Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter - November 2025
In this issue: Ace Aviator of the Month News from our product group News from our community Ace Aviator of the Month Novembers’s Ace Aviator: Al Ghoniem What's your role and title? What are your responsibilities? As a Senior Integration Consultant, I design and deliver enterprise-grade integration on Microsoft Azure, primarily using Logic Apps Standard, API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid and Azure Functions. My remit covers reference architectures, “golden” templates, governance and FinOps guardrails, CI/CD automation (Bicep and YAML), and production-ready patterns for reliability, observability and cost efficiency. Alongside my technical work, I lead teams of consultants and engineers, helping them adopt standardised delivery models, mentor through code reviews and architectural walkthroughs, and ensure we deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes across projects. I also help teams apply decisioning patterns (embedded versus external rules) and integrate AI responsibly within enterprise workflows. Can you give us some insights into your day-to-day activities and what a typical day in your role looks like? Architecture and patterns: refining solution designs, sequence diagrams and rules models for new and existing integrations. Build and automation: evolving reusable Logic App Standard templates, Bicep modules and pipelines, embedding monitoring, alerts and identity-first security. Problem-solving: addressing performance tuning, transient fault handling, poison/DLQ flows and “design for reprocessing.” Leadership and enablement: mentoring consultants, facilitating technical discussions, and ensuring knowledge is shared across teams. Community and writing: publishing articles and examples to demystify real-world integration trade-offs. What motivates and inspires you to be an active member of the Aviators/Microsoft community? The community continuously turns hard-won lessons into reusable practices. Sharing patterns (and anti-patterns) saves others time and incidents, while learning from peers strengthens my own work. Microsoft’s product teams also listen closely, and seeing customer feedback directly shape the platform is genuinely rewarding. 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? Optimise for learning speed, not titles. Choose problems that stretch you and deliver in small, measurable increments. Master the fundamentals. Naming, idempotency, retries and observability are not glamorous but make systems dependable. Document everything. Diagrams, runbooks and ADRs multiply your impact. Understand trade-offs. Every decision buys something and costs something; acknowledge both sides clearly. Value collaboration over heroics. Ask questions, share knowledge and give credit freely. What has helped you grow professionally? Reusable scaffolding: creating golden templates and reference repositories that capture best practice once and reuse it everywhere. Feedback loops: leveraging telemetry, post-incident reviews and peer critique to improve. Teaching and mentoring: explaining concepts to others brings clarity and strengthens leadership. Cross-disciplinary curiosity: combining architecture, DevOps, FinOps and AI to address problems holistically. If you had a magic wand that could create a feature in Logic Apps, what would it be and why? "Stateful Sessions and Decisions” as a first-class capability: Built-in session state across multiple workflows, durable correlation and resumable orchestrations without external storage. A native decisioning activity with versioned decision tables and rule auditing (“why this rule fired”). A local-first developer experience with fast testing and contract validation for confident iteration. This would simplify complex, human-in-the-loop and event-driven scenarios, reduce custom plumbing, and make advanced orchestration patterns accessible to a wider audience. News from our product group Logic Apps Community Day 2025 Did you miss or want to catch up again on your favorite Logic Apps Community Day videos – jump back into action on this four hours long learning session, with 10 sessions from our Community Experts. And stay tuned for individual sessions being shared throughout the week. Announcing Parse & Chunk with Metadata in Logic Apps: Build Context-Aware RAG Agents New Parse & Chunk actions add metadata like page numbers and sentence completeness—perfect for context-aware document Q&A using Azure AI Search and Agent Loop. Introducing the RabbitMQ Connector (Public Preview) The new connector (Public Preview) lets you send and receive messages with RabbitMQ in Logic Apps Standard and Hybrid—ideal for scalable, reliable messaging across industries. News from our community EventGrid And Entra Auth In Logic Apps Standard Post by Riccardo Viglianisi Learn how to use Entra Auth for webhook authentication, ditch SAS tokens, and configure private endpoints with public access rules—perfect for secure, scalable integrations. Debugging XSLT Made Easy in VS Code: .NET-Based Debugging for Logic Apps Post by Daniel Jonathan A new .NET-based extension brings real debugging to XSLT for Logic Apps. Set breakpoints, step through transformations, and inspect variables—making XSLT development clear and productive. This is the 3 rd post in a 5 part series, so worth checking out the other posts too. Modifying the Logic App Azure Workbook: Custom Views for Multi Workflow Monitoring Post by Jeff Wessling Learn how to tailor dashboards with KQL, multi-workflow views, and context panes—boosting visibility, troubleshooting speed, and operational efficiency across your integrations. Azure AI Agents in Logic Apps: A Guide to Automate Decisions Post by Imashi Kinigama Discover how GPT-powered agents, created using Logic Apps Agent Loop, automate decisions, extract data, and adapt in real time. Build intelligent workflows with minimal effort—no hardcoding, just instructions and tools. How to Turn Logic App Connectors into MCP Servers (Step-by-Step Guide) Post by Stephen W. Thomas Learn how to expose connectors like Google Drive or Salesforce as MCP endpoints using Azure API Center—giving AI agents secure, real-time access to 1,400+ services directly from VS Code. Custom SAP MCP Server with Logic Apps Post by Sebastian Meyer Learn how to turn Logic Apps into AI-accessible tools using MCP. From workflow descriptions to Easy Auth setup and VS Code integration—this guide unlocks SAP automation with Copilot. How Azure Logic Apps as MCP Servers Accelerate AI Agent Development Post by Monisha S Turn 1,400+ connectors into AI tools with Logic Apps Standard. Build agents fast, integrate with legacy systems, and scale intelligent workflows across your organization. Designing Business Rules in Azure Logic Apps: When to Go Embedded vs External Post by Al Ghoniem Learn when to use Logic Apps' native Rules Engine or offload to Azure Functions with NRules or JSON RulesEngine. Discover hybrid patterns for scalable, testable decision automation. Syncing SharePoint with Azure Blob Storage using Logic Apps & Azure Functions for Azure AI Search Post by Daniel Jonathan Solve folder delete issues by tagging blobs with SharePoint metadata. Use Logic Apps and a custom Azure Function to clean up orphaned files and keep Azure AI Search in sync. Step-by-Step Guide: Building a Conversational Agent in Azure Logic Apps Post by Stephen W. Thomas Use Azure AI Foundry and Logic Apps Standard to create chatbots that shuffle cards, answer questions, and embed into websites—no code required, just smart workflows and EasyAuth. You can hide sensitive data from the Logic App run history Post by Francisco Leal Learn how to protect sensitive data like authentication tokens, credentials, and personal information in Logic App, so this data don’t appear in the run history, which could pose security and privacy risks.
Introducing native Service Bus message publishing from Azure API Management (Preview)
We’re excited to announce a preview capability in Azure API Management (APIM) — you can now send messages directly to Azure Service Bus from your APIs using a built-in policy. This enhancement, currently in public preview, simplifies how you connect your API layer with event-driven and asynchronous systems, helping you build more scalable, resilient, and loosely coupled architectures across your enterprise. Why this matters? Modern applications increasingly rely on asynchronous communication and event-driven designs. With this new integration: Any API hosted in API Management can publish to Service Bus — no SDKs, custom code, or middleware required. Partners, clients, and IoT devices can send data through standard HTTP calls, even if they don’t support AMQP natively. You stay in full control with authentication, throttling, and logging managed centrally in API Management. Your systems scale more smoothly by decoupling front-end requests from backend processing. How it works The new send-service-bus-message policy allows API Management to forward payloads from API calls directly into Service Bus queues or topics. High-level flow A client sends a standard HTTP request to your API endpoint in API Management. The policy executes and sends the payload as a message to Service Bus. Downstream consumers such as Logic Apps, Azure Functions, or microservices process those messages asynchronously. All configurations happen in API Management — no code changes or new infrastructure are required. Getting started You can try it out in minutes: Set up a Service Bus namespace and create a queue or topic. Enable a managed identity (system-assigned or user-assigned) on your API Management instance. Grant the identity the “Service Bus data sender” role in Azure RBAC, scoped to your queue/ topic. Add the policy to your API operation: <send-service-bus-message queue-name="orders"> <payload>@(context.Request.Body.As<string>())</payload> </send-service-bus-message> Once saved, each API call publishes its payload to the Service Bus queue or topic. 📖 Learn more. Common use cases This capability makes it easy to integrate your APIs into event-driven workflows: Order processing – Queue incoming orders for fulfillment or billing. Event notifications – Trigger internal workflows across multiple applications. Telemetry ingestion – Forward IoT or mobile app data to Service Bus for analytics. Partner integrations – Offer REST-based endpoints for external systems while maintaining policy-based control. Each of these scenarios benefits from simplified integration, centralized governance, and improved reliability. Secure and governed by design The integration uses managed identities for secure communication between API Management and Service Bus — no secrets required. You can further apply enterprise-grade controls: Enforce rate limits, quotas, and authorization through APIM policies. Gain API-level logging and tracing for each message sent. Use Service Bus metrics to monitor downstream processing. Together, these tools help you maintain a consistent security posture across your APIs and messaging layer. Build modern, event-driven architectures With this feature, API Management can serve as a bridge to your event-driven backbone. Start small by queuing a single API’s workload, or extend to enterprise-wide event distribution using topics and subscriptions. You’ll reduce architectural complexity while enabling more flexible, scalable, and decoupled application patterns. Learn more: Get the full walkthrough and examples in the documentation 👉 hereLogic Apps Aviators Newsletter - October 25
In this issue: Ace Aviator of the Month News from our product group News from our community Ace Aviator of the Month October Ace Aviator: Robin Wilde Business and Marketing Manager @Contica What's your role and title? What are your responsibilities? My role is Business and Marketing Manager at Contica. My main responsibility is helping our customers translate business challenges into technical solutions. I come from a technical background as a BizTalk and Azure developer and architect, so I have one foot in the technical world and the other in the business side. Can you give us some insights into your day-to-day activities and what a typical day in your role looks like? On any given day, I’m improving our customer offerings, diving into project challenges with colleagues, and exploring new technologies with Ahmed Bayoumy to find better ways of working. If I’m lucky, we’re recording a new episode of Integration Love Story with a community member/friend and learning from their life and tech experience. What motivates and inspires you to be an active member of the Aviators/Microsoft community? The community itself. Since I started working with integration, I’ve always felt that people genuinely want to share their knowledge and experience. The people behind the blog posts that helped me grow as a junior integration developer have turned out to be some of the most humble and generous individuals I’ve met. Everyone is open to sharing their experiences in a kind and respectful way, and that’s incredibly motivating. 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? Everyone has been a beginner. Don’t be afraid to reach out, ask for help and most importantly, stay curious and lean into new technology. “The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.” And that’s the beauty of it! What has helped you grow professionally? Curiosity and the drive to keep learning. I've been something of a "Yes man" when it comes to new challenges. And being in an environment where the people around you accept you for who you are, every day, that’s a recipe for real growth. If you had a magic wand that could create a feature in Logic Apps, what would it be and why? A built-in AI-powered "next action suggestion” in your Logic App workflow based on other designs in your resource group or predefined business process in the same logic app standard that you are working one. A feature that would help me be more productivity! News from our product group Logic Apps Live September 2025 Missed Logic Apps Live in September? You can watch it here. We shared our latest updates in AI, including the latest refresh on Agent Loop and the introduction of Logic Apps MCP support. Logic Apps Community Day 2025 We are bringing Logic Apps Community Day again this year, on October 30, 2025 (Pacific Time) and we want you to join us as we host a full day of learning where you will be the star! Check the agenda register for this must watch event. Logic Apps - MCP Demos Explore how Azure Logic Apps and API Center simplify building MCP servers to integrate with Salesforce, Dataverse, SharePoint, ServiceNow, and even Copilot Studio. Introducing Logic Apps MCP servers (Public Preview) Microsoft has launched public preview support for building MCP servers using Azure Logic Apps (Standard). This enables developers to turn connectors into modular, reusable tools for scalable agent creation. Two approaches are supported: streamlined setup via Azure API Center and custom configuration for advanced control. Both methods simplify integration across enterprise systems. Announcement! Python Code Interpreter in Logic Apps is now in Public Preview Logic Apps now support Python code execution via Azure Container Apps, enabling users to analyze data, generate insights, and automate tasks using natural language. This feature empowers business users to explore data without writing code, streamlining workflows across sales, finance, and operations. Azure Logic Apps: Ushering in the Era of Multi-Agentic Business Process Automation Microsoft has transformed Azure Logic Apps into a multi-agentic automation platform, introducing features like Agent Loop for AI-driven workflows, Python Code Interpreter for custom logic, and Foundry Agent Service for model integration. These enhancements enable intelligent, collaborative automation with conversational agents, advanced orchestration, and enterprise-grade security and observability. Calling Logic Apps MCP Server from Copilot Studio Microsoft’s Azure Logic Apps now supports MCP Server integration with Copilot Studio, enabling secure and scalable access to enterprise data assets. Using API Center and Logic Apps Standard, developers can expose workflows and connectors as MCP tools, authenticated via Entra ID and Managed Identity. This setup allows conversational agents in Copilot Studio to interact with enterprise systems efficiently and securely. News from our community What Every Developer Needs to Know about AI! Post by Stephen W. Thomas AI is rapidly transforming integration development, and this guide offers a practical roadmap for developers to stay relevant. It emphasizes three focus areas: building foundational AI knowledge, boosting productivity with tools like GitHub Copilot, and mastering enterprise-ready skills through APIs, Microsoft tools, MCP, and agents. With curated resources and expert recommendations, developers can confidently navigate the evolving AI landscape and apply it effectively in business scenarios. BizTalk to Logic Apps with Harold Campos: Standard or Hybrid, what changes & what maps Video by Ahmed Bayoumy Migrating from BizTalk to Azure? In this conversation with Harold Campos, Principal PM - Azure Logic Apps at Microsoft, Ahmed unpacks Logic Apps Hybrid and Logic apps options. What it is, when to use it, and how it helps teams modernize without losing on-prem control. Determinism vs Nondeterminism Post by Håkan Åkerblom Determinism or nondeterminism, two concepts that shape everything from science to philosophy. But what do they mean for system integration? Track Down and Delete Unused Logic Apps in Azure Post by Dieter Gobeyn Azure Logic Apps (Consumption) charge per execution, but even inactive ones can still cost money. Triggers like polling or timers may continue to run, leading to hidden costs. Cleaning up unused Logic Apps improves governance and supports FinOps goals. Handling “When a Blob is Added or Modified” Trigger Limitation and Pick Files from Subfolders with File Extension Filters Post by Prashant Singh Learn how to overcome Logic Apps’ limitations with blob triggers in subfolders and file filters in this Post from Prashant, learn about trigger conditions and Event Grid options to make your workflows smarter and more scalable. Consume an MCP Endpoint from Azure Logic Apps — with an Agent Loop Post by Daniel Jonathan In this post, Daniel shows how to use Azure Logic Apps with an Agent Loop to discover MCP tools, select the right one, and invoke it—all in one flow. Perfect for building smart, dynamic integrations with MCP servers. Logic Apps ❤️ MCP — Expose Arithmetic Tools (Add & Subtract) Post by Daniel Jonathan And Daniel is in a roll. In this post, Daniel shows how to expose simple arithmetic operations—like add and subtract—as MCP tools using Logic Apps. With Postman support, testing these agent-ready workflows is now easier than ever. Logic Apps & MCP - Leverage Your Existing Integration Platform Post by Pim Simons and Michel Pauwels Learn how to turn existing Logic Apps into MCP servers, enabling secure access for AI agents to your APIs, workflows, and data—without changing your architecture. A smart way to future-proof your integrations. Building Approval Workflows with Logic Apps, Adaptive Cards, and Microsoft Teams Post by Saroj Kumar Learn how to build secure, reusable approval workflows using Azure Logic Apps, Adaptive Cards, and Microsoft Teams. Approvers stay in Teams, while automation handles the rest—fast, transparent, and scalable. Microsoft Introduces Logic Apps as MCP Servers in Public Preview Post by Steef-Jan Wiggers In this InfoQ article, Steef-Jan introduces the public preview support for Azure Logic Apps as MCP servers, enabling scalable, secure integration with AI agents and enterprise systems. Build reusable tools and workflows that agents can discover and invoke with ease. The 56 Resubmits Trap in Logic App Standard Post by Luis Rigueira Logic App Standard limits bulk resubmissions to 56 runs every 5 minutes. This post shows how to bypass that using callback URLs for faster, parallel recovery—ideal when dealing with thousands of failed runs. Stop Using Azure Logic Apps for Data Integration Post by Al Ghoniem Workflow tools like Azure Logic Apps aren’t built for heavy data processing. This post explains why ETL/ELT tools are better for data integration—and how to combine both for scalable, reliable pipelines. Integration Love Story with Tom Canter Video by Ahmed Bayoumy and Robin Wilde In this episode of 'Integration Love Story,' Ahmed and Robin interview the legendary Tom Cantor. He discusses his early involvement and long-standing focus on integration, dating back to 1998. Tom emphasizes the community-centric nature of the integration field, recounting personal stories that highlight the value of trust and collaboration among peers.Logic Apps Community Day 2025
We have delayed the Speaker announcements, as we had to keep the sessions open for an extra day. Speakers will now by notified by email by September 13th, 2025. Speakers and sessions will be published by September 19th, 2025 We are bringing Logic Apps Community Day again this year, on October 30, 2025 (Pacific Time) and we want you to join us as we host a full day of learning where you will be the star! The Logic Apps Community Day is a free event driven by Microsoft, for anyone who wants to learn more about Logic Apps and how it can help to solve real life integration problems. This year, we want to learn how you have been using AI with Logic Apps, so our themes for the sessions are: Creating Intelligent Applications with Logic Apps and AI: tell us how you have been using Logic Apps features to implement your intelligent application scenarios - from Agent Loops, to Logic Apps exposed as MCP tools, to improving your intelligent application knowledge in real time - we want to see the scenarios you created! Accelerating Logic Apps Developer Velocity with AI: How are you taking advantage of Gen AI to make your developer life easier using Logic Apps? From prompts to create test data, to automated creation of maps, unit test or custom code and anything in between. Maybe you have been using prompts, instructions or chat modes to make your development life easier? We want to see it all! Registration, Speakers and Sessions Want to To make sure you are notified on the day, and want to add the event on your calendar? You can register on our Reactor event page! Check out our agenda below - it will be a day packed with information and lots of amazing topics! Speaker Session Title Session Abstract Sebastian Meyer Intelligent Enterprise Integration – Automated Order Processing with AI and SAP This session explores how modern enterprises can streamline and safeguard their business operations through intelligent system integration. At the core is an AI-powered agent loop implemented in Logic Apps that automatically receives and parses flat files containing individual purchase orders. The Agent identifies critical order quantities and routes them to a business user for manual approval—ensuring compliance with internal control policies. Only approved Orders are transmitted to the SAP system. Finally, the enriched data—combining raw order details and SAP references—is automatically sent via email to the respective business partner. The result is a seamless, transparent, and scalable process that combines human oversight with AI-driven automation. Attendees will learn: - Create AI Agent Loops with Logic Apps - Bring in a Human in the loop - Re-using existing LA Workflows as Tools - Use Connectors to communicate with external Systems - Operational Aspects Toon Vanhoutte Smart invoice processing with Logic Apps Many organizations struggle with identifying the correct internal approver for incoming purchase invoices. It's a process that often involves time-consuming manual work, especially when no purchase order reference is available. In today’s era of generative AI, there must be a smarter way to streamline this challenge. Join me for an engaging session where I demonstrate how Microsoft Logic Apps Agent Loop can revolutionize invoice processing. You’ll see a live demo showcasing how structured data can be intelligently extracted from purchase invoices and how an AI-powered agent can reason over documented business rules to automatically determine the appropriate approver. No need for costly OCR solutions—just the power of Logic Apps and generative AI working together to simplify and accelerate your financial workflows. Michael Stephenson Can I unit test an agentic workflow with logic apps? In this session we will talk about the challenges of testing non deterministic workflows and look at how you might use the logic app unit test framework to be able to implement some testing strategies. Florian de Langhe Unlocking Excel Analytics: Logic Apps + Code Interpreter in Action Excel analysis has always been a challenge in Logic Apps workflows, limiting us to basic read/write operations while complex analytics required external services. This session demonstrates how the new Code Interpreter action, combined with intelligent looping patterns, unlocks powerful Python-driven analytical capabilities directly within your Logic Apps flows. Stephen W Thomas Exposing Your Logic App As An MCP Server – What, Why, and How? Have you heard all the buzz around MCP Servers, but don't really know how it can help you? This session will talk about why using MCP Servers with new and existing Logic Apps will open up new scenarios and gain maximum use across the enterprise. We will take a look at how easy it is to set this up today and expose your workflows to AI Agents. Stefano Demiliani Intelligent applications with Logic Apps and Private AI This session explores the powerful integration of the Azure Logic Apps platform with on-premises and private cloud AI solutions, enabling organizations to maintain data sovereignty while leveraging advanced AI features. You will learn practical implementation strategies and tips for creating intelligent workflows that incorporate private AI models (open LLMs hosted locally, like gpt-oss) for AI-enhanced business process automation, while respecting your organization's privacy and security requirements. Ahmed Bayoumy The “Quick Task” Trap and How Logic Apps agent loop Kills It A while ago i had a meeting with a new client in the cargo shipping business to map their integration landscape. Everything looked solid, most integrations had the usual needs, nothing out of the ordinary. Then they mentioned the “special bookings” that still land in an operator’s inbox. Yes, manual bookings still occur in the enterprise world. Each one seems tiny until you multiply it across a week, a month, and a year. Those interrupts also break the operations team’s focus. So why not build a Logic Apps agentic loop to take the ad hoc cases off people’s plates, while handing off the real edge cases to humans with full context? Sivaji Gullipalli Boosting Developer Productivity in Logic Apps with Generative AI In this lightning talk, I will share how Generative AI can be combined with Azure Logic Apps to accelerate integration development and simplify repetitive tasks. Drawing from real-world insurance project scenarios, I will demonstrate how AI-driven prompts can be used to generate realistic test data, assist in building maps, create unit tests, and even support custom code generation. By leveraging AI during the development lifecycle, Logic Apps developers can significantly reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and deliver solutions faster. This session is designed to provide beginner-friendly, practical insights that attendees can immediately apply to their Logic Apps projects to enhance productivity and efficiency. Dan Probert What is a prompt - and can I automate it? In this introductory session, we look at what makes a good Gen AI prompt, and look at whether we could automate the generation of a prompt, and what that might take. This session is aimed at those devs that are new to Gen AI/LLM, and want to know more about what a prompt is, and how they might be able to simply prompt creation. Sovit Charak Agentic Document Processing with Logic Apps Standard + Document AI We will demo through logic apps: AI classification & dynamic schemas: identify doc type (contract/invoice/form) and pick the right JSON schema. Schema-aware extraction: Document AI + LLM returns exact keys; invalid outputs auto-repair via a validation loop. Agentic behaviors: tool selection & fallback OCR. Human-in-the-loop: low-confidence fields trigger a Teams Adaptive Card for approve/edit/reject. Business rules & routing. Storage & integrations: original docs to SharePoint/Blob, structured data to SQL/D365/ERP; notifications to Teams/Email. Cameron McKay Leveraging Logic Apps to build easy and effective AI Agents This session will provide an overview of Azure Logic Apps as an agent building tool that solves the problem related to organizations wanting to create agents, but not having a way to build effective agents due to disparate and segregated data sources. We will discuss Agent Loop as our tool to build agents using connectors. We will showcase demos of how to build your first agent, explore the different human in the loop capabilities that are available within agent loop and how we can use logic apps to build agents using connectors. The purpose of the session is to showcase logic apps as an agent building platform.Hybrid Logic Apps deployment on Rancher K3s Kubernetes cluster
K3s is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution, certified by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and originally developed by Rancher. It is optimized for on-premises environments with limited resources, making it ideal for edge computing and lightweight hybrid scenarios. Unlike a full Kubernetes distribution, K3s reduces overhead while maintaining full Kubernetes API compatibility. This makes K3s an ideal choice for hosting Logic Apps Standard near your data sources—such as on-premises SQL Server or local file shares—when you have lightweight workloads. There are 5 steps which are followed to setup the Hybrid Logic Apps including infrastructure which is illustrated in the following diagram. Most of these 5 steps are same as discussed in the Hybrid Logic Apps doc except the K3s Setup part Set up your own infrastructure for Standard logic app workflows - Azure Logic Apps | Microsoft Learn. Step 1: Prepare the K3s Cluster Docker desktop setup - In this case, the host machine is Windows 11 so decided to user Docker with WSL2 to setup the containers. Install the docker desktop using WSL2 Docker Desktop: The #1 Containerization Tool for Developers | Docker and make sure we select WSL2 Install K3s on your infrastructure and create single node cluster using k3d. #Install choco , kubectl and Helm Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) powershell choco install kubernetes-cli -y choco install kubernetes-helm -y choco install k3d -y # open in new powershell window powershell k3d cluster create # deleting the default load balancer Traefik as it conflicts with 80 and 443 port - we can configure the load balancer to other ports if needed kubectl delete svc traefik -n kube-system kubectl delete deployment traefik -n kube-system Next two steps are same as given Set up your own infrastructure for Standard logic app workflows - Azure Logic Apps | Microsoft Learn Step 2: Connect the Kubernetes cluster to Azure Arc Step 3: Setup the Azure Container Apps extension and environment You need to skip the core DNS setup required for Azure Local as given in Update CoreDNS Step 4: Conduct the Storage Configuration for SQL and SMB SQL Database (Runtime Store): Hybrid Logic Apps use SQL database for runtime operations and run history. In this scenario I used on-premise SQL server using SQL Authentication. I setup the SQL Server 2022 on the Windows host machine, enabled SQL server authentication and added new SQL admin user. Please follow the link for more details.. The SQL connection string can be validated using following PowerShell script $connectionString = "Server=<server IP address>;Initial Catalog=<databaseName>;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=<sqluser>;Password=<password>;MultipleActiveResultSets=False;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=True;Connection Timeout=30;" try { $connection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection $connection.ConnectionString = $connectionString $connection.Open() Write-Host "✅ Connection successful" $connection.Close() } catch { Write-Host "❌ Connection failed: $($_.Exception.Message)" } SMB is used as local file share on Windows host machine; it is advised to use a new user for the Windows SMB share $Username = "k3suser" $Password = ConvertTo-SecureString "<password complex>" -AsPlainText -Force $FullName = "K3s user" $Description = "Created via PowerShell" # Create the user New-LocalUser -Name $Username -Password $Password -FullName $FullName -Description $Description Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Users" -Member $Username Once the above user is created you can use Windows hosted machine to create Artifacts folder and allow read and write access. Please follow the link for more details Step 5: Create your Logic App (Hybrid) With all prerequisites and infrastructure in place for creating Hybrid Logic Apps, the next step is to build the Logic Apps using the specified connection string and SMB share path. This can be accomplished through the Azure Portal, as outlined below. Now you can create Logic Apps workflows using the designer and execute the Logic Apps workflow.Announcing the Public Preview of the Applications feature in Azure API management
API Management now supports built-in OAuth 2.0 application-based access to product APIs using the client credentials flow. This feature allows API managers to register Microsoft Entra ID applications, streamlining secure API access for developers through OAuth 2.0 authorization. API publishers and developers can now more effectively manage client identity, access, and authorization flows. With this feature: API managers can identify which products require OAuth authorization by setting a product property to enable application-based access API managers can create and manage client applications and assign them access to specific products. Developers can see their registered applications in API management developer portal and use OAuth tokens to securely call APIs and products OAuth tokens presented in API requests are validated by the API Management gateway to authorize access to the product's APIs. This feature simplifies identity and access management in API programs, enabling a more secure and scalable approach to API consumption. Enable OAuth authorization API managers can now identify specific products which are protected by Microsoft Entra identity by enabling "Application based access". This ensures that only valid client applications which have a secure OAuth token from Microsoft Entra identity can access the APIs associated with this product. An application is created in Microsoft Entra corresponding to the product, with appropriate app role. Register client applications and assign products API managers can register client applications, identify specific developers as owners of these applications and assign products to these applications. This creates a new application in Microsoft Entra and assigns API permissions to access the product. Securely access the API using client applications Developers can login into API management developer portal and see the appropriate applications assigned to them. They can retrieve the application credentials and call Microsoft Entra to get an OAuth token, use this token to call APIM gateway and securely access the product/API. Preview limitations The public preview of the Applications is a limited-access feature. To participate in the preview and enable Applications in your APIM service instance, you must complete a request form. The Azure API Management team will review your request and respond via email within five business days. Learn more Securely access product APIs with Microsoft Entra applicationsEnforce or Audit Policy Inheritance in API Management
We’re excited to announce a new Azure Policy definition that lets you enforce or audit policy inheritance in Azure API Management. With this capability, platform and governance teams can ensure that API Management policies are always inherited across all policy scopes — operations, APIs, products, and workspaces — strengthening consistency, compliance, and security across your API estate. Why this matters In Azure API Management, the <base /> policy element plays a critical role: it ensures that a runtime policy inherits policies defined at a higher scope, such as product, workspace, or all APIs (global). Without <base />, developers can inadvertently (or intentionally) bypass important platform rules, for example: Security controls like authentication or IP restrictions Operational requirements such as logging, tracing, or rate-limiting Business policies such as quota enforcement The result can be inconsistent behavior, compliance drift, and gaps in governance. How the new policy helps With the new Azure Policy definition, you can automatically ensure that <base /> is located at the start of each API Management policy section — <inbound>, <outbound>, <backend>, and <on-error> — across policies configured on operations, APIs, products, and workspaces. You can set the effect parameter to: Audit: Identify operation, API, product, or workspace policies where <base /> is missing. Deny: Prevent deployment of policies that do not include <base />. Get started To enable this new Azure Policy definition: Navigate to Azure Policy in the Azure portal. Select “Definitions” from the menu and choose “API Management policies should inherit parent scope policies using <base />”. In the policy definition view, select “Assign”. Configure the policy assignment scope, parameter (audit or deny), and other details. View built-in Azure Policy definitions for API Management.Introducing Logic Apps MCP servers (Public Preview)
Using Logic Apps (Standard) as MCP servers transforms the way organizations build and manage agents by turning connectors into modular, reusable MCP tools. This approach allows each connector—whether it's for data access, messaging, or workflow orchestration—to act as a specialized capability within the MCP framework. By dynamically composing these tools into Logic Apps, developers can rapidly construct agents that are both scalable and adaptable to complex enterprise scenarios. The benefits include reduced development overhead, enhanced reusability, and a streamlined path to integrating diverse systems—all while maintaining the flexibility and power of the Logic Apps platform. Starting today, we now support creating Logic Apps MCP Servers in the following ways: Registering Logic Apps connectors as MCP servers using Azure API Center Using this approach provides a streamlined experience when building MCP servers based upon Azure Logic Apps connectors. This new experience includes selecting a managed connector and one or more of its actions to create an MCP server and its related tools. This experience also automates the creation of Logic Apps workflows and wires up Easy Auth authentication for you in a matter of minutes. Beyond the streamlined experience that we provide, customers also benefit from any MCP server created using this experience to be registered within their API Center enterprise catalogue. For admins this means they can manage their MCP servers across the enterprise. For developers, it offers a centralized catalog where MCP servers can be discovered and quickly onboarded in Agent solutions. To get started, please refer to our product documentation or our demo videos. Enabling Logic Apps as remote MCP server For customers who have existing Logic Apps (Standard) investments or who want additional control over how their MCP tools are created we are also offering the ability to enable a Logic App as an MCP server. For a Logic App to be eligible to become an MCP server, it must have the following characteristics: One or more workflows that have an HTTP Request trigger and a corresponding HTTP Response action It is recommended that your trigger has a description and your request payload has schema that includes meaningful descriptions Your host.json file has been configured to enable MCP capabilities You have created an App registration in Microsoft Entra and have configured Easy Auth in your Logic App To get started, please refer to our product documentation or our demo videos. Feedback Both of these capabilities are now available, in public preview, worldwide. If you have any questions or feedback on these MCP capabilities, we would love to hear from you. Please fill out the following form and I will follow-up with you.Announcing General Availability: Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework
We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of the Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework - a major step forward in enabling developers to build, test, and maintain enterprise-grade workflows with confidence and agility. Automated testing has become a cornerstone of modern development practices, and Logic Apps Standard now offers a robust framework to help you create unit tests for both workflow definitions and workflow runs directly within Visual Studio Code. This framework empowers teams to validate logic, simulate external dependencies, and ensure workflows behave as expected—before they’re deployed to production. Since the public preview, we’ve listened to your feedback and continued to enhance the framework. With GA, we’re introducing several key improvements that make testing even more powerful and flexible. What’s New in GA Support for More Mocked Actions You can now mock a broader range of built-in and managed connector actions, making it easier to isolate your workflow logic from external systems. With this release we unlocked support to mock actions for the following actions, unavailable during public preview: Call workflow in this logic app Execute inline code (JavaScript, C#, PowerShell Call Functions (Azure functions, local functions) XML Operations (transform, parse with schema) Liquid Operations (JSON to JSON, JSON to text, XML to JSON, XML to text) Data Mapper operations This enhancement allows for more comprehensive and reliable unit tests, providing more control to your workflow tests, especially in complex integration scenarios. Access to Workflow Settings for Assertions The framework now allows you to access and assert against workflow settings, such as parameters and app setting values. This means you can validate not just the behavior of your workflow, but also the environment in which it runs—ensuring logic consistency across different environments. Inline Script Actions Support Inline Code actions are now fully supported in test scenarios. JavaScript actions are now executed as part of the test workflow execution, since they are part of workflow logic. This improvement allows you to validate the logic of those scripts at part of your workflow scenarios. We are working on bringing similar support for C# and PowerShell scripts. Learn More To get started with the Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework, check out the following Microsoft Learn articles: Create unit tests for workflow definitions in Visual Studio Code Create unit tests for workflow runs in Visual Studio Code Logic Apps Standard Automated Test SDK. Let us know what you think and stay tuned for more enhancements coming soon!
🚀 General Availability: Enhanced Data Mapper Experience in Logic Apps (Standard)
We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of the redesigned Data Mapper UX in the Azure Logic Apps (Standard) extension for Visual Studio Code. This release marks a major milestone in our journey to modernize and streamline data transformation workflows for integration developer. What's new The new UX, previously available in public preview, is now the default experience in the Logic Apps Standard extension. This GA release reflects direct feedback from our integration developer community. We’ve resolved blockers that we heard from customers and usability issues that impacted performance and stability, including: Opening V1 maps in V2: Seamlessly open and edit existing maps you have already created with latest visual capabilities. Load schemas on Mac: Addressed schema-related crashes on macOS for a smoother experience. Function documentation updates: Improved guidance and examples for built-in collection functions that apply on repeating nodes. Stay connected We would love to hear your feedback. Please use this form link to let us know if there are any missing gaps or scenarios that are not yet covered
