September, 2011

When you're writing a unit test to verify that an exception is thrown and you want to check the content of the error message, the ExpectionException attribute doesn't do it. This code (which you see a lot): [ TestMethod ] [ ExpectedException ...

Check this out! Please sign up for the private Beta at www.moesion.com...( read more ) Blog Post by: gsusx

Yes, all unhandled exceptions will kill the IIS worker process, but in WCF you can tag an IErrorHandler onto your service behavior and all unhandled exceptions will be neatly taken care of. Unless that exception is thrown from a factory task, in which...

I’ve spent some time lately playing around with MSMQ, Authentication and the use of External Certificates. This is an interesting scenario, but one that I found to be documented in relatively unclear terms, with somewhat conflicting information all over the place. Plus, the whole process isn’t very transparent at first. Normally, when you’re using MSMQ [...] Blog Post by: Tomas Restrepo

Last week on 21st September we had the privilege to present the capabilities of BizTalk360 to an enthusiastic audience in Copenhagen, Denmark (You can view the pictures here on our facebook fan page). We fully understand for any technical user group meetings you are not going to get decision makers who will put the money down and buy the product, it will normally be truly technical chaps, who are prepared to spend some of their spare time either to present or come and learn some new stuff. We don't...

Following on from the successful BizTalk Server 2010 Developer training that Mexia ran in Melbourne in August 2011, we are doing it again, this time we have added a 2 days BizTalk 2010 Administrator training course. BizTalk Server 2010 Administrator Training – November 21st & 22nd, 2011 - https://bizadmmel1111.eventarc.com/event/view/5767/biztalk-2010-administrator-training---melbourne BizTalk Server 2010 Developer Training – November 28th to 2nd December, 2011 - https://bizdevmel1111.eventarc...

This example is not covered in the ESB Toolkit samples and I bumped my forehead a few times while making it work. I thought it’d be helpful to save other fellow BizTalk'ers from headaches by publishing findings. I have been fun of dynamic generic...

It’s been a week since we announced the private beta availability of Moesion and the reaction from customers, partners and the press have been incredible. I thought I’d take the time to highlight some of the press coverage that Moesion has received during...( read more ) Blog Post by: gsusx

A topic that I think BizTalk professional find appealing in Windows Azure is the Service Bus (part of Windows Azure AppFabric). Service Bus provides secure messaging and connectivity capabilities that enable building distributed and disconnected applications in the cloud, as well hybrid application across both on-premises and the cloud. One of new features is topics and queues . Clemens Vasters did a talk on Windows Azure Service Bus Topics and Queues during Windows Build and an advanced one , which...

I am currently using BizTalk 2010 as the integration hub between a number of systems, including Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. The XLANG/s Orchestration compiler will complain with the following: Unexpected use of keyword: ‘task’ One of the core entities in CRM is the ‘Task’, a sub-type of an Activity in the Sales process. However, we [...] Blog Post by: Brett

At last, I can announce that ‘BizTalk Server 2010 Unleashed ’ has been published and is available through major booksellers in both printed and electronic form. The book is not a new edition of the old ‘BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed’ book from several...

This new book about BizTalk Server 2010 is now available for purchase! This very helpful book was written by BizTalk MVPs Brian Loesgen, Jan Eliasen, Charles Young, Scott Colestock, Jon Flanders, and Anush Kumar.

This week Tellago Studios announced Moesion : a cloud platform to manage your IT systems or cloud services directly from your smartphone or tablet. Moesion is the result of our constant obsession to bring innovation and modern technologies to the world...( read more ) Blog Post by: gsusx

When it comes to documentation with BizTalk it can be challenging task. What do and what do I not document and how do I document it. In my view there are three types of documentation when it comes to BizTalk in my opinion. That is: BizTalk Environment (Design) document Functional Design of BizTalk Solution Technical (Design) of BizTalk Solution BizTalk Environment (design) documentation you can described the different BizTalk environment Development, UAT and Production. In this type of document you...

If you want to get up to speed on Azure AppFabric brokered messaging there are a couple of resources you should check out. SB CTP Messaging User Guide This is a 30 page word document put together by the AppFabric dev team. It’s a great read to get an...

Nigel Bachmann just added a new version of BizTalk Documenter: BizTalk Server 2010 Documenter and update the existing version BizTalk 2006 Documenter. The source code and MSI for both versions are available on CodePlex. This tool creates documentation for a given BTS 2010 installation and it will compile: BTS Host configuration Send/Receive port configuration Orchestration [...] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira

Windows Azure Storage med Björn Eriksen. Thursday, September 29, 2011 from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM Windows Azure Storage är en tjänst i Windows Azure som rör olika typer av lagring. Blobs, Queues, Tables och är begrepp som många garanterat känner till, och...

Back in the days when I was working with BizTalk 2004 I always had the book ‘Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed‘ close by on my desk. Later on, when BizTalk 2006 was released the same was the case for the book ‘Professional BizTalk Server 2006‘. It is not my intention to fail other good BizTalk [...] Blog Post by: Randal van Splunteren

I’ve added a third walkthrough to the AppFabric Walkthrough series. “The following walkthrough will show how topics and subscriptions can be used to implement a simple publish-subscribe messaging channel. The next walkthrough will build on this sample...

Hi folks we’re delivering Azure sessions on behalf of Microsoft over the next coming weeks… Here’s the official timetable, come along they’re free for you!! (All times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time) LIVE - 2 Hour IT Pro/Dev/ ISV Sept 27th 2-4 pm https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032489403&Culture=en-AU Ten Must-Have Tools for Windows Azure LIVE - 2 Hour IT Pro Oct 25th 2-4 pm https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032489405&Culture...