APIs That Hold Up Under Real Load.

For anything beyond quick internal use, a Scripted REST API. The Table API is fast to expose but couples consumers directly to your data model, so any schema change becomes a breaking change for them. A scoped Scripted REST endpoint gives you validation, versioning, and least-privilege access control.

By respecting the API's own signals rather than guessing. We read rate-limit headers where they exist, apply exponential backoff on 429 responses, and queue work rather than hammering an endpoint. Where the counterparty publishes no limits, we test empirically and design conservatively.

It depends on whether the failure is transient or permanent, and we handle those differently. Transient failures retry with backoff. Permanent failures raise an incident with the payload and correlation ID attached, and the payload is retained in dead-letter storage so nothing is lost.

Yes, via MID Server, which establishes an outbound connection from your network so no inbound firewall rule is needed. This is the standard pattern for on-premise ERP, databases, and monitoring tools, and it is generally acceptable to security teams for that reason.

A straightforward outbound integration against a well-documented API typically runs 3–5 weeks from contract to production, including failure testing. Poorly documented APIs, unusual authentication, or very high volumes extend that, and we identify which of those apply during scoping.