March, 2006

In the last release of the BizTalk Deployment Framework, an additional feature was added that I thought deserved its own post for explanation... If you are responsible for troubleshooting BizTalk applications in production, you are likely hungry for all...

There are some updates to the Deployment Framework and log4net story that I've been meaning to release for quite some time. After this, I'll focus my deployment efforts on BizTalk 2006 (didn't I say that last release?) Below are a list of revisions. On...

We found a bug in the Release Candidate version of Team Foundation Server which I shall 'report' here. We accidentally found ourselves in the position of having a team build containing two Visual Studio solutions and a project that was included in both...

I've spent some time in the last few days using the Team Build features of Team Foundation Server. I've recorded some observations on this, and also on the Solutions Build Framework (SBF) in an article at http://geekswithblogs.net/cyoung/articles/71713...

BizTalk Server 2006 is now release and available out on MSDN. I've loaded up an image and was curious to see if I could get one of the new Scenario Examples working. If you haven't seen the new scenarios, install BizTalk and look at the following location...

The BizTalk Server Team Blog posted a great listing of a BizTalk Product Roadmap for Beginners . This is a great list if you're just starting with BizTalk Server. They have also included a number of upcoming BizTalk Server Webcasts . The product is right...

Last week I was in Redmond for QuickLearn's BizTalk Server 2006 Deep Dive . It was great to get a dedicated week of time to look at BizTalk 2006. While the core of the product remains the same, it's great to see the new features. I think everyone will...

Last year I documented growth in the server market for office based systems, especially the google initiative, and via this blog I questioned Microsoft's Office Staretegy? Well they have answered ... Its interesting to see that the next version of anticipated...

The RTM version of BizTalk 2006 is now available for download on MSDN. Read more about the RTM version Here and Here .

I always forget to post these in advance. I am doing another BizTalk Presentation at Btug, tomorrow night (March 28) in Toronto. It is split into two parts: i)Handling Large Messages in BizTalk ii)Extending BizTalk Transformations into Sql Server Also...

There is a BizTalk '06 first look clinic in Bellevue on Friday, March 31st. I am lucky enough to be penciled in presenting with Jonathan Moons from Microsoft who is fantastic. It is going to be a rockin' good time. If you can make it, please sign up at...

Hey All, If you're local to the Seattle/Eastside area, please join us for the next NW Connected Systems User Group Meeting. We are really excited to present the upcoming Tuesday, March 14th meeting and look forward to seeing you. The focus of the discussion...

Very good news !!! BizTalk Server 2006 is now available for download on the MSDN Subscribers Download site! Also available are the SWIFT, RosettaNet, HL7, and HIPPA Accelerators as well as the Enterprise Application Adapters.

The morning was spent completing the biztalk build and config on the dev boxes being used. The sourcesafe repository was copied over and by mid morning we were up and running with builds on the dev boxes. During the afternoon we tested each of the 3 designs...

When I first arrived onsite, I was coming in cold. I knew what the consensus opinion was of what an ESB is, but I knew nothing about what the actual requirements were, nor functionality or delivery plans. I stepped into a large project, however my part...

Kris Horrocks, Mike Woods, Mark Berman and Steve Sloan of the BizTalk product group at Microsoft will be contributing regularly to a new blog that you can find at http://blogs.msdn.com/BizTalk_Server_Team_Blog/ . They've got a great “beginner training...

Looks like the events side of my life is heating up. Most prominent is that June 11-16 (date/times to be confirmed), I’ll be speaking at TechEd (again) Boston on… you guessed it: Building a Next Generation ESB with Microsoft Technologies....

‘Thank you’ to all who attended last Thursday’s Twin Cities BizTalk User Group. You can get the ‘Orchestration Concepts: Message Construction, Direct Binding and Configuration’ presentation here . For those that were not...

I know Martijn H posted on this exception a while back but I think it’s worth regurtitating. I’ve seen it a few times, a couple of times recently and a few times about a year ago. Recently the issue was because a send port wasn’t enlisted...

Well, I haven’t been posting much for the past few months. I’ve had a lot of things going on including starting with Digineer in January. I spent a few weeks working on business development which was a lot of fun and a great experience. I...