Azure API and system integration

Replace fragile integrations with supportable Azure services.

Connect established applications, partners and data flows using clear contracts, dependable failure handling and operational visibility.

The hidden system

Integrations often carry more business risk than the applications

APIs, scheduled jobs, file transfers and queues form the operational paths between systems. When ownership, contracts or failure handling are weak, small changes can cause missing data, duplicate actions and failures that nobody can explain.

The aim is not simply to connect two endpoints. It is to create a flow the organisation can operate, observe and safely change.

Undocumented interfaces
Silent or recurring failures
Duplicate and missing records
Manual reprocessing
Hard-coded credentials
Point-to-point dependencies
No useful monitoring
Legacy protocols blocking change

Technical capability

Microsoft integration engineering grounded in operations

  • C# and ASP.NET Core APIs
  • Azure Functions and App Services
  • Azure Service Bus and event-driven workflows
  • API Management and versioned contracts
  • SQL Server, Azure SQL and structured data flows
  • Authentication, authorisation and secret management
  • Idempotency, retries and dead-letter handling
  • Application Insights and actionable monitoring
  • OpenAPI documentation and automated testing
  • CI/CD, deployment and support documentation

Engagement route

Trace. Design. Deliver. Operate.

  1. 01

    Trace

    Map the real data flow, business rules, ownership and failure modes.

  2. 02

    Design

    Define contracts, security, resilience, observability and migration boundaries.

  3. 03

    Deliver

    Build and migrate in testable stages while protecting existing operations.

  4. 04

    Operate

    Leave dashboards, alerts, runbooks and knowledge with the responsible team.

Possible outcomes

An integration estate that can be understood and supported

  • Integration and dependency map
  • Prioritised remediation plan
  • API and event architecture
  • Working Azure integration services
  • Secure migration from legacy interfaces
  • Monitoring, alerts and operational runbooks
  • Documentation and knowledge transfer

Diagnostic guidance

Seven signs an integration is becoming a business risk

Recurring manual work and unexplained data differences are often symptoms of a deeper ownership and resilience problem.

Read the integration guide

Make the data flow dependable

Start with the integration that causes the most friction.

Discuss the integration