BizTalk Labs & White Papers

Debatching Design and Performance Considerations Whitepaper

Stephen W. Thomas — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT

In some business scenarios you may be required to receive a batch file that must be broken up and processed as single messages by BizTalk Server 2004. This could allow for individual record level processing, selective content based routing, or single message mapping.

Get more information from the original blog post on this topic: http://www.biztalkgurus.com/blogs/biztalk/archive/2004/12/13/Debatching-Options-and-Performance-in-BizTalk-Server-2004.aspx

Envelope and XPath Debatching in an Orchestration Lab

Stephen W. Thomas — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT

This lab walks through two different types of message debatching in Biztalk. It shows how envelopes can be used with the Xml Disassembler to break up larger Xml messages into single messages. It also covers xpath in a loop inside an Orchestration.

Get more information from the original blog post on this topic: http://www.biztalkgurus.com/blogs/biztalk/archive/2005/07/12/XPath-Debatching-and-Envelope-Debatching-Biztalk-Lab.aspx

Integration with Sharepoint 2003 and InfoPath SP1 Lab

Stephen W. Thomas — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 07:00:00 GMT

This lab will take you through a simple integration scenario step-by-step using Sharepoint and InfoPath to display delivery exceptions using Delivery Notification inside an Orchestration. Windows Sharepoint Services, the Sharepoint Adapter for BizTalk 2004, and InfoPath SP1 are required.

Get more information from the original blog post on this topic: http://www.biztalkgurus.com/blogs/biztalk/archive/2005/06/12/BizTalk-Integration-with-Sharepoint-and-InfoPath-Lab.aspx

Sequential Message Processing of a Flat File Lab

Stephen W. Thomas — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 07:00:00 GMT

This lab will show you step-by-step how to use the Flat File Disassembler, Delivery Notification, and a Sequential Convoy to map a large flat file document.

Get more information from the original blog post on this topic: http://www.biztalkgurus.com/blogs/biztalk/archive/2005/06/12/Sequential-Flat-File-Message-Processing-Lab.aspx

Convoy Deep Dive for BizTalk Server Whitepaper

Stephen W. Thomas — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 supports the use of convoy message processing, a new messaging pattern. Convoys are a messaging pattern and not a feature of BizTalk Server 2004. A convoy is not something a customer can use, like the Rules Engine, but instead it is something that the business process dictates and requires.

This paper discusses examples of business scenarios that require convoy message processing. After establishing a business need through the scenarios, this paper explains basic convoy theory and the different types of convoy messaging patterns. This paper discusses a solution to each business scenario and reviews each included sample.

View this whitepaper online at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms942189.aspx