BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Downloads

Host Instance Creation and Adapter Configuration Tool for BizTalk

Stephen W. Thomas — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:33:13 GMT

This tool will help you design and build your BizTalk solutions by making it easier to consistently separate out your processes into multiple hosts even on your developer boxes. It will also make sure all your developers and environments are using Hosts with the same names. This can be a total nightmare to manage and maintain.

This tool is fed by a simple config file to set up the Hosts, install Host Instances, and assign Adapters to these new Hosts. This tool has the ability to prompt for a user password and reset all the Adapters back to the default Host (this was used extensively when I was testing the tool).

This tool should work with BizTalk Server 2004, BizTalk Server 2006, and BizTalk Server 2006 R2. I have not tested it running against any remote servers.

For more information, see the full blog post at: http://www.biztalkgurus.com/biztalk_server/biztalk_blogs/b/biztalk/archive/2008/04/30/biztalk-host-creation-and-adapter-assignment-tool-available-for-download.aspx

BizTalk Advanced Orchestration Concepts and Best Practices Slides and Demos

Stephen W. Thomas — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT

These are the slides and demos from my Session at the SOA and BPM Conference in Redmond in October, 2007.

The demos show Dynamic Mapping, Self-Correlation Ports, Untyped Messages, and Convoys. These demos are "as is" and may need some configuration changes to work on your system.

PowerPoint 2007 is required to view the slides.

Session Abstract:
"Business processes are a required component in most Enterprise Integration solutions today. Business processes are modeled, designed, and built inside BizTalk Server using Orchestrations. Orchestration can range from a few simple shapes to a complex multi Orchestration, Transactional process. This session focuses on highlighting Advanced Orchestration features and best practices that can be used to shorten development time and increase overall Business Process reusability. Topics covers are: Untyped Messages, Dynamic Transforms, Starting Orchestration, Passing Port Parameters, and Convoys."

Advanced Microsoft BizTalk 2006 R2 Concepts Slides and Demos

Stephen W. Thomas — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT

These are the slides and demos from my Tech Ed Session from Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando.

The demos show Dynamic Mapping, Self-Correlation Ports, Untyped Messages, and WCF Calls in Messaging. The WCF demos will require BizTalk Server R2. These demos are "as is" and may need some configuration changes to work on your system.

PowerPoint 2007 is required to view the slides.

Session Abstract:

"Business processes are a required component in most Enterprise Integration solutions today. Business processes are modeled, designed, and built inside BizTalk Server 2006 R2 using Orchestrations. Orchestration can range from a few simple shapes to a complex multi Orchestration, Transactional process. This session focuses on highlighting key Orchestration features to shorten development time and increase overall Business Process reusability. Also, messaging-only scenarios using WCF are discussed, and the power of BizTalk as a Web service routing system is shown. Topics covers are: Untyped Messages, Dynamic Transforms, Starting Orchestration and Passing Port Parameters, using Helper .NET Components, and Message Only WCF Calls."

First Look at the WCF Adapter WCF Sample Code

Stephen W. Thomas — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT

This sample shows a basic WCF Service using Basic HTTP Binding. This service is hosted inside IIS and uses a WCF Receive Location to process WCF messages inside BizTalk.

This code was built using a beta version of BizTalk 206 R2. The concepts are the same in the RTM release of BizTalk 2006 R2 but this code may not work.

Watch the video related to this sample here: http://www.biztalkgurus.com/biztalk_server/biztalk_2006_r2/m/biztalk_2006_r2_samples/32391.aspx

First Look at the WCF Adapter in BizTalk 2006 R2 Video

Stephen W. Thomas — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT

Note: This video is based on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 BETA

This nearly 13 minute video gives a quick, high level First Look at BizTalk Server 2006 R2 WCF Adapter using the Basic HTTP Binding. This is intended to show how easy it is to use BizTalk 2006 R2 and WCF to build applications.

Note that this is based on Beta code and is subject to change in future releases.

This content should be current for the RTM release of BizTalk 2006 R2 and beyond.