WSS v3 Beta 2 is out – try it with WSS adapter

by community-syndication | Jun 5, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

Windows SharePoint Services V3 Beta 2 is out and you can download it here. WSS v3 does not install a policy file that redirects old SharePoint assembly requests to the new assemblies. For this reason, if you try to use WSS v3 Beta 2 with BizTalk 2006 WSS adapter, you will run into errors. In order to workaround this problem and take WSS v3 Beta 2 for a test drive together with BizTalk 2006 WSS adapter, you will need to write your own policy file or just update the web.config file of the WSS adapter web service. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Open web.config from C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\Business Activity Services\BTSharePointAdapterWS
   
2. Paste the following section into the web.config file, configuration section and save the file
    <runtime>
       <assemblyBinding xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1″>
         <dependentAssembly>
           <assemblyIdentity name=”Microsoft.SharePoint”
                             publicKeyToken=”71e9bce111e9429c” />
           <bindingRedirect oldVersion=”11.0.0.0″
                            newVersion=”12.0.0.0″/>
         </dependentAssembly>
       </assemblyBinding>
     </runtime>

If you have other apps that were compiled against the old SharePoint assembly and you want to see if they will work with the new SharePoint assemblies, you can paste the snippet above in the configuration section of the machine.config file. That will make the changes global to entire machine.

During my tests, WSS adapter worked nicely with WSS v3 Beta 2. There were a few intermittent issues like [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException] Unable to complete this operation.  Please contact your administrator. or [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException] The URL ‘/sites/BASSite/DestinationLibraryFromOrch/tmp-db04abaf-4a12-4e11-93c9-4338c17cc78c.xml’ is invalid.  It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web.

However, the operation was succesful on the second retry performed by the adapter and since this is a beta product some annoyances are expected. If you decide to try WSS v3 Beta 2 yourself and you find worse problems, I would like to hear about them from you.

[Content below added/changed on June 14]

BizTalk 2006 Configuration routine for Windows SharePoint Services BizTalk Adapter Web Service/SharePoint Adapter fails to configure on WSS v3 Beta 2 (SharePoint 2007 Beta 2). In order to workaround this you can install and configure WSS adapter on WSS v2 and then upgrade to WSS v3.

An alternative is to configure the adapter web service manually. I haven’t tried this approach but it should work. In this case you need to create a virtual folder on the IIS site hosting SharePoint and name that virtual folder BTSharePointAdapterWS. The virtual folder should point to C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\Business Activity Services\BTSharePointAdapterWS folder. This virtual folder must run in its own application pool and this app pool needs to be a copy of the SharePoint app pool (app pool used by _layouts virtual folder). You also need to update the web.config file like below

  <authorization>
   <allow roles=”MACHINENAME\SharePoint Enabled Hosts” verbs=”GET,HEAD,POST”/>
   <deny users=”*”/>
  </authorization>

These are my own workarounds and they are NOT supported by Microsoft. AFAIK, Microsoft has NOT announced yet if BizTalk 2006 will support WSS v3.

More BizTalk Server 2006 Samples on MSDN!

by community-syndication | Jun 5, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

Hi,

The programmer/writers have posted 10 more samples to the BizTalk Server Developer Center on MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk/)!

Console Adapter
This sample consists of a C# console application that instantiates and hosts an instance of the receive adapter. The adapter is a Visual Studio 2005 class library that invokes the BizTalk Server 2006 APIs.    

Delivery Notification
This sample demonstrates how acknowledgments work and how to use delivery notification.    

Using Long-Running Transactions in Orchestrations
This sample demonstrates how to use long-running transactions in orchestrations.    

Using the Looping Functoid
This sample transforms catalog data from one format to another by using the Looping functoid.    

Mapping to a Repeating Structure
This sample demonstrates how to map multiple recurring records in an inbound message to their corresponding records in the outbound message in the BizTalk Mapper.    

Parallel Convoy
This sample demonstrates how to design the parallel convoy pattern in BizTalk Orchestration Designer.    

Policy Chaining
This sample demonstrates how to invoke a policy from another policy by calling the Execute method of the Policy class exposed directly by the Microsoft.RuleEngine assembly.    

Recoverable Interchange Processing Using Pipelines
This sample demonstrates how to implement recoverable interchange processing.    

Using the Table Looping Functoid
This sample demonstrates the use of the Table Looping functoid in gated and non-gated configurations.    

Using the Value Mapping and Value Mapping (Flattening) Functoids
This sample demonstrates the use of the Value Mapping and Value Mapping (Flattening) functoids to transform data between different message formats.   

Mick Badran’s BizTalk 2006 and WorkFlow Foundation Webcast!

by community-syndication | Jun 5, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

There’s no stopping the man!! Great stuff Mick..

Mick just recently presented a webcast (on request from our Redmond team) on BizTalk 2006 and Workflow Foundation working in harmony 🙂 Check it out here. I am on a flight to Sydney tonight so my hour will be well used! Thanks Mick

Victoria.Net Regional Conference

by community-syndication | Jun 4, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

THIS IS THE VICTORIAN ICT EVENT OF 2006!

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• NO CHARGE to Victoria.NET members!!
  
• 20 speakers over a whole day of action-packed conference program
  
• Something for everyone in two full streams: business & technical
  
• Easy to implement information
  
• Great give-aways, including a 1-year MSDN subscription!

DETAILS:

Date: Saturday 17 June

Time: 9am to 5.20pm

Venue: Geoffrey Blainey Auditorium, Mount Helen Campus, University of Ballarat

CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

REGISTER:

Send the following information by return e-mail to Collins Rex at [email protected]:

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X If there is enough of a demand, we can arrange dinner and the show “Blood on the Southern Cross” at Sovereign Hill, for delegates and their families. The cost will be $65 per person for members (and their families), and $70 per person for non-members (and their families). Please indicate whether or not you are interested in the evening entertainment.

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For User Group fans at TechEd

by community-syndication | Jun 3, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

Are you interested in user groups and attending Tech Ed Boston?  If so, you might want to look into the following sessions:

For World Cup fans out there!

by community-syndication | Jun 2, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

The BizTalk Server 2006 Best Practices Analyzer is available now!

by community-syndication | Jun 2, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

Now you will now why I haven’t updated the tutorials in the last few weeks. We just shipped the Best Practices Analyzer, and now it is available for down load. You use the Analyzer to check your BTS installation and configuration against our list of best practices. Each issue the analyzer reports is supported by a brief article outlining how to fix and where to look for more information.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/downloads/bpa.mspx

I’ll be at the Australian Gartner App Dev, Intergation and Web Services conf next week.

by community-syndication | Jun 2, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

Next week I will be in Sydney attending the Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Conference (ADIWS). http://www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/apin12a.jsp

Actually, Microsoft is a Premier Sponsor so I will be mingling around sessions as well as at being present at our booth / stand. If you are attending the conference, please stop by and say hi to me and introduce yourselves if we haven’t met yet.

Brisbane BizTalk Users Group Presentation

by community-syndication | Jun 2, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

I presented a session at the local BizTalk user group last night.  Paul Woods from Microsoft was nice enough to capture it on Live Meeting.

If you have the patience you can view it here:

https://www119.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=7W7CB8&pw=075385

The sound is not the best but I think you will get the idea.

BizTalk Business Rules Engine Recording from Brisbane BTS User Group

by community-syndication | Jun 2, 2006 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

Paul woods was kind enough to record the May 2006 Qld User Group BizTalk Session where Mark Daunt presented on the usage of the BizTalk Business Rules Engine. (Thanks Mark and Paul). The link to the session recording can be found here:

Paul Woods has invited you to view a Microsoft Office Live Meeting recording.

View Recording <https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=7W7CB8&pw=075385>

Recording Details

Subject:                      BrizTalk May 2006
Recording URL:        https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view
Recording ID:           7W7CB8
Attendee Key:          075385