In this issue:

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

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Ace Aviator of the Month

February 2026’s Ace Aviator: Camilla Bielk

Camilla Bielk - Solutions Architect @ XLENT

 

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

I’m a developer and solution architect, working as a consultant (at XLENT) in teams involved across the integration lifecycle—from understanding business needs and building new solutions to operations. Previously I worked a lot with BizTalk and with customers using both Azure and BizTalk. In my current role, I work exclusively with Azure.

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

A typical day starts by syncing operational status with the team to ensure everything is running as expected (Logic Apps, Service Bus, Functions, API Management, etc.) and discussing any findings from the previous day. Then I continue with ongoing work, ranging from stakeholder meetings and designing new integration flows to C# development, operations, and maintenance of the existing landscape.

I enjoy being involved across the entire chain. Working closely with operational issues provides valuable input into design decisions, and vice versa, which strengthens me as a designer and architect.

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

The openness to feedback and knowledge sharing from both community developers and the product team motivates me to stay active, continuously learn, and become the best consultant I can be. Passing knowledge to new team members is rewarding and completes the circle. Integration conferences are inspiring - networking with amazing people and discussing the technology we use every day. That’s also why we started the Nordic Integration Summit: to give more people the chance to take part in such an inspiring event.

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?

Your social skills are more valuable than you might think. Teamwork is everything, and understanding business needs—even from non-technical colleagues—is just as important as technology. Listen to your heart and find environments where you can thrive.

Programming languages change over time; the real takeaway is mastering common concepts and patterns and developing the ability to learn continuously. Stay curious and embrace new things as they come!

What has helped you grow professionally?

100% of my professional growth comes from working with kind, humble, and collaborative people—teams where knowledge is shared freely in all directions, mistakes are allowed, and learning from them is encouraged.

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

Better cost transparency—clearly showing which actions drive costs (executions, retries, data volume, logging) with visibility before production deployment. Design-time guidance that warns about expensive operations, anti-patterns, and inefficient configurations.

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News from our product group

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News from our community

Enterprise AI ≠ Copilot

Post by Al Ghoniem, MBA

Deploying Copilot is not the same as building an enterprise AI strategy. This article distinguishes between adopting a product versus developing a core organizational capability. It explores why many AI rollouts stall when treated as point solutions and outlines what it takes to embed AI as a strategic, scalable function across the enterprise. For leaders evaluating their AI roadmaps, this piece offers a framework for thinking beyond tools toward sustainable transformation.

BizTalk Server and WinSCP Error

Post by Sandro Pereira

A common SFTP adapter issue resurfaces when BizTalk Server cumulative updates are applied. This troubleshooting guide explains why the WinSCPnet assembly fails to load after upgrading from CU5 to CU6 and provides a version compatibility matrix for BizTalk Server 2020. It includes step-by-step instructions to resolve the error by copying the correct WinSCP binaries to the BizTalk installation folder, along with an automated PowerShell script for streamlined remediation.

More on finding application registrations used by Logic Apps

Post by Mikael Sand

Building on earlier work around API connection discovery, this post extends KQL queries to find Logic Apps that authenticate via Client ID and secret in HTTP actions. Using Azure Resource Graph Explorer, the technique scans workflow parameters to identify application registration references. While the approach assumes parameters are used for credentials, it provides a practical method for auditing which Logic Apps depend on a given app registration across subscriptions.

MCP Servers in Azure Logic Apps Agent Loops (Step-by-Step)

Video by Stephen W. Thomas

This walkthrough demonstrates how to move tool logic out of Logic App Agent loops and into reusable Model Context Protocol servers. The video covers setting up an MCP server, registering tools, and invoking them from within an agent workflow. By decoupling tool definitions from orchestration logic, developers can build modular, maintainable agentic systems that scale across multiple workflows and scenarios.

From Rigid Choreography to Intelligent Collaboration: Agentic Orchestration as the Evolution of SOA

Post by Steef-Jan Wiggers

Integration has evolved from rigid, deterministic workflows to adaptive, goal-driven orchestrations powered by intelligent agents. This article traces the journey from BizTalk-era SOA composites to modern agentic patterns, explaining how AI-enabled orchestrators dynamically plan, self-correct, and communicate intent rather than follow fixed sequences. With examples from Azure Logic Apps Agent Loop, it shows how integration professionals can leverage existing connectors and APIs as tools within reasoning-based architectures.

Azure Integrations That Actually Work in Production

Post by Devarajan Gurusamy

Architecture diagrams often look perfect in presentations but fail under real-world conditions. This article examines what it takes to build Azure integrations that survive production workloads, covering resilience patterns, error handling strategies, and operational considerations that separate proof-of-concepts from enterprise-grade solutions. It offers practical guidance for teams moving beyond demos toward reliable, maintainable integration implementations.

Configuring BizTalk Server Backup Jobs for Azure Blob Storage

Post by Sandro Pereira

Modernizing BizTalk infrastructure can start with small, targeted improvements. This guide shows how to redirect native BizTalk backup jobs to Azure Blob Storage using SQL Server’s BACKUP TO URL feature. It covers generating SAS tokens, creating SQL credentials, updating job steps, and validating backups. The approach improves disaster recovery posture with geo-redundant cloud storage while keeping the BizTalk environment unchanged—no new components or custom code required.

Building an AI Agent with Logic Apps Consumption and Agent Loop

Post by Stephen W. Thomas

Logic Apps Consumption with AgentLoop offers a fast path to practical AI agents, particularly for experimentation and low-volume workloads. This post walks through building a stateful poker-playing agent, demonstrating tool orchestration, agent instructions, and execution tracing. It compares Consumption and Standard tiers, explores cost efficiency, and shows how to offload reasoning to external models. At roughly a dollar for 25 runs, it’s an accessible entry point for agentic development.

Microsoft Agent Framework

Post by Al Ghoniem, MBA

Microsoft’s open-source Agent Framework provides a comprehensive toolkit for building, orchestrating, and deploying AI agents in Python and .NET. It features graph-based workflows with streaming and checkpointing, multi-agent patterns, built-in observability via OpenTelemetry, and support for multiple LLM providers. The repository includes quickstart samples, migration guides from Semantic Kernel and AutoGen, and experimental labs for benchmarking and reinforcement learning.

Storage Account: You do not have permissions to list the data using your user account with Entra ID

Post by Sandro Pereira

Being an Owner of an Azure Storage Account does not automatically grant access to its data. This common confusion trips up many developers working with Logic Apps and blob storage. The article explains the distinction between management roles and data-plane permissions, then walks through assigning Storage Blob Data roles via Access Control (IAM) to resolve the “You do not have permissions” error when authenticating with Microsoft Entra ID.

Using Office 365 Outlook Connector in Logic Apps Standard

Post by Srikanth Gunnala

When configuring Office 365 Outlook (V2) with Managed Identity in Logic Apps Standard, the workflow designer may fail to auto-bind existing API connections—even when runtime works correctly. This post details the issue, explaining how a null referenceName in the workflow JSON causes the trigger to appear unbound. The fix involves manually setting the connection reference name in the workflow definition, after which the designer immediately recognizes the connection.

Inside Logic Apps Standard: Understanding Compute Units (CU) for Storage Scaling

Post by Daniel Jonathan

High-volume Logic Apps can hit Azure Storage throttling limits. This deep-dive explains how Compute Units enable horizontal storage scaling by distributing workflow execution data across up to 32 storage accounts. It covers CU routing via Run ID suffixes, table distribution patterns, and configuration via host.json. Understanding this architecture is essential for building monitoring tools, querying run histories programmatically, or troubleshooting performance at scale.

E59 - Roles & Personas

Video by Sebastian Meyer

This episode recaps highlights from SAP TechEd and Microsoft Ignite, with a focus on the SAP Innovation Guide and Logic Apps announcements. It explores roles and personas in the integration space, discussing how different team members contribute to enterprise integration projects. The conversation provides context for practitioners following both SAP and Microsoft ecosystems and offers insights into recent platform developments relevant to hybrid integration scenarios.

Architecting Trust: Leveraging Microsoft Foundry to Solve AI Governance Challenges

Post by Kent Weare

As organizations scale AI deployments, governance becomes critical. This article explores how Microsoft Foundry addresses common AI governance challenges including model management, access controls, auditability, and compliance. It outlines architectural patterns for building trust into AI systems from the ground up and provides guidance for teams navigating the balance between innovation velocity and responsible AI practices in enterprise environments.