BizTalk 2004 in 2006
Missed this one in the proofing
More BizTalk management console wizardry
If you click on the Progress indication on the left side of the dialog box as it is importing, as it is ‘Progress’ing after it completes you will see this:
BizTalk R2 Webcasts
Some useful webcasts to get started with BizTalk R2:
BizTalk 2006 R2 Technical Overview (Mitch Stein)
http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=Jumpstart-01&pw=BTS06R2
Building EDI Solutions with BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (Tony Bernard)
http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=Jumpstart-02&pw=BTS06R2
Orchestrating the real-time enterprise with the BizTalk RFID platform (Anush Kumar)
http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=Jumpstart-03&pw=BTS06R2
AS2 Adapter & EDI Business Value (Tony Bernard)
http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=Jumpstart-04&pw=BTS06R2
Building device providers for the BizTalk RFID platform (Anush Kumar)
http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=Jumpstart-05&pw=BTS06R2
Designing and deploying BizTalk RFID Business […]
Microsoft forgot to use spell checker!
resources, not reources!
Speaking at NYC Connected Systems User Group
Next Monday I will be speaking at the New York Connected Systems User Group in the Microsoft NYC offices http://www.nyccsug.org . The session is going to be focused on Web Services Interoperability. Specifically I am going to be speaking and demonstrating…(read more)
Replicate the IIS6 Metabase Between Nodes
I know that this is a little off-topic, but here goes…. A colleague asked me to have a look at replicating the IIS6 Metabase between two load-balanced web servers that form the front-end of a larger BizTalk environment. After my protests of ‘but I’m a BizTalk guy’ fell on deaf ears and I started to […]
BizTalk Property Schemas Separated From Associated Schemas, Take II
Back on the old Microsoft blog, I wrote about not separating a property schema from its implementation schema. I concluded that this “tip” in the documentation seemed to be more like a guideline vs. a rule.
Today, I realized it’s more like a rule. I had a BizTalk project containing ONLY a property schema, […]
BizTalk: Tips: cumulative map and schema testing
This is a small tidbit for routine work. It don’t take much time but help to work with schemas and maps systematically.
First time:
1). For each map I create the <test-map> folder as:
TestCases\
Maps\
A12_311_to_Canonical\
A12_915_to_Canonical\
2). Get the first test source message and place it in the <test-map> folder. Create a copy of this messageandname it “Current”.
3). Change the “TestMap Input Instance” property of the mapto this name (for example as “<test-map>\Current.xml”)
Fortesting:
1) Copy the test source message to the “test-map” folder with meaningful name (for example as “TwoR4.MustGiveError”)
2) Copy the whole text from this file to the Current file. Save Current. (I constantly keep open the Current file in the text editor.)
3). Test the map.
repeat 1-3.
As result I have the full test set for my maps. I’ve never lost the test message.
I always know where are my test messages and the name of the current test message, it is always the Current 🙂 .
This is a test driven approach. The test data are accumulated and never lost.
The same technique I use for test schemas (using theValidate Instance command). As a result I create such folder structure:
TestCases\
Maps\
A12_311_to_Canonical\
A12_915_to_Canonical\
…
Schemas\
A12_311\
A12_915\
Canonical\
…
Let me know what you think about this.
WCF LOB Adapter SDK is out now !!!
Hi All,
From my previous post , you already know that the Release Candidate for WCF LOB Adapter is available for download.Microsoft(i.e Sonu Arora’s team) have released WCF LOB Adapter SDK for BizTalk Server 2006 R2.
You can download this from here.
Enjoy!
Performance Showdown Between BRE and WF
If you’ve got a couple hours free, and are interested in the performance of the two primary business rules offerings from Microsoft, check out the latest post by Charles Young.
Charles does some comically thorough analysis and comparison of the Windows Workflow rules engine and the Microsoft Business Rules Engine that ships with BizTalk Server. […]