October 2008 - BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

TFS/Scrum Podcast...

I had a chance to sit down with Jeff Brand while down in Omaha for my presentation at the HDC . We recorded a podcast on all (most) things Scrum and TFS – you can check it out here . It was great fun – thanks Jeff!

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 11:17 AM by trace of thought (Scott Colestock)

Filed under: Team System

"Oslo"==SOA++?

In my last post I wrote "Oslo" == Windows Registry++, to describe the simplicity of "Oslo". I also said " the simplicity of "Oslo" is what makes up its complexity ". SOA has different impact upon different roles...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 9:34 AM by Mikael Håkanssons Blog

Filed under: SOA, Oslo, PDC, MOA

Using BizUnitExtensions to poke around in some XML

I’ll start by saying that I really (like in "really, really!") like BizUnit! BizUnit in combination with MSBuild, NUnit and CruiseControl.NET has really changed the way work and how I feel about work in general and BizTalk development in...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 7:59 AM by .RICHARD

Filed under: BizTalk 2006, BizUnit, BizUnitExtensions

Oslo, WCF, WF & Dublin PDC Bits Review Article

I’ve just posted article reviewing the deliverables from the Microsoft Connected Systems Division (CSD) on BloggersGuides.net . The article gives a high level overview of the technology present on the image, and provides tips on getting the image running...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 7:05 AM by BizTalk 101 - Back to Basics

Filed under: Oslo, Dublin, Workflow 4

Adapter Pack v2 - CTP4 !!

Adapter Pack CTP 4 is here and we have added a lot more features based on some feedback we have been getting from various channels. So here is the list of major enhancements SQL adapter Support for “for xml” style procedures used commonly with v1 SQL...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 4:30 AM by WCF LOB Adapter SDK and BizTalk Adapter Pack

Oslo, Dublin, and .Net 4.0 First Look Videos

To help get everyone up to speed on the new Microsoft Offerings, I’ve put together over an hour of first look videos to help show the new features and walk though the new UI's. The following videos are now live on BizTalkGurus.com : First Look: Windows...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 4:24 AM by Stephen W. Thomas BizTalk Blog

Filed under: Oslo, Dublin, M, Quadrant

Hotfix list for the Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack (and related scenarios)

As and when we release newer hotfixes, I will edit this post. Hotfix list for the Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack V1 Hotfix/KB Number Component Affected Description 950101 OracleDB An error occurs if you try executing a Stored Procedure...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 3:04 AM by WCF LOB Adapter SDK and BizTalk Adapter Pack

Keep an Eye on PDC 08 here

Hi guys - there's a bunch of stuff going on right now at PDC 08 in LA. What's hot: (If you're on a PDA/Mobile - grab a the PDC from here - http://www.microsoftpdc.com/mobile/ ) Here's a select set of recorded sessions up on Channel 9 ...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 2:11 AM by Mick's Breeze Blogs - Biztalk/Sharepoint/...

Filed under: BizTalk, Events, BizTalk/Insights, BizTalk/Oslo

Debugging an ASP.NET Server control at Design Time

I was having trouble with a custom ASP.NET 3.5 server control. It was getting a run time error as I dropped it on the winform. The problem was a bit tricky to debug but this article got me going. The article is written for VS 2005, but it worked for me...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 2:10 AM by Data Cogs Information Technology

"Oslo"==Windows Registry(++)?

So finally, Microsoft revealed "Oslo" . There has been so much rumors about what it is. Starting of at the SOA & BPM conference last year, "Oslo" was to be the next generation of BizTalk. For some time now, it's been clear...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 9:30 PM by Mikael Håkanssons Blog

Filed under: Oslo

Working Paper #666

Recently, in one of the current economic crisis disccusions, I saw a link to a Working Paper #666 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. At first I thought it's a prank. Well, the number alone sounds like some dark humor. Nope. It was not....

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 7:37 PM by Random Thoughts and Hints on Software Development

Filed under: Economics, IMHO

A BizTalk Developers approach to Dublin

Relax. Grab a beer (a Guiness perhaps). Dublin , the application server role extension to WAS/IIS, is to be released roughly three months after Visual Studio 2010, so somewhere around 1,5-2 years from now. There is still time to come to grips with it...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 4:57 PM by Be Logical - writings by Johan Hedberg

Filed under: BizTalk, Conference, PDC, Administration, Dublin

PDC2008: Introducing BizTalk Express, sorry, Dublin

Just at a session on BizTalk Express , sorry Dublin… Dublin is a set of extensions to Web Application Server (WAS) also known as Web Process Activation Server (also WAS) – confused yet?! Basically, Dublin allows hosting of WCF/WF services/workflows on...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 4:10 PM by BizBert

Filed under: Dublin, PDC2008

PDC2008: Wow, look Windows 7, it’s so exci… zzzzzzzz

I’m sorry, is it just me? I just can’t get excited about Windows Vista R2 , sorry, Windows 7. [side note: Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 use v6.0 of the windows kernel. Windows 7 uses v6.1 of the kernel. They’ve also upgraded Windows Server 2008...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 11:34 AM by BizBert

Filed under: PDC2008

PDC Wireless Tip

I've heard alot of people, and helped a few, that have had problems with the PDC Wireless network. The things that many people do at conferences is to sit with their laptop in their knee. Doing this they are not plugged in. When your laptop goes into...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 11:32 AM by Be Logical - writings by Johan Hedberg

Microsoft takes REST to the next level: the WCF REST Starter Kit

The first version of WCF didn't have any built-in REST support. WCF 3.5 introduced a "Web" programming model that enabled REST service development scenarios (through classes like WebServiceHost, WebServiceHostFactory, WebHttpBehavior, WebHttpBinding...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 11:02 AM by Service Station, by Aaron Skonnard

Microsoft Connected Systems: PDC 2008

If you're a Microsoft Connected Systems developer, and you're at the PDC this week , you're swimming in a sea of new technologies that will surely impact your life in the years ahead. There are too many specific things to enumerate in one...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 10:25 AM by Service Station, by Aaron Skonnard

Microsoft Connected Systems at PDC 2008

If you're a Microsoft Connected Systems developer, and you're at the PDC this week , you're swimming in a sea of new technologies that will surely impact your life in the years ahead. There are too many specific things to enumerate in one...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 10:25 AM by Service Station, by Aaron Skonnard

Filed under: WF, WCF, REST, Azure

A BizTalk Developers approach to Oslo

So you've probably heard of this thing called Oslo and the components of it. In this post I'll try to address Oslo from the point of view of the BizTalk Developer. You could argue that BizTalk has a pretty model driven approach to development...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 10:13 AM by Be Logical - writings by Johan Hedberg