logic App Standard with Easy Auth

Post by Calle Andersson

In this post, Calle shows you how to configure authentication with only the minimal settings required to lock things down. This makes automation possible since it doesn't require high privileged permissions to be given to a pipeline.

Integration Love Story with Massimo Crippa

Video by Ahmed Bayoumy

In the latest episode of Integration Love Story, we meet Massimo Crippa – an Italian living in France, working in Belgium, and deeply involved in Microsoft's integration platforms. With a background ranging from COM+ and SSIS to today's API Management and Logic Apps Hybrid, Massimo shares insights from a long and educational career.

Logic App Standard workflow default page can be changed

Post by Sandro Pereira

In Azure Logic Apps (Standard), you can change the default page that loads when you open a workflow in the Azure Portal! Azure has introduced a Set as default page option in the Azure Portal for Logic App Standard workflows. This allows you to customize which tab (like Run History or Designer) opens by default when you enter a workflow.

Enhancing Operational Visibility: Leveraging Azure Workbooks series

Post by Simon Clendon

This is blog post series that describes how to use the power of Log Analytics Workbooks to display tracking data that can be filtered, sorted, and even exported to Excel. The post will also show how related records can be listed in grids based on a selection in another grid, taking the Logic Apps tracking data that is sent to Log Analytics when diagnostics are captured to the next level.

Logic App Standard: Trigger History Error – InvalidClientTrackingId

Post by Sandro Pereira

In this article, Sandro Pereira addresses the issue of InvalidClientTrackingId errors in Azure Logic Apps when customizing the Custom tracking ID property of workflow triggers.

Logic Apps in VS Code fail to save if the Designer can’t resolve your API ID

Post by Luis Rigueira

Learn how to ensure your app settings are correctly configured when building Logic Apps (Standard) in VS Code, especially when using the Designer with API Management, to prevent save issues and streamline your development process.