by community-syndication | Jul 1, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
A while ago I taught a Brown Bag event for Microsoft about the Cross Referencing I have been blogging about recently.
You can view the presentation here. I will be the first one to admit, it was not that good, there were some technical difficulties in getting it up and running and then my tweaking the night before caused me some on-air glitches.
Anyway – not the best presentation, but I got through it. I gave the same presentation at the Southern California Code Campand it went much better.
by community-syndication | Jul 1, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
I’ve
been visiting Arkansas this weekend, but while reviewing my spam folder I noticed
something got caught that shouldn’t have. Specifically the email that informed
me I’ve been selected as an MVP for BizTalk Server. I’m honored, and appreciate
the support of everyone who has made this possible by opening their groups to me to
speak.
by community-syndication | Jul 1, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Here is the next installment of the Sydney User Group meeting on July 4, 2007.
Dear Chris,
Next Sydney BizTalk User Group is meeting on 6pm July 4th at Microsoft North Ryde
Examine Windows Workflow talking to BizTalk R2 and BizTalk Labs.
Firstly a BIG thanks to those that enjoyed the exam cram we did last month (we had to order additional pizza!) and I’ve since heard that several of you have sat and passed the EXAM!!! Well done!!
With R2 just around the corner……I decided to tackle the Windows Workflow(WF) question.
The message is usually BTS vs WF, never BTS AND WF.
We’ll cover:
1. Workflow 101 (you should be able to bring your manager along to this one J)
2. Hosting Workflow’s within BizTalk with the new BizTalk extensions for WF SDK
3. BizTalk Labs – life after R2….and where we are heading…..
Meeting details:
When: July 4th Food at 6pm, kick off 6.30pm. Finish up around 8pm.
Where: Microsoft
1 Epping Road
Riverside Corporate Park
North Ryde NSW 2113 Australia. (parking available)
WF Session Focus Details:
1. First up we will look at the fundamentals of Workflow; what makes them run; communications; and how do we host them.
(WF is the technology that is brightly coloured in VS.NET and comes with .NET 3.0) – you could even workflow your toaster if you wanted to.
2. Next – we’ll take a Workflow and use WCF under the covers to act as the communication medium between BTS R2 & WF. Very nice.
So now in BTS R2 we can host WF (through a small ’Orchestration wrapper’) meaning that when BTS persists, WF does too – WF is now running inside BTSNTSvc.exe.
(cross off the list – ’find a place for my WF’s to live’)
3. Thirdly – Imagine being able to call our creation from anywhere and behind umpteen firewalls between caller/sender…..enter into the ring
BizTalk Labs!!! Very exciting – labs.BizTalk.net.
(what communications do you think we use…….WCF……hmmm….seems to be a common thread here!)
So it’s a night on WF/R2 wrapped up in WCF – wow what a great set of technologies!!!!
See you there and let me know your coming
Mick Badran.
p.s. I’ve fallen in love with Microsoft Surface…….wow!!!
http://sydbiz.org
(my second ever word merge!!!)
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This is a cool game that mashes up silverlight with virtual earth, nice!
Also I see Nas has started a WPF/ Silverlight design blog over the weekend inspired by meeting Lee and attending REMIX in Melbourne… Very Cool!
I’m not sure if you’ve seen the new Vodafone ad on TV in New Zealand that incorporates Second Life, but I was interested to read that Visual Studio Island is on it’s way there as well!
by community-syndication | Jul 1, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
I’m a massive fan of Bloglines.com and have around 80+ subscribed feeds. Up until now I’ve not had a problem with the service, until this weekend – has anyone else lost all of their feeds?!?!?
My account is still recognised and I can log-in, but none of my feeds are displayed. Bugger.
Come on Bloglines, what are […]
by community-syndication | Jul 1, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
I apologize for being such an infrequent blogger lately but it's been a very busy spring and I'm just now getting caught up on all my projects. To get things rolling again, here's some e-commerce related stuff that's been happening around the net.
Max Akbar leaves Microsoft and forms new Commerce Server training company!
Max decided to leave Microsoft and head back to sunny California to be closer to friends and family. Max has been an important part of the Commerce Server team for many years, serving as a Program Manager and Senior Product Manager. I've known Max for several years now and he is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced Commerce Server guys around. Contact Max via his new web site (http://commerceservertraining.com) for an excellent Commerce Server trainer and consultant!
Wade Wegner is writing the definitive guide to Commerce Server 2007!
Wade Wegner is hard at work on his new book Professional Commerce Server 2007 to be published by Wrox sometime in late 2007 or early 2008. I can't wait to give it a full read! You should also check out Wade's blog.
Commerce Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Released!
The Commerce Server team has released the first service pack for Commerce Server 2007 which includes support for Windows Vista and some urgently needed bug fixes. You can read all about it on the team's blog. Wade has also posted a complete setup walk-through and configuration walk-through that you should read before installing the service pack on any of your development or production servers.
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and Commerce Server 2007 Work Great Together!
I've been using the Commerce Server 2007 BizTalk Adapters on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 for a few months now and they work just fine together! The BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Beta release is really a feature release and everything I've developed for BizTalk Server 2006 works just great on R2, especially my Commerce Server related applications.
by community-syndication | Jul 1, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
I apologize for being such an infrequent blogger lately but it's been a very busy spring and I'm just now getting caught up on all my projects. To get things rolling again, here's some e-commerce related stuff that's been happening around the net.
Max Akbar leaves Microsoft and forms new Commerce Server training company!
Max decided to leave Microsoft and head back to sunny California to be closer to friends and family. Max has been an important part of the Commerce Server team for many years, serving as a Program Manager and Senior Product Manager. I've known Max for several years now and he is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced Commerce Server guys around. Contact Max via his new web site (http://commerceservertraining.com) for an excellent Commerce Server trainer and consultant!
Wade Wegner is writing the definitive guide to Commerce Server 2007!
Wade Wegner is hard at work on his new book Professional Commerce Server 2007 to be published by Wrox sometime in late 2007 or early 2008. I can't wait to give it a full read! You should also check out Wade's blog.
Commerce Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Released!
The Commerce Server team has released the first service pack for Commerce Server 2007 which includes support for Windows Vista and some urgently needed bug fixes. You can read all about it on the team's blog. Wade has also posted a complete setup walk-through and configuration walk-through that you should read before installing the service pack on any of your development or production servers.
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and Commerce Server 2007 Work Great Together!
I've been using the Commerce Server 2007 BizTalk Adapters on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 for a few months now and they work just fine together! The BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Beta release is really a feature release and everything I've developed for BizTalk Server 2006 works just great on R2, especially my Commerce Server related applications.
by community-syndication | Jun 30, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Many thanks to all the guys and gals of the Little Rock .NET User Group for having
me in to do the “WCF Deep Dive” for 6 hours today. Despite some challenges from
the lab, we made allot of good headway. I promised the code and slides, so here
they are :
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Slides
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Console
Application in Visual Basic
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Console
Application in C# (with ConcreteCalculator corrected)
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“Wildly
Chatting Friends” Web Application
Thank you all for putting up with me as I did my first long class, it taught me a
great deal that will shape my future longer training sessionsand I got the impression
most of you learned something. My thanks againto Larry Taylor and the
all those who helped us over our issues with the Lab and Network security.
by community-syndication | Jun 30, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
If you’re in my WCF Deep Dive class, the ConsoleWCF in CSharp
is here and VB
is here.
by community-syndication | Jun 30, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Sonu Arora has a great
post on what exactly the WCF LOB Adapter SDK does and how it relates (i.e. extends)
the capabilities of the normal WCF channel and extensibility model. Her entire blog
is worth checking out if you’ve been wondering just what the fuzz is about, particularly
since now a Release candidate of the SDK has been
made available to the public.
