September, 2011

I've been waiting for this for a while... contains all hotfixes released since CU1 was released... Get it here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2573000 Blog Post by: Daniel Probert

The summer is nearly over, but the “Four Questions” machine continues forward. In this 34th interview with a “connected technologies” thought leader, we’re talking with Ryan CrawCour who is a solutions architect, virtual technology specialist for Microsoft in the Windows Azure space, popular speaker and user group organizer. Q: We’ve seen the recent (CTP) release [...] Blog Post by: Richard Seroter

A few days ago, Amazon AWS announced the general availability of ElastiCache , a new distributed, in-memory caching service which complements the storage services included in the AWS platform. ElastiCache enables traditional caching capabilities to applications...( read more ) Blog Post by: gsusx

Microsoft just releases two cumulative update packages for BizTalk 2010! Cumulative update package 2 for BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2010 issues that were resolved after the release of BizTalk Server 2010． Important notes about the cumulative update package This cumulative hotfix [...] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira

Here we go, some important stuff about dates.....(it's not only BizTalk related) I had a very simple scenario. Webservice Receives a request (with several datetime fields in it) Send the received message to SQL via the WCF adapter For some obscure...( read more ) Blog Post by: Patrick Wellink

As most BizTalk developers/architects you have probably been in a situation were documentation of your integration solution has been discussed.  And you probably also been just as happy as me when you first found BizTalk Documenter. BizTalk Documenter is a great tool for extracting all that configuration data that is so vital to BizTalk and [...] Blog Post by: Richard

I spend nearly 5 hours so far today trying to configure Enterprise Library 5.0 for one of our projects. The machine I'm working on got ESB 2.1 installed previously. ESB Toolkit 2.1 utilises Enterprise Library 4.1. Among the various application blocks, it takes advantage of ConfigurationSource to point to ESB specific configuration information (esb.config and SSOConfigurationSource) from machine.config file. When you open the machine.config file after ESB Toolkit 2.1 installation you will see...

I’m a bit of a restless employee who is always looking for new things to work on and new challenges to tackle. So, this recent change should hold me for a while. I’ve accepted a role as the lead functional architect for the Research and Development division of my biotechnology employer. What this means is [...] Blog Post by: Richard Seroter

In recent days the Cumulative Update #2 has been released with several improvements and fixes. (The team have done an amazing job addressing previous issues/fixes with currently *no* open issues!!! WELL DONE GUYS) As you may well know by know – BizTalk is made by people who care for Integrators (us) who care. BizTalk has always been a quality product in the past and in my opinion will be in the future. Here’s some details if CU2 that was passed onto me… ------------------------------------------...

After rebooting the operating system BizTalk Server 2010 services, in my case: “BizTalk Service BizTalk Group: BizTalkServerApplication” fails to start automatically, despite being configured to do so. This is a Microsoft known Issues with BizTalk Runtime forcing us to manually start the services. I was hoping that BizTalk 2010 CU2 released in August 31, 2011 [...] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira

I experienced this issues this morning and a quick search shows lot of people faced the same issue. IIS manager is not installed by default on Windows 7/2008 machines, you need to explicitly turn it on as shown below Turning just WWW services will install all the IIS related stuff, but it won't install the IIS manager. Nandri! Saravana

The following are the known issues in BizTalk Server 2010: Known Issues with Orchestration Issue: When redeploying an existing Orchestration solution, you do not receive a warning message when referring to an older assembly from GAC; also, there is no way to figure out if you are getting an old assembly instead of a new [...] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira

Proef Ordina! Zomer editie geeft je donderdagavond 22 september een kijkje in de keuken van Ordina. Je bent bij Ordina thuis uitgenodigd! In een ongedwongen sfeer kun je kennismaken met Ordina als werkgever en ontdekken wat ‘jouw toekomst bij Ordina’ is. Want bij Ordina is de zomer nog niet voorbij! Samen maken we deze avond tot een groot succes: barbecue, inhoud en een spetterend optreden van talenten van de Voice of Holland Pearl, Rafaella en Bart. Tijdens de avond krijg je onder andere een kijkje...

Background I was preparing for a convention where Tallan was going to demonstrate two web-based systems in an exhibit hall. To do this, I needed to setup Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs) running Windows Server 2008 R2. I wanted to be able to run the VHDs in a Virtual Machine (VM) so that I could setup the [...] Blog Post by: jgiessner

The following are the known issues in BizTalk Server 2010: Known Issues with Setup and Configuration Issue: BizTalk Server installation may not launch automatically after a system restart Cause: If .NET Framework 4 is not installed, the BizTalk Server setup installs .NET Framework 4 and then restarts the computer. After rebooting, the BizTalk Server setup [...] Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira

Currently I am in Toronto staying at friend enjoying some free time before heading to San Francisco, and SoCal for the Windows Build Conference. Still I find some time to write this post, which I wanted to as BizTalk Server 2010 Patterns book is there for pre-order. A new BizTalk book written by Dan Rosanova , two time MVP BizTalk Server, and over a decade over of experience delivering solutions on Microsoft platforms in different branches. It is published by PACKT and reviewed by myself, fellow...

There are a lot of conflicting ideas out there regarding orchestration/logical port binding options for BizTalk server. In this post I want to provide a short description of each option and some best practices for use. · Specify Now/Specify Later These two are commonly referred to as Static bound ports. Both of these options will require that the orchestration port is associated with a physical port before the orchestration can be enlisted or started. The difference between the two lay in...

Recently, I rolled off a client project where we implemented an e-commerce platform with lots of customization to meet client needs. This brought to light the delicate balance between using the platform’s existing features and customizing the user experience to more effectively accommodate your users. You want to think that every out-of-the-box solution is going to provide an [...] Blog Post by: Matt Donahue

Hi folks, I’m starting off a series Azure training sessions for Microsoft via Live Meeting – yesterday Scotty & I delivered a great presentation with all the main pillars on show. This session is more about what is inside the Azure ‘Fabric’ and how is this space managed. In the coming sessions we will delve into creating/configuring applications , deployments etc. For now – here is the fundamental ‘what’s under the hood’ (Recording will be made available shortly) You can download from here -...

We had an action packed 2 days hammering ‘Azurey’ (Azure) discovering all the concepts and most importantly I was trying to get the Why point across. Why?? Why should we use Azure? When should we use it? Do I *need* to use it? Where can it help me for little effort… etc.. etc.. The students walked out with a trial Azure account which enabled them to continue working on their environment as and when they could. We had some great discussions and some good fun was had by all. I thought I would make...