Azure Logic Apps – Monthly Update July 2015

I really like the way Azure Logic Apps team is taking a community-driven approach in building new features and maintaining the transparency on what’s happening inside the team. It’s really important given the current market conditions, for any problem you are trying to solve, there is at least a dozen competing products in the market. […]

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Blog Post by: Saravana Kumar

Need TFS 2015 training? We’ve got you covered.

Now that Visual Studio 2015 has been officially released and TFS 2015 is only weeks away, it’s time to look at your training plan to ensure your team is able to maximize the benefits this new version offers. We’re been … Continue reading →

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Blog Post by: Anthony Borton

A DeVOps walkthrough using Visual Studio 2015

  The new Build automation system included in TFS 2015 and Visual Studio Online is a huge improvement over the previous XAML based builds in previous releases. To help people get an appreciation for just how powerful and flexible the … Continue reading →

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Blog Post by: Anthony Borton

BizTalk Server tips and tricks for Administrators: How to back up RosettaNet, ESB or UDDI databases

BizTalk Server tips and tricks for Administrators: How to back up RosettaNet, ESB or UDDI databases

Have you had the time to think about what is some features like RosettaNet, ESB or UDDI have in common? Well, all of them have custom databases and all of them are optional features. But the most important question here, because they have custom databases, is: Do you think that these databases are being backedup? […]
Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira

BizTalk 2013 R2 CU1 install failing with “Package does not contain compatible branch patch”

BizTalk 2013 R2 CU1 install failing with “Package does not contain compatible branch patch”

We’ve had a number of people run into the following issue so I just wanted to provide an explanation and solution.

Issue:

BizTalk 2013 R2 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) install fails with “Package does not contain compatible branch patch” error:

Explanation:

This issue is happening in environments where a version of BizTalk Health Monitor (BHM) from the Microsoft Download Center has been placed within the BizTalk installation folder.

There are 2 branches of BHM:

  1. OOB BHM – shipped out-of-the-box with BTS2013 R2
  2. DLC BHM – shipped via Microsoft Download Center

OOB BHM has had 2 released versions so far.  Version 2.0.0.0 shipped with BizTalk 2013 R2 RTM and version 3.1.5632.20684 shipped with BizTalk 2013 R2 CU1.

OOB BHM is located at SDKUtilitiesSupport ToolsBizTalkHealthMonitor within the BizTalk installation folder (default installation folder is C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 R2)

DLC BHM has had many versions and is currently at 3.1.5654.28025.

The BTS2013R2 CU1 installer throws the above mentioned error if it finds any version of BHM within the BizTalk installation folder that is not a part of the OOB BHM branch.

We have seen this issue in environments where the user did one of the following:

  1. Replaced the OOB BHM binaries in the SDKUtilitiesSupport ToolsBizTalkHealthMonitor folder with a version of DLC BHM
  2. Created a new folder with a version of DLC BHM anywhere within the BizTalk installation folder

Solution:

To allow CU1 to install, simply move the folder containing DLC BHM out of the BizTalk installation folder and run the installer again.

Moving forward, never place any DLC BHM version within the BizTalk installation folder.

BizTalk360 – Version 7.10 Released

We are very happy to announce the immediate availability of BizTalk360 version 7.10. For nearly 4 years now, we are continuing the trend of being agile and shipping out new versions of BizTalk360(with new features and improved product experience based on customer feedback)consistently. This is our 41st product release since our inception back in May […]

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Blog Post by: Saravana Kumar

New Pluralsight Course: Traveling and Loyalty Programs Best Practices

New Pluralsight Course: Traveling and Loyalty Programs Best Practices

While my main passion in life is Integration with Microsoft Technologies, a close second is traveling.  With traveling comes my “addiction” to earning airline miles, hotel points, and chasing status!

The way I see it is by using miles and points we can travel cheaper or even for free! 

Have you ever wondered if it was really worth it though?  Maybe you think you do not travel enough to benefit from miles and points?  Or do not know the first thing about Loyalty programs?  I cover this and more in my training course with Pluralsight titled “Traveling and Loyalty Programs Best Practices”. 

It is broken down into 5 modules:

    • Traveling Developer Best Practices
    • Air Travel Deep Dive and Airline Best Practices
    • Detailed Airline Loyalty Program Review
    • Ins and Outs of Earning and Using Hotel Points
    • Driving Off with Car Rental Credits

Here are two demo videos outlining the basics of loyalty programs and why having status matters.

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kqd9wp_zwU]

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVsLFVeqcY0]

If you already have a Pluralsight account you can watch the course now.  If you do not have an account, you can get a free 10 day, 200 minute trial using the banner below.  What is even better – my course is 193 minutes long so anyone can get a free trial and watch the whole course.

Pluralsight Free Trial

Looking forward to hearing feedback, comments, and suggestions!

 

Setting up PostMan to call the Azure Management APIs

If you want to test the deployment of API App or LogicApp templates, one of the easiest ways to do this is using the PostMan REST Client for Chrome. In this post I’ll show you how to authenticate against your Azure subscription, and show you how to call the API from PostMan. Although all of this information can be found on other sites, I wanted to bring it all into one post, with steps showing you what to do, and explanation of the various parts e.g. what a JWT is, and why the api-version value is so important…
Blog Post by: Daniel Probert