I recently started work on upgrading a BizTalk 2006 R2 application to BizTalk 2010. I upgraded the solution to VS 2010, deployed the application to my local BizTalk and verified everything was working.
The next step was to start work on automating the build and deployment process. A perfect opportunity to leverage the TFS and MSBuild […]
Blog Post by: Andrew Babiec
After starting off strong for the first part of 2011 with a major site upgrade to BizTalkGurus.com, blogging more frequently, and sending out new editions of The BizTalker, I have really dropped the ball for the past 6 months.
But let me explain. In the past 6 months my life has changed. We had our first baby on 2-9-11. His name is Westin. While a new baby in itself takes a lot of work Westin is very special. A few weeks after birth we noticed Westin just was not eating enough to put on any weight and that is when things started to get more complex.
To summarize what my past 6 months have been like: 29 nights in the hospital (5 separate stays), 11 days in the ICU, 3 MRI’s, 2 surgeries, 12 different doctors covering almost every part of the body, so many x-rays and ultrasounds I have lost count, and countless doctor appointments with as many as 8 in a week. Then Westin was finally diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Costello Syndrome. They estimate less than 300 people in the world have this disorder. You can read more about Westin and his life with Costello Syndrome on his blog.
That said, we are hoping the hard part of not knowing what is wrong and not knowing what to expect is over so I am starting to get back into the swing of things. I’ve been back to work for a few months now, traveling again, and life is starting to look a little more normal. I have some upcoming blog posts and even new sample code almost ready and also have some more free BizTalk related books to give away.
Be on the lookout for more to come from me in the near future.
Last week on 4th of August we announced the availability of BizTalk 360 version 2.1. The core update for this release is the alerting/notification capability. Apart from that there are few key issues resolved like clustered host instances handling and ability to start and stop at application level.
Videos
Videos seems to be the choice of learning in this modern world. So, we released 6 brand new videos explaining various concepts of Alerting/Notification capabilities.
You can Watch the videos here. We kept the videos as short as possible, in the interest of your time (between 1 and 3 mins).
BizTalk 360 Live Demo
We are also presenting a live demo of BizTalk 360 on 17th August, 3PM GMT. We believe this will give you an opportunity to know all about BizTalk 360 in less than a hour.
If you are interested please register here. http://biztalk360.eventbrite.com/
Nandri
Saravana
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See BizTalk videos for behavior-driven development and acceptance testing on CloudCasts.
The Cumulative update package 3 for BizTalk Server 2009 is now available. The cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 contains hot fixes for issues that were fixed after the release of BizTalk Server 2009. You can download it from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2557149.
The biztalk videos for BDD and acceptance testing are now on cloudcast
http://www.cloudcasts.net/Default.aspx?category=BizTalk
While I am in Adelaide next week delivering a BizTalk 2010 Developer Training course, I have been invited to speak at the Adelaide Dot Net Users Group.
My talk will be: BizTalk and the Cloud, Can the kids play together?
We will have a look at what is new in BizTalk Server 2010 and then look at how BizTalk to leverage some of the new feature of Windows Azure to make Enterprise Integration easier.
To get more information or to register for the meeting go to: http://tinyurl.com/yjqsnjw
Today at 2pm I will be hosting our monthly Tellago Technology Update . This time we are going to take an in-depth look at cloud computing platforms from an enterprise developer perspective. Something around these lines : Is your organization embarking…(read more)
Blog Post by: gsusx
Packt Publishing has released another great BizTalk resource by title of Microsoft BizTalk 2010: Line of Business Integration.
Authors have done an excellent job detailing integration with Dynamics (CRM,AX), SalesForce, SharePoint, and SAP. There was not much documentation on integration with Dynamics for instance and most it was out dated. Currently there a couple of BizTalk books out there and all they focus mainly on out-of-box features and capabilities. None of them really talked about capabilities offered by BizTalk Adapter Pack that has been out there a couple years now. Line-Of-Business adapters in this package enable integration with SAP, Oracle, Oracle eBusiness Suite, Siebel and and SQL Server. This book does deal with integration with a couple of these LOB systems.
Besides that it shows how to integrate with SharePoint, and Dynamics two other Microsoft Products, which may seem that that easy to integrate with. It isn’t, as it can be quite complex, but with guidance provided in this book it will make life easier for you. If professionals like yourself are facing issues on current projects with these systems, or need guidance on how prepare yourselves before going to do integration project, or want more background/knowledge than this book will be extremely useful for you.
I myself have bought the book and promoted it during a talk on Sales Force integration I gave to BizTalk Dutch User Group as it was a great resource for preparation and leveraging samples.
We completely understand, it could be a tedious task evaluating a third party product like BizTalk 360 in between your busy work/personal schedules.
In recent days we were giving the Live demo one-to-one to our various potential customers. Every time after the demo we get lots of wow! factors, they either didn’t know or didn’t have time to evaluate.
So we decided to give a Live Demo of BizTalk 360 on 17th of August 2011, 3PM GMT. This should give you an idea of what BizTalk 360 is capable of, what problem it tries to address and how Microsoft? BizTalk Server customers can benefit from BizTalk 360.
Please register for the event at http://biztalk360.eventbrite.com.
We will greatly appreciate, if you can help us spread the word.
Nandri
Saravana Kumar
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