by community-syndication | Jan 6, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
In an earlier post I wrote about the PowerShell provider for BizTalk that I’ve been working on in the past months. I’m very proud to release the very first version now. Please note that this is still a very, very, very early ‘alpha’ release. In other words it is full of bugs and not as […]
by community-syndication | Jan 6, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
The second part of the Orchestration pattern seminary that Charles Young did for us at the BizTalk User Group Sweden is now live on channel9 . First part announced here is available for viewing on channel9 here . Posted with the help of the Microsoft…(read more)
by community-syndication | Jan 6, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
“There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary,
and those who don’t.”
Very funny!
by community-syndication | Jan 6, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
I created t his blog page for me to save some of my old blog entries in a new location. I would just link them in, but funny thing has happened. This [old] space is registered using an email adress that I no longer have access to, and I can't log…(read more)
by community-syndication | Jan 5, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Along with our course on Dublin,
we are now offering a two-day course on Oslo.
I’m super exited to be working on this course, and excited that we are going to offer
them back to back starting on 3/30 in Kirkland. If you are interested in either
or both technologies – sign up!

Check out my new book on REST.
by community-syndication | Jan 5, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Hi all
After I gave a BizTalk presentation at Aalborg
.NET User Group I got a message from S%u00f8ren
Spelling Lund from %u00c5rhus .NET User
Group who wanted to interview me about BizTalk for a Podcast. Naturally, I accepted,
and the result can be found here.
Only in Danish, I am afraid.
—
eliasen
by community-syndication | Jan 5, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
So, a year passed. Year-end statistics are always fun. However I really need to make sure we have additional statistics available, as it stands now, stats are somewhat too sparse to give really meaningful feedback. I'd like to highlight a few posts…(read more)
by community-syndication | Jan 5, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
What a way to kick off the new year! I’ve just been notified (ok, it happened a few days ago but I was on vacation) that I’ve been selected to join the INETA NORAM Speaker’s Bureau. Stupidly happy is a massive understatement, I am a huge fan of INETA’s work getting great speakers to user groups throughout the United States and Canada, and I couldn’t be more happy to join the ranks of speakers who will be delivering interesting, cutting edge content to user groups.
When I informed my employer of this honor this morning, I used the analogy that I consider this the equivalent of being called up to the majors in baseball. It is an opportunity to shine, but it also means that I’m the rookie now no matter what I’ve done before.
I will let everyone know once I’m in the system enough to be requested at your local user group. Also congratulation to all those who were selected at the same time I was, particularly my pal and fellow Connected Systems MVP Stuart Celarier.
by community-syndication | Jan 4, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
“The product cannot be installed on this machine since it seems to be a domain
controller”
What a start to 2009!!! – the above dreaded message when trying to (in this case)
install BizTalk RFID on a DC.
For me – this happens quite a bit, as I’m building up a proof of concept, a demo,
something to show and present with.
I alwaysalways.forget to install BizTalk RFID bits before I promote to a DC (this
technique can also cause security acct issues after the machine has been promoted
to a DC – depends on how the authentication is setup etc)
NOTE: BTW – Installing BizTalk RFID on a DC is NOT SUPPORTED (had
to put that one in their – keeps both sides happy)
For love or money I’ve bounced this question around for a while and come up empty,
untiltoday!!! Niklas Engfelt a senior MS support engineer came to my rescue (he
famously provided those thoughts from left field which were on the money! Big thank
you Niklas)
He suggested grabbing Orca from the Platform SDK and having a browse
through – I’d used HEX editors, disassembled files, attached process monitors during
installs and looked through any config file with a fine tooth combbut I’d never tried
a MSI Editor.
The steps to Enlightenment: (changing the installer validation conditions)
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Grab a download of Orca
from here (I didn’t have the platform SDK currently installed and wasn’t about
to install 1.2 GB worth either) and follow default install prompts.
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If you haven’t done so already copy the RFID_x86 or RFID_x64 folders
off the install media to a temp folder nearby (note: sometimes on Win2K8, the system
prevents copied files from being accessed until an admin comes along and says ’these
are ok’ by going into File->Properties on each file. It’s weird I know, but I get
it every now and then)
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Locate the RFIDServices.msi under the RFID folder and you’re ready
to go.
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Launch Orca and open RFIDServices.msi to get something
like:
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Under the Tables Column select LaunchCondition and
drop the 2nd Row as follows:
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Drop the Row and Save the MSI file again.
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Run Setup.exe as per normal.
Oh what a sweet day!
p.s. I’m sure you’d be able to employ this technique onto other MSI’s causing grief.
Mick
by community-syndication | Jan 4, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Originally posted by Nick Heppleston at: http://www.modhul.com/2009/01/04/upgrading-biztalk-server-2006-r2-to-biztalk-server-2009/
In this post, I’ll quickly walk through upgrading a production BizTalk 2006 R2 installation to the latest BizTalk 2009 Beta release.
Prerequisites
The only prerequsite for an upgrade is the .Net 3.5 Framework (link) and the framework must be manually installed before starting the upgrade process. Although the provision for an […]