January 2005 - BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

BizTalk Server 2004: TBG2BTS 1.3

Alan Smith has published version 1.3 of the Bloggers Guide to BizTalk. Well done Alan.

Published Sat, Jan 01 2005 8:19 AM by Charles Young

Bloggers Guide to BizTalk Janyary 2005

I’ve just posted the January 2005 edition, sorry it’s so late. I think I’d better start trying to get them back to the start of the month again. I’ve been real busy with buying and selling apartments, packing, tidying, etc. and...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2005 5:26 AM by BizTalk 101 - Back to Basics

SP1 has shipped

Just want to let everyone know that it is out and it is goodness. Woodgate has posted links to it as well as some information on where to download the .Net Framework GDR on which we have a dependency just in case you miss it in our docs. Check out his...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2005 12:00 PM by BizTalk Core Engine's WebLog

BizTalk Server 2004 - An update

Recently the BizTalk Server exam has been released. Just do as I did and take it to get yourself certified! For more information, see Scott's blog . Another important milestone in the life of this great product: SP1 has been released TODAY!! Get it NOW...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2005 3:06 AM by Christof Claessens' WebLog

Filed under: BizTalk Server 2004

BizTalk Server 2004 SP1 Released

Well as predicted, it's out, slipped out last night Redmond time, all complete and with extras. Be sure to read ...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2005 2:10 AM by blog.paul.somers.com

Filed under: BizTalk, Main Page

Download BizTalk 2004 Service Pack 1 today!

BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1 was released today. You can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f4a5ab9e-d599-4cc8-abdf-ae6ae68bac3d .

Published Wed, Jan 01 2005 1:56 PM by Gilles' WebLog

Filed under: BizTalk 2004

BizTalk 2004 SP1 Update

Tests of SP1 prove promising, I have no adverse things to report regarding this, it is looking good. It has ...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2005 5:22 AM by blog.paul.somers.com

Filed under: BizTalk, Main Page

BizTalk Server 2004: Generating C# source files

Some time ago I published a utility on GotDotNet.com which dumps the temporary C# source code files generated by BizTalk during compilation. The utility works quite well, but cannot always dump all the files because it is unable to prevent BizTalk from...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2005 4:01 PM by Charles Young

Diagnostic Tracing with BizTalk 2004

(Note - this work has been updated for log4net 1.2.9. See the 'Tools' download in the Deployment Framework ) Early on when working with BizTalk 2004, it might be tempting to view the ability to track orchestration events (and the use of the orchestration...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2005 9:43 AM by Trace of Thought (Scott Colestock)

Filed under: BizTalk Tools

Wow, how not to design a website...

Owen Cutajar blogged about " The 5 biggest mistakes almost all web designers make ". I'd like to add a site to the list... I recently tried to browse this page on the Sony Connect Website from a Windows 2003 PC, only to be informed that: We appreciate...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2005 4:06 PM by Dot Net Dunk

Extending the Custom BizTalk Socket Adapter Sample to support Dynamic Port Binding

I’ve recently had to go through the process of having to find out how to achieve this so hopefully I can save other people a lot of time when it comes to creating their custom adapters. The Socket Adapter sample provided with the Biztalk Adapter...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2005 6:02 AM by Stuart Evans

Richard Case is Blogging

The Solidsoft blogging community continues to grow! My colleague Richard Case has just started his blog . I know recently he's been doing some cool stuff with NAnt tasks for BizTalk deployment that have a lot of synergy with Scott Colestock's work and...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2005 1:53 AM by Dot Net Dunk

BizTalk Server 2004: Direct Binding Models in BizTalk - corrected!

My thanks to Gregory Van de Wiele who raised some questions over my statements about call-back patterns in my recent article on Direct Binding. In attempting to dispel some myths, I was indeed adding my own!! I had failed to understand the implications...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2005 4:38 PM by Charles Young

Using the User Interface Process Application Block 2 in conjunction with the Configuration Management Application Block

In my existing project I wanted to be able to store my User Interface Process configuration data OUTSIDE of my standard application configuration file (i.e. appname.exe.config or web.config). I felt that I was going to have a significant amount of navigational...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2005 3:37 AM by Stuart Evans

BizTalk Server 2004: Invoking orchestrations in custom code

Jesús Rodríguez has published a great article on a technique for invoking orchestrations from custom code using the same approach adopted by the Start Orchestration shape. This is the first time I have seen information on using the undocumented...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2005 11:13 PM by Charles Young

Handy XPath Expression Testbed

Ever wanted to quickly and easily try out different XPath expressions on your documents? Just click this link!

Published Wed, Jan 01 2005 6:17 AM by Dot Net Dunk