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BizTalk Event in Oslo

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:23 GMT

If you happen to be close to Oslo, Norway June 6th you should definitely attend this event The event is hosted by Microsoft Norway and is purely dedicated to BizTalk and especially BizTalk 2013. Here’s the agenda: 12.00 -12.30 welcome and a little inspiration around integrations. 12.30 – 13.15 Integration – from strategy to successful [...] Blog Post by: Tord Glad Nordahl...(read more)

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure Microsoft UDDI Services (Part 13)

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:11 GMT

UDDI Services provides Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) capabilities for sharing information about Web services within an organization’s intranet, between business partners on an extranet, or on the Internet. UDDI Services can help improve the productivity of developers and information technology (IT) professionals with more reliable and manageable applications. With UDDI Services you can […] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira...(read more)

Message Box Viewer 13 included in BizTalk Server 2013

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:39:09 GMT

For BizTalk people probably you don’t need any introduction to Message Box Viewer. It became as the de-facto tool to analyse and fix any issue you find in your environment. The tool was initially built as hobby project by one of the Microsoft PSS (support) person called Jean-Pierre Auconie (JP) and over the years it’s [...] The post Message Box Viewer 13 included in BizTalk Server 2013 appeared first on BizTalk360 Blog . Blog Post by: Saravana Kumar...(read more)

Note to self - how to stop VS 2012 menus being all caps

Syndicated Workflow Author — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:14 GMT

reg ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\General" /v "SuppressUpperCaseConversion" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 I just thought I'd put this here in case I ever lose the info again. :) Isn't setting up a new machine fun. Blog Post by: tilovell09...(read more)

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Installing BizTalk Adapter Pack (Part 12)

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:06 GMT

BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 along with BizTalk AppFabric Connect, RFID features, UDDI services and ESB Toolkit are not automatically installed with the default installation process, instead you have to additional install this features The Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack contains adapters that enable enterprise applications and databases to interface with each other by implementing a common […] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira...(read more)

3 BizTalk Servers, 2 Datacenters, 1 On-prem

Syndicated AppFabric Author — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:27 GMT

As you’re probably aware, Windows Azure IaaS went general availability recently. There are three BizTalk images in the gallery that you use to create a new BizTalk virtual machine. This was too much for me to resist, I wanted to do something cool and distributed as a proof-of-concept. The result is this blog post, and the accompanying video that shows the demo running . To get to the bottom line, I used 2 BizTalk VMs on Azure, and 1 running “on prem” (in a Hyper-V VM). The roles of the servers are...(read more)

BizTalk prerequisite files list (summary) [Updated]

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

At a certain point in time when installing BizTalk, you will need to install some extra components. In the BizTalk installation wizard this is referred to as a prerequisite file. This file can be downloaded automatically from within the wizard, but you might want to download them first. Here's the list from BizTalk 2006 R2 up to BizTalk 2013!...(read more)

Terminating an XSLT transform during processing

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:44 GMT

I have run into an instance where I need to terminate and raise an exception from within an XSLT template, based on values (or lack thereof) within the source document. The XSLT transform is running within a BizTalk map. The secret is the following little-known XSLT construct, which can be conditionally called at any point […] Blog Post by: Brett...(read more)

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Validate Mail account used by BizTalk to send BAM Alerts (Part 11)

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:00 GMT

After you configure with success BizTalk Server 2013 BAM Alerts, the configurator will create a new Database Mail Account called “BAM_Alerts_Account” that will be used by BizTalk to send BAM Alerts. To Validate Mail account used by BizTalk to send BAM Alerts: Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “SQL Management” […] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira...(read more)

Unit testing code depending on the ASP.NET #WebApi HttpClient

Syndicated AppFabric Author — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:37:21 GMT

In a previous post I showed how to unit test an ASP.NET WebAPI Controller. But with a REST service there is both a client and a service component. Assuming for a moment the client part is also written in C# we should test that as well. In this case the client application contains the following class to load books from the REST WebAPI controller: 1: public class BooksClient 2: { 3: private readonly HttpClient _httpClient; 4: 5: public BooksClient(HttpClient httpClient) 6: { 7: _httpClient ...(read more)

BizTalk Community Series: Introducing Rob Fox

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:27:00 GMT

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MBV 13 is now available and fully compatible with BizTalk 2013 !

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:07:00 GMT

Hello to the BizTalk community ! The last time I updated that blog to provide a new version of MBV is far but it took me a while to update MBV for BizTalk 2013 and collect ideas of new queries and rules to add. For your information, a first version of MBV 13 is already provided in the support Tools folder of BizTalk 2013 ! I worked indeed with my US peers (a big thank to Mike Shea who is BizTalk Escalation Engineer in US) to produce that new version and we collaborated with the BizTalk Product group...(read more)

Local Windows Azure: Integrate, Innovate & Australia just got smarter

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:23:00 GMT

Well folks I’ve been greeted with the news that Microsoft Windows Azure will be in 2 geo-replicated places here on Australian soil, coming ‘shortly’. As an Azure MVP & from Breeze (a leading Microsoft Cloud Partner) perspective we invest heavily in cloud technologies. What does this mean and why should I care? I hear you ask… good question and I asked the same. As most of you know I have a passion for Integration, sticking all sorts of things together from small RFID devices, hand made hand-held...(read more)

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Network Configuration protocols (Part 10)

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:00:00 GMT

Under certain stress conditions (such as clients accessing SQL Server from the same computer), the SQL Server Shared Memory protocol may lower BizTalk Server performance. You can resolve this problem by disabling the use of the Shared Memory network protocol in SQL Server Network Configuration. Also, to facilitate transactions between SQL Server and BizTalk Server, […] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira...(read more)

Azure AD OAuth 2.0 Authorization Grant

Syndicated AppFabric Author — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:08:55 GMT

Yesterday I talked about a bug which prevented me to complete the authorization grant flow with Azure AD. It turn out the bug is only exposed when using Azure Management Portal for Relying party registration. In this post, I’ll use Graph Explorer to do the registration which works fine. My scenario is to create a […] Blog Post by: zamd...(read more)

Join our BizTalk 2013 technical launch event!

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:05:00 GMT

BizTalk 2013 is out, but this is obviously old news for most of you. With a lot of new features and support for on premises, or in the cloud, this new version seems exciting and maybe challenging… To help you overcome any potential issues and to make sure you are ready for the new version, Codit organizes a technical BizTalk launch event with 6 expert speakers!...(read more)

Azure AD OAuth 2.0 Client_Credentials Flow

Syndicated AppFabric Author — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:24:18 GMT

I was playing with the Authorization code grant type recently added to Azure Active directory however there is bug in the preview implementation which prevents exchange an ‘authorization code’ with an access token. I can get the authorization code for graph api by using following url in the browser. https://login.windows.net/69383356-56dd-4e78-a18e-a4ff5450c995/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=9f030b74-1ec1-4b6b-8911-f4e6e465ff9d&resource=https://graph.windows.net&api-version...(read more)

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:00 GMT

In this section you’ll install BizTalk Server, confirm that the installation succeeded, and then configure BizTalk Server. When you installed SQL Server, setup granted your account Database Administrator rights. Since these rights are also required for installing BizTalk Server, you must do one of the following: Use the same account you used when you installed […] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira...(read more)

Duplicate key row in object 'dbo.bts_LogShippingJobs'

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:43 GMT

A customer was setting up Log Shipping disaster recovery for their BizTalk Server 2006 R2 environment. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa560961(v=bts.20).aspx They had gotten to the step where they run the stored procedure bts_ConfigureBizTalkLogShipping. They received the error "Msg 2601, Level 14, State 1, Procedure bts_ImportSQLAgentJobs, Line 56 Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.bts_LogShippingJobs' with unique index 'CIX_LogShippingJobs'." It...(read more)

New Workflow Manager 1.0 Getting Started Tutorial

Syndicated Workflow Author — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:32:46 GMT

A new Getting Started Tutorial for Workflow Manager 1.0 has been posted here: Workflow Manager 1.0 Getting Started Tutorial This is a 3 step tutorial which covers creating a custom activity, using it in a workflow, and publishing and invoking the workflow. It covers the use of the HttpSend activity, several of the DynamicValue activities, and also includes troubleshooting steps for common issues related to authoring, publishing, and invoking workflows. There is also a video walkthrough and a download...(read more)

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:00 GMT

If your BizTalk Server environment uses SQL Server 2012 and you wish to configure BAM Alerts, you must have already configured SQL Server Database Mail feature before you try to configure BAM Alerts, otherwise the BizTalk Basic configuration will ignore this feature (BAM Alerts). Database Mail is an enterprise solution for sending e-mail messages from […] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira...(read more)

Workflow Manager Installation Error: Adding host to Service Bus Farm

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:49:25 GMT

I was trying to get the new workflow engine installed and configured with SharePoint 2013 but was encountering an error in the Service Bus configuration step. Installation Instruction for Workflow Manager and SharePoint 2013 Workflow Configuration: The full installation steps are provided here (in a video series): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn201724.aspx and here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj193478 The instructions provided above are pretty detailed [...] Blog Post...(read more)

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:15:00 GMT

BizTalk Server provides the capability to specify a business process and also a mechanism by which the applications used in that business process can communicate with each other. SQL Server is the main repository for this communication mechanism. For optimal performance, Microsoft recommends using the Enterprise Edition of SQL Server. Note: Using SQL Server Express […] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira...(read more)

BizTalk: List of Errors and Warnings, Causes and Solutions

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:00:02 GMT

A client ask me to create a wiki about BizTalk errors and how to clear it. A quick search on your favorite search engine give me a great technet article. I share it with you because it covers a lot of errors and the explanations are efficients http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7204.biztalk-list-of-errors-and-warnings-causes-and-solutions.aspx Don’t forget to add it in your […] Blog Post by: Jeremy Ronk...(read more)

SharePoint 2013 PowerPivot Management Dashboard empty

Syndicated Workflow Author — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:07:30 GMT

When you install the SharePoint BI stack, you need to create a PowerPivot Service application that will manage the PowerPivot workbooks via a very nice dashboard which unfortunately was empty in my Central Admin. no error, nothing in the ULS, just an empty page. To fix that, I activated the PowerPivot Administration feature in Central […] Blog Post by: sergeluca...(read more)

BTS2013 features explained: Dependency tracking

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:21:10 GMT

A while ago we started a series on explaining some of the new features that were introduced in BizTalk 2013 in more detail. We’ve already discussed the XslCompiledTransform API and the Improvements in dynamic send ports. A complete list of the new features in BizTalk 2013 can be found in our post when the product […] Blog Post by: Cnext...(read more)

BizTalk360 US Road show experience

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:41:51 GMT

I had no plans to write the story of my US road show experience, but thought it was a great 1 week experience and I wanted to capture the moments before it vanishes from my memory. Initially I was not really looking forward for this trip. There is going to be lot of travel, staying [...] The post BizTalk360 US Road show experience appeared first on BizTalk360 Blog . Blog Post by: Saravana Kumar...(read more)

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:15:00 GMT

The BizTalk Server development tools are based on Visual Studio. And like previous versions, at a minimum, you must have the Microsoft Visual C#® .NET component of Visual Studio installed on your computer if you wish to install the BizTalk Server Developer Tools and SDK component. Note: Visual Studio 2012 is not required if you […] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira...(read more)

Tracing with ESB Toolkit 2.2

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:49:49 GMT

Thanks to Tomasso Groenendijk for figuring this one out and sharing. As with previous versions of the ESB Toolkit there is a minor change required to get tracing working. The switch name no longer has the version number appended to it. So instead of “BizTalkESBToolkit20″ or “BizTalkESBToolkit21″ as in previous versions, it is now “BizTalkESBToolkit”. This should […] Blog Post by: Colin Meade...(read more)

Going to Microsoft TechEd (North America) to Speak About Cloud Integration

Syndicated BizTalk Author — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:43:11 GMT

In a few weeks, I’ll be heading to New Orleans to speak at Microsoft TechEd for the first time. My topic – Patterns of Cloud Integration – is an extension of things I’ve talked about this year in Amsterdam, Gothenburg, and in my latest Pluralsight course. However, I’ll also be covering some entirely new ground […] Blog Post by: Richard Seroter...(read more)