October, 2010

Two weeks ago we shipped the ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta Release .  It supports “go live” deployments, and includes a bunch of nice improvements/enhancements.  You can see a summary of the new ASP.NET MVC 3 features in my beta announcement post . ...

This is the second part. Part 1: BizTalk: Timeline: Development Tools. As you can see, the last version of the BizTalk 2010 shifts the platform support to new versions of the .NET, SQL Server, and Visual Studio, and finish support for the previous platform...

This is the second part. Part 1: BizTalk: Timeline: Development Tools. As you can see, the last version of the BizTalk 2010 shifts the platform support to new versions of the .NET, SQL Server, and Visual Studio, and finish support for the previous platform...

Using reference data in StreamInsight is a very common scenarios; some examples would be: Monitoring process control event streams for values that exceed a given threshold (for example, a valve’s pressure exceeding a certain safety threshold). Enriching utility usage information in a smart metering scenario with user and geography information (for example, to allow visualization of power usage by geography). This reference data is commonly held in some form of repository, such as SQL Server, a process...

How to Define an Operation Contract in WCF read more

Setting Aliases to Avoid Operation Overloading How to get over the Operation Overloading Problem in WCF? read more

To meet the requirements of my client I will install Excel 2007, but you can install Excel 2010 if you prefer. Install Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or 2010 Microsoft Office Excel is required for using the Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) feature in BizTalk Server. You use the BAM Office Excel Workbook to define the business [...]

When looking a the new features of BizTalk 2010 I noticed that the set of SQL Server Agent jobs has been extended. There is new job called ‘Monitor BizTalk Server’. This job is especially good news for those of us responsible for keeping BizTalk Server...

Registration closes Thursday morning at 9:00am for the BizTalk Saturday – Melbourne BizTalk 2010 Hands on Day on the 23rd of October. For more details please visit: http://www.biztalksaturday.com/HandsOnDays2010.aspx

A BizTalk developer recently learned me a great trick to replace funtoids in a map. It looks like a lot of BizTalkers, like me, are unaware of this handy feature. When you accidentally used the wrong functoid in a map you can replace it by just dragging...

This post goes over a couple of points around the installation of Microsoft AppFabric Connect feature of BizTalk Server 2010 and a note on the licensing requirements. Installations Details The installation details of the BizTalk AppFabric Connect feature...

Before installing BizTalk Server or its prerequisites, make sure you have installed the latest critical Windows updates from Microsoft. Install Critical Windows Updates To install Windows updates: Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Windows Update. Follow the directions on the Windows Update site. If prompted, restart your computer. Enable Internet Information Services [...]

Please use my new blog, as this one has reached end of life, my new blog address will be: http://paulsomers.blogspot.com/...

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Service Contract Attributes read more

WCF provides attributes and properties that you can use when you design contracts to define the message-exchange patterns and the contents of the messages. read more

When you define a service contract and service implementation class, you must follow a few simple rules. Service implementation classes: read more

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WCF Glossary A address read more

Benefits of SOA Service-oriented architecture consists of a set of services and resources that other services and client applications on a network can access without any knowledge of how they are i read more