April, 2007

Notable Notions: Avoid Deadlocks using the SQL Adapter and BizTalk Server 2006

There are more confusion around people regarding BizTalk Services ( Identity , Connectivity , ServiceBus , and Workflow ). Why do we need all this additional service? Is there any business value? Will it make any difference to my client. etc etc Of course...

Yesterday, our division went live with the Community Technology Preview (CTP) release of BizTalk Services . These services extend technologies from our division to work as hosted services accessible via the Internet. In essence, we are creating the first...

I've taken on a new role within Microsoft Australia.... It's called an Application Platform Solution Specialist . So what does that mean? You're guess is as good as mine.... Just kidding ;-) Essentially, I am now responsible to help customer, partner...

We finally got a Web Service today from a Trading Partner the interface looked something like this ... public Asset ReturnAsset(bool ReturnAsset) We surmised that due to cronic shortages of quality developers they have finally begun to train chimpanzees...

The upcoming BizTalk Server R2 extends heavily the messaging capabilities of BizTalk Server. Together with the rich messaging engine the WCF adapters and the WCF Line of Business Adapters SDK opens a whole new set of possibilities for developers. However...

http://labs.biztalk.net/ Here is the lauchpad for the next wave of BizTalk Services.

Just to inform users of BizUnitExtensions, that Kevin Smith (creator of BizUnit) and I have been having some extensive discussions on the BizUnit codeplex site ( here and here ) on how these two projects will continue to work together going forward since...

Just to inform users of BizUnitExtensions, that Kevin Smith (creator of BizUnit) and I have been having some extensive discussions on the BizUnit codeplex site ( here and here ) on how these two projects will continue to work together going forward since...

From my understanding of BizTalk Services ( Identity , Connectivity , ServiceBus , and Workflow ) so far, the word BizTalk doesn't really mean much(at least at the moment, with currently live Identity and Connectivity (aka Relay) services). May be it...

Lots of stuff today about BizTalk Services, the new offering from Microsoft that exposes an “Internet Service Bus” built upon BizTalk. Good summaries by Mick and Chris. There’s also a very nice article in eWeek (not the one linked to...

I’ve just finished working for a client who needed to insert multiple records into a SQL Server database from an Orchestration. This isn’t anything particularly hard using the SQL adapter, but after a review of the requirements it became apparent...

It is ANZAC day here in New Zealand so I thought it appropriate to share a photo that I took of the New Zealand War Memorial in Hyde Park London during our recent family holiday. Somewhat ironically flickr has added the word "dead" to the random unique...

Possibly the most interesting new thing in the BizTalk space talked about in the Mvp Summit, and up until now confidential, is BizTalk Services , Microsoft's Internet Service Bus. This is still in CTP space, and available here . This will be in the future...

Last August I was invited, with a few other Architects, to a .NET 3.5 Design Review hosted by the Connected Systems Division. That was the first time I saw the prototype of some “services” that the Connected Systems Division is working as...

I've just had an update from Wiley and the book arrived into their warehouse last Friday (20th April) and it started physically shipping to stores yesterday (Monday 23rd April) so if you've pre-ordered expect it to arrive real soon! I hope you...

Coming soon - http://labs.biztalk.net/

I recently switched to the Samsung BlackJack after a two year relationship with my Audiovox SMT 5600 , which was subsequently given to my 6 yo for a photo/game device...and then immediately ran over by a car. <sniff> I loved that thing… One of the...

Last month I mentioned briefly that the Connected Systems Division was working on some interesting "cloud" services, starting with Relay and STS services. The picture is now starting to unveil, and now they have been publicly announced as "BizTalk Services...

A large percentage of issues in the numerous BizTalk 2004 environments I have encountered with at my current client have been related to configuration. The current build of the environments are conducted in a semi automated fashion; the initial build...