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Azure Logic Apps Standard | Keep WEBSITE_CONTENTSHARE Unique

Overview

WEBSITE_CONTENTSHARE is an app setting used by Azure Functions and Logic Apps Standard (which runs on the Functions runtime) alongside WEBSITE_CONTENTAZUREFILECONNECTIONSTRING to identify the Azure Files share the app uses for its content.

The important thing to call out up front: you …


Azure Logic Apps Standard | Testing Series

Over the last few years, Azure Logic Apps Standard has become a core building block for many integration workloads. The platform gives us flexibility, connector richness, and scalable runtime options, but as workflow solutions grow, so does the risk profile.

In many teams, validation still leans …


Azure Logic Apps Standard | Send Custom Events to Application Insights

Introduction

When building integration workflows with Azure Logic Apps Standard, there’s often a need to track custom business events that sit between pure technical telemetry and business process monitoring. Recently, while authoring a Logic App Standard workflow, I needed to track the total …


Azure Function Apps | OkObjectResult Returns Empty JSON After Moving to .NET 9 Isolated Worker Runtime

The Problem

I recently upgraded an Azure Function from .NET 8 to .NET 9, and at the same time migrated from the in-process worker to the isolated worker model. After the upgrade, my function that returned OkObjectResult started returning an empty JSON object {} instead of the expected data. …


Agent Loop | Azure Logic Apps Just Got Smarter

Microsoft Announcement

Microsoft has just introduced something quite revolutionary into the world of integration: Agent Loop, a new capability in Azure Logic Apps that lets you build AI-powered agents directly into your workflows. On the surface, it might seem like another incremental feature. But …