VistA Integration Adapter (VIA) August 11, 2015 By Joe McDowell VIA Enhancement SharePoint: http://vaww.oed.portal.va.gov/projects/via/default.aspx VIA Application SharePoint
Benefits of using VIA vs MDWS Drawbacks of using VIA vs MDWS Questions Discussion Items Why VIA What’s Different How is VIA Deployed Benefits of using VIA vs MDWS Drawbacks of using VIA vs MDWS Questions
Why VIA VIA Started as a pilot to migrate a .Net app to Java Fix some security issue Improve performance Provide something that is easier to maintain
What’s Different Obviously it’s a Java application development Runs using Weblogic on Linux Uses Oracle for a database to track auditing Single logical instance deployed VIA is stateless Recently added Authentication for Consuming Application
How is VIA Deployed 2 Sites – always active
Benefits of using VIA vs MDWS Performance significantly improved Security improvements Enterprise Application – 1 deployment
Drawbacks of using VIA vs MDWS VIA is Stateless Requires changes to your Consuming application During Development – new requirements slower
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