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I found this method, I’ve used it a few times, so I’m going to put it here for my own use. /// <summary> /// Reads data from a stream until the end is reached. The /// data is returned as a byte array. An IOException is /// thrown if any of the...

This past Thursday the ASP.NET MVC feature team published a new "Preview 5" release of the ASP.NET MVC framework.  You can download the new release here .  This "Preview 5" release works with both .NET 3.5 and the recently...

BizTalk WCF-BasicHttp adapter issue with http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema namespace I am using the WCF-BasicHttp adapter to consume outer Web-service and getting the error (actually if I have retry>0, I am getting Warning first. See below: Event Type...

I'm in the process of migrating biztalk247.com to a new hosting provider. After deploying the application, I started doing the performance testing using Visual Studio Web/Load test features. I configured the IIS Application Pool to have a web garden...

In early September 2010, I got the honor to present three sessions on AppFabric and Workflow 4.0 to the BizTalk Users Group in Sweden at the European BizTalk Conference . While my sessions were not related to BizTalk, they are designed to show how easy it is for someone with BizTalk skills to learn AppFabric and Workflow 4.  I have posted the session slide decks and sample code (including the code generated from my 100% LIVE demo).  I did three sessions: Server AppFabric and Workflow 4...

I have been configuring servers lately and have come across an issue that wasn’t clear. I needed to enable network discovery, so I simply went to the advanced sharing center I was unable to keep the sharing active. I realized that I needed to ensure that...

I remember searching for this T-SQL statement a few months ago, so time to put it on the blog. select dateadd(m, datediff(m, 0, dateadd(MM, -1,getdate())), 0) as [Date of First Day of Last Month] select dateadd(m, datediff(m, 0, dateadd(m, 1, dateadd...

Today I investigated one strange error working with Dynamic SMTP Port. Event Type: Error Event Source: BizTalk Server 2006 Event Category: BizTalk Server 2006 Event ID: 5754 Date: ******** Time: ********AM User: N/A Computer: ******** Description: A message...

[Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/EltonStoneman ] The Adapter Pack 2.0 for BizTalk has been released in public beta recently , and among the WCF Line Of Business adapters it contains the WCF SQL adapter. This exposes SQL Server connections as WCF service...

I have an MSDN Subscription voucher to give away! The voucher is good for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN subscription and will give you access to many Microsoft products for 1 year. This is a great benefit to anyone doing development and I believe it now includes monthly time on Azure and Platform AppFabric. The software is good only for development and testing purposes and this subscription is Not For Resale. I will be having a drawing for the voucher on Sunday, October 10th, 2010...

First off I want to thank everyone who entered the contest. A winner was picked at random out of all the entries I received.  In total, it was about 10 entries so your chances were good to win!  But I could only have one winner. The winner is:  H. Edidin from USA. Look for more contests coming on BizTalkGurus.com in the next few weeks.

The latest edition of BizTalk Server is now available on MSDN. The following editions are available for download (this may vary based on your MSDN subscription): Developer Edition Branch Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition I only see the x86 version of each product available for download right now.   BizTalk Server 2009 has the following enhancements and improvements over the past version of BizTalk: Support for .Net 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studios 2008 SP2 XSLT Debugger in Visual Studios...

Nick Heppleston , a fellow BizTalk blogger and user of my PipelineTesting library, left a comment on a recent post asking why I chose to put the library code on GitHub instead of CodePlex . I think it's a fair question, so let me provide some context...

Recently I was asked to present at the BizTalk Users Group in Sweden.  I had a great time and was welcomed nicely by my Swedish friends.  I presented on the new enhancements to the Windows Application Server role code named Dublin. I presented two 35 minutes sessions covering a lot of the same material talked about at the recent TechEd in Los Angeles, CA. The two sessions are now online and available for everyone to watch.  The first session is essentially the value proposition of...

I just wanted to take a second to get everyone on the same page since these properties are VERY important in BizTalk. If you are a solo developer or you have never renamed a root node, then you may not understand the importance of these properties. First off, what are they? Node Name: This is the name that is displayed inside Visual Studio for the root node in the schema and for each field element in a property schema. Root Node Type Name: Basically, this is what BizTalk will call your root node...