BizTalk Migration

Product Description

1. Assessment and planning
Analyze existing BizTalk applications: Understand the structure, integrations, dependencies, and business logic to inform the migration strategy.
Create a business case: Quantify costs (maintenance, licensing, security) and benefits (agility, reduced infrastructure costs, innovation) to get buy-in and secure investment.
Design the target architecture: Embrace a modern, serverless, or cloud-native approach. Use Azure Logic Apps as the core service and extend its capabilities with other Azure Integration Services as needed. 

2. Migration and implementation
Refactor and modernize: Refactor BizTalk solutions to utilize the native capabilities of Azure Logic Apps (Standard) to maximize ROI. This includes converting BizTalk orchestrations and maps to use cloud-native components.
Automate where possible: Use tools like Microsoft BizTalk Migrator to automate the conversion of BizTalk applications into Azure integration applications, which can significantly speed up the process.
Build the Azure environment:
Create resource groups for logical organization.
Configure networking, including hybrid connectivity if needed.
Set up storage accounts for messages and logging.
Implement security with managed identities and key vaults.
Enable monitoring from the start. 

3. Data and application migration
Migrate data: Securely move data to Azure using services like Azure Data Box or the Azure Import/Export service.
Migrate applications: Decide whether to re-host applications on Azure Virtual Machines or refactor them to run on Azure App Services, depending on your strategy. 

4. Post-migration
Monitor and optimize: Continuously monitor the new integration platform and optimize performance and costs.
Decommission old infrastructure: Once the new solution is stable, decommission the old BizTalk server infrastructure.