April, 2009

I was having some problems transferring files from a very old SUN Unix server using the FTP adapter. I decided to create a new BizTalk FTP/FTPS adapter that would be robust and allow me to connect to FTPS servers. Here are the Receive Location Properties...

  The pre-requisites CAB files available at the moment for BizTalk 2009 on Windows Server 2008 are: 32bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81432 64bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81423   These CAB files have version 8.0 of...

In my previous post I showed how to make a call to SharePoint’s Lists.asmx web service with the jQuery library to retrieve information about the Lists and Document Libraries that are available on a specific SharePoint Site. In the comments of that post...

Recently I got the following error while trying to write out a flat file. The way I resolved it was to remove the .dll from the GAC and resinstall the .msi. Event Type: Error Event Source: XLANG/s Event Category: None Event ID: 10025 Date: 4/28/2009 Time...

If you read this blog you probably know that besides the web user interface, SharePoint also exposes some interfaces which you can use from code: the SharePoint object model and the SharePoint web services. The object model of SharePoint can only be used...

Some of you might be familiar with George Dunphy's "Pro BizTalk 2006" book that was released a couple of years ago through APress. Well, he's getting set to release a new one for BizTalk 2009 and I was very excited when he asked if I...

There was a failure executing the receive pipeline: "Microsoft.BizTalk.DefaultPipelines.XMLReceive, Microsoft.BizTalk.DefaultPipelines, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" Source: "XML disassembler" Receive...

Earlier this week I attended the RFID workshop held at Microsoft's Reading Offices. I thought Id write up some notes and thoughts I'd made about the event. Content/Trainer The course was based on the course developed by the guys at Breeze ( http...

Originally posted by Nick Heppleston at: http://www.modhul.com/2009/04/11/a-quick-walkthrough-of-the-biztalk-2006-r2-upgrade-to-biztalk-2009-rtm/ This post is an update to my original documenting the BizTalk 2006 R2 installation to the latest BizTalk...

Now that BizTalk Server 2009 is RTM the version number overview table that I posted earlier (here and here) can be updated. The new table: Product name Service pack Version number BizTalk Server 2004   3.0.4902.0 BizTalk Server 2004 SP1 3.0.6070...

I ran into an issue working with the AWESOME MUrl sample trying to reach Twitter from inside Intellipad (running in “MUrl mode”). I’m doing this post for the benefit of others that may run also into this, there are actually two solutions… If you haven...

Microsoft has released the much talked about version of BizTalk Server 2009 (previously known as BizTalk Server 2006 R3) for MSDN subscribers on friday. The following are the different versions available on MSDN: BizTalk Server 2009 Branch Edition (x86...

[Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/EltonStoneman ] DataContract classes in WCF can be declared as implementing IExtensibleDataObject to provide in-built support for schema versioning. Any data contracts created through svcutil or Add Service Reference...

For years I’ve heard people say that Microsoft technology is great for mid range solutions. I can’t tell you how many CIOs have told me things like “we use WinTel for department level applications but the big iron apps run on Unix.” There’s a general...

Six years ago we announced a multi-year, multi-product vision for the Enterprise which we called Dynamic IT. The principles were simple - virtualization, model driven, services oriented and user centric. Shortly thereafter, we began to conceptualize a...

BizMock is a new framework used for quick testing of BizTalk orchestrations, maps and more.Create unit tests with regular C# MS tests, enhanced with a fluent interface API and a TDD approach. Use its mocking capabilities, to avoid relying on dependent...

My latest MSDN Magazine article entitled SOA Simplified: Service Virtualization with the Managed Services Engine hit the Web towards the end of last week. It focuses on simplifying large-scale SOA ecosystems by leveraging the concept of service virtualization...

Originally posted by Nick Heppleston at: http://www.modhul.com/2009/04/11/biztalk-2009-rtm-upgrade-gotchas-tracking-data/ I’ve started to play around with my new BizTalk 2009 installation following my upgrade fromBizTalk 2006 R2 and I’ve noticed...

Hi folks, Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud services operating system, based on Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 SP1. Azure is currently in a Community Technology Preview stage and you can register and try it out for free on this page . Many of you may have wondered what is the experience of hosting WCF services in the Azure cloud. We have created a full set of samples on our newly launched Code Gallery site: WCF Azure Samples The samples show hosting WCF services for use by Silverlight...

Dimension Data has been doing some great work for us around SQL Consolidation. They are holding an updated Techspresso session covering the topic. See below: https://techspresso.didata.com.au/Techspresso/Melbourne/MLB_2009_05_27.htm Lower Your Database...