Are you aware there is a BizTalk Server Dev Center??
There is some very Nice Biztalk 2009 documentation here which is well worth the effort, as the 2009 release is out, you should now know that you need to do BizTalk the right way.
Last week Microsoft announced the first version of Axum. In a nutshell, Axum is a domain specific language (DSL) for modeling coordination and concurrency scenarios in .NET applications. Although Axum is still an incubation project and there is no final…(read more)
My good friend Chris
Vidotto a once fearsome BTS warrior came up with the good oil on this.
The BPA tool now supports bts09, sql08 and win08 in one update, as well as all the
previous environments.
The tool will go through and examine your environment in accordance to a predefined
set of rules (shipped with BPA) and report back accordingly.
Grab it now from HERE
Mick.
Hi folks – from a previous post where I fudged a DLP-RFID1
x64 driver, I’ve now tracked down ’proper’ 64 bit version of the DLP-RFID1 Reader.
Here it is here –
1. From this page http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm download
the CDM
2.04.16.exe which does the trick.
2. Double click on the above EXE to install the drivers (the EXE will detect your
OS is x64) – the driver is then installed on the machine, but not auto assigned to
your RFID1 device.
3. From Device Manager, right click on the DLP RFID1 Reader and select ’Update Driver’,
select ’Browse on My Machine’ and ’Select from a List’ (near where you say ’have disk’).
4. From the Manufacturer list select ’FTDI’ and select the very top Driver on the
RHS (USB Serial Converter)
5. Unplug and replug your RFID1 Device – and viola! all good.
6. Run this Test app RFID1Demo.exe to
make sure all is good from http://dlpdesign.com/rfrdr/
NOTE: On my machine I still have an unknown Serial device in Device Manager, but all
works none the less.
The download package is available here.
The BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer performs configuration-level verification by reading and reporting only. The Best Practices Analyzer gathers data from different information sources, such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes, SQL Server databases, and registry entries. The Best Practices Analyzer uses the data to evaluate the deployment configuration. The Best Practices Analyzer does not modify any system settings, and is not a self-tuning tool.
Details were announced last week at TechEd (in Ofer Ashkenazi’s session and in mine) about the next version of Microsoft’s ESB Toolkit. Here’s a summary:
Name change
Yes, that’s not a typo, the “ESB Guidance 2.0” is now the “BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.0”. This is just one of several changes, and was made to better reflect some of the points below. When released, it will be available for download from MSDN (not Codeplex).
Availability
Release-to-Web is expected to happen around mid-June. In the interim, CTP 2 (Jan 2009) is available at Codeplex, as it has been for months now. No CTPs or other releases are planned prior to the release-to-Web.
Cost
The ESB Toolkit is built on top of BizTalk Server 2009, and is free BizTalk licensees.
Community
Discussions will also be migrating from Codeplex to a public discussion forum at MSDN. Microsoft employees will also be monitoring the forums and will be helping answer questions.
Major Enhancements in Version 2.0
%u00b7 Built on BizTalk Server 2009
%u00b7 Provides greatly enhanced tooling, on top of an optimized core (includes a killer itinerary design tool)
%u00b7 Supports UDDI 3.0
%u00b7 Provides even more extensibility points
%u00b7 Provides even more prescriptive guidance about enterprise integration patterns
%u00b7 Streamlined installation experience (Powershell, configuration tool, etc). For those of you who had issues with installation, you’ll be pleased to hear I did an almost complete install last week (without following any docs), in about 15 minutes.
My opinion on this is that it is a natural evolution. The ESB Toolkit adds a LOT of value for customers adopting SOA technologies, implementing bus-based solutions, and using BizTalk as an integration platform. The transition to a more supported model in a natural step as the capabilities of the offering expand, and maturity sets in.
I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with the Patterns and Practices team that are responsible for this effort, and under Dmitri Ossipov’s leadership have really done a great job turning this into a product-quality set of components that a LOT of BizTalk shops will find very compelling and useful.
As soon as I can, I’ll be posting more information and videos here. This journey started a long time ago, and it just keeps on getting better!
Details were announced last week at TechEd (in Ofer Ashkenazi’s session and in mine) about the next version of Microsoft’s ESB Toolkit. Here’s a summary:
Name change
Yes, that’s not a typo, the “ESB Guidance 2.0” is now the “ESB Toolkit 2.0”. This is just one of several changes, and was made to better reflect some of the points below. When released, it will be available for download from MSDN (not Codeplex).
Availability
Release-to-Web is expected to happen around mid-June. In the interim, CTP 2 (Jan 2009) is available at Codeplex, as it has been for months now. No CTPs or other releases are planned prior to the release-to-Web.
Cost
The ESB Toolkit is built on top of BizTalk Server 2009, and is free BizTalk licensees.
Community
Discussions will also be migrating from Codeplex to a public discussion forum at MSDN. Microsoft employees will also be monitoring the forums and will be helping answer questions.
Major Enhancements in Version 2.0
%u00b7 Built on BizTalk Server 2009
%u00b7 Provides greatly enhanced tooling, on top of an optimized core (includes a killer itinerary design tool)
%u00b7 Supports UDDI 3.0
%u00b7 Provides even more extensibility points
%u00b7 Provide even more prescriptive guidance about enterprise integration patterns
%u00b7 Streamlined installation experience (Powershell, configuration tool, etc). For those of you who had issues with installation, you’ll be pleased to hear I did an almost complete install last week (without following any docs), in about 15 minutes.
My opinion on this is that it is a natural evolution. The ESB Toolkit adds a LOT of value for customers adopting SOA technologies, implementing bus-based solutions, and using BizTalk as an integration platform. The transition to a more supported model in a natural step as the capabilities of the offering expand, and maturity sets in.
I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with the Patterns and Practices team that are responsible for this effort, and under Dmitri Ossipov’s leadership have really done a great job turning this into a product-quality set of components that a LOT of BizTalk shops will find very compelling and useful.
As soon as I can, I’ll be posting more information and videos here. This journey started a long time ago, and it just keeps on getting better!
Wow…three posts in one day – a world record for me.
According to Brian Loesgen, ESB Toolkit 2.0 for Biztalk 2009will be released mid-June.
On of the many actions items I took away from last week’s TechEd was to spend some time with the latest release of the .NET Services portion of the Azure platform from Microsoft. I saw Aaron Skonnard demonstrate an example of a RESTful, anonymous cloud service, and I thought that I should try and build […]