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      Introduction

      Lasernet gives access to Azure Storage and Azure Service Bus for exchange of files between external systems and Lasernet Server and a list of Azure authentication methods to implement access to different services in Azure as a part of a Lasernet workflow.

      Dependencies

      Lasernet Base Server Package incl. XML in & out

      Workflow

      Lasernet Output Management

      Packages Inheriting from This Package

      Azure Printing

      Modules

      Type

      Module

      Description

      Modifier

      Microsoft Entra ID Auth

      The Microsoft Entra ID Auth modifier logs into Microsoft Entra ID for a given user and Azure returns an access token, which can be used to access different services in Azure. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/overview-authentication

      Input

      Azure Hybrid Connection

      The Azure Hybrid Connection input module provide an easy and convenient way to connect the Web Apps feature in Azure App Service and the Lasernet Azure SAS Auth output module to a Lasernet Server running on-premises behind the firewall.

      https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-hybrid-connections

      Not available from Lasernet 11.

      Modifier

      Azure SAS Auth

      Azure SAS Auth Modifier Shared Access Signatures (SAS) is the primary security mechanism for Service Bus messaging. It exchanges a connection string with a token to be used with either the SOAP Web Service module or the HTTP module. With the Azure SAS Auth modifier, Lasernet can both act as client (Azure SAS Auth) and server (Azure Hybrid).

      https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-sas-overview

      Input /Output /Command

      Azure Storage

      The Azure Storage input module is used to pull files from BLOB Storage or messages from Queue. The Azure Storage output module is used to upload files to BLOB storage or to insert messages in Queues.The Azure Storage BLOB command is able to perform commands used to create and delete containers and to upload, download and delete a BLOB on demand.The Azure Storage Queue command is able to perform commands used to create and delete queues and to insert, peek and get messages on demand.

      https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction

      Input / Output

      Azure Service Bus

      The Azure Service Bus input is used to receive messages from an Azure Service Bus Queue or a Topic/Subscription.The Azure Service Bus output module is used to post messages to a Azure Service Bus Queue or Topic.

      https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-messaging-overview

      Example of Usage

      Any user who wants to use Microsoft Azure as a cloud computing platform and infrastructure.

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