June, 2006

I've seen this issue showing a couple of times on the BizTalk Newsgroups so I thought it's worth posting about this on my blog. The user expectation, which is probably correct from usability point of view, is that the %Filename% macro is replaced...

(Update: The original download files were missing the PDB-to-GAC functionality I've discussed before. Please download again if you have already...) The BizTalk Deployment Framework has been updated to work with BizTalk 2006...It is hard to believe...

(Update: The original download files were missing the PDB-to-GAC functionality I've discussed before. Please download again if you have already...) The BizTalk Deployment Framework has been updated to work with BizTalk 2006...It is hard to believe that...

I've seen this issue showing a couple of times on the BizTalk Newsgroups so I thought it's worth posting about this on my blog. The user expectation, which is probably correct from usability point of view, is that the %Filename% macro is replaced with...

Astute browsers of the blog have noticed that we’ve changed the name of the October conference. It is now known as the Microsoft SOA and Business Process Conference. Why’d we do that? Well that’s an interesting story. It seems some people think that Microsoft...

What Kris said... http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2006/06/29/650328.aspx Check out the attached doc there!

Fresh new goodies on the Microsoft Download site: Windows SharePoint Services V3 Starter Kit: Workflow Developer Starter Kit for Windows SharePoint Services V3 The Workflow Developer Starter Kit for Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services V3 (Beta 2...

Wow, our User Experience team continues to amaze! They have just released an update to the BizTalk Server 2006 documentation that contains tons of new content. I'd list it all here, but there's just too much so check out the attached doc for the full...

As mentioned previously we recently launched the BizTalk Server 2006 Developer Center . This project constituted a complete rebuild of the previous BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Center. For May and June we featured orchestrations. This included new code...

I built a sample (you can download it here ) based upon a question asked in the WF forums last night (you can see the post here ). I wanted to post it here so I could point out some of the interesting features it has in it. First - there is a CallWorkflowActivity...

10 more BizTalk samples are live in the MSDN Web site . I wrote four of them as follows: 1) BAM and HAT Correlation This sample demonstrates how to use the enhanced BAM features, and how to customize BAM and HAT integration. This sample also includes...

In the latest BizTalk Server 2006 Help Update, you'll find the following content: Complete documentation for all BizTalk Server Line of Business Adapters, including new tutorials, one for each adapter. See the section "Using Adapters." Troubleshooting...

Looks like there are a bunch of new samples posted on the Biztalk Developer center in MSDN. Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk/downloads/samples/

We have made a number of corrections to the files contained in Tutorial_update.zip (attached). The corrections to these files should alleviate some of the problems you have had with Tutorials 2 and 3. To use the updated files, you must replace the correct...

The BizTalk Server 2006 Installation and Upgrade Guides have been updated since the initial release and include valuable feedback from the community! Check them out here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B273269C-97E0-411D-8849...

Update: Andy pointed out that Tom Abraham has given this a thorough treatment here . There appear to be cases where having BizTalk 2004 and the .NET 2.0 framework installed on the same machine may cause you some difficulty. I've seen a few instances where...

Update: Andy pointed out that Tom Abraham has given this a thorough treatment here . There appear to be cases where having BizTalk 2004 and the .NET 2.0 framework installed on the same machine may cause you some difficulty. I've seen a few instances...

In response to recent questions/confusion, I posted an entry with links to the .NET 3.0 Beta 2 downloads -- ironically a few days later on Friday (June 23), they released a new version labeled the June CTP. So, to avoid being the cause of even more confusion...

If you're interested in how the worlds of Web Services and BizTalk Orchestrations come together, check out this article I wrote a while back. It's called Implementing Service Contracts with BizTalk Server 2004 . It focuses on the issues around mapping...

The BizTalk Server 2006 Installation and Upgrade Guides have been updated yesterday, you can find them out here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B273269C-97E0-411D-8849-5A8070698E4A&displaylang=en