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There was a lot of inconsistent and incorrect information about the BizTalk WCF-SAP Adapter installation process and how it works, especially in old versions of the adapter where there was a need to use the classic RFC library to connect to SAP.
Fortunately for us, this process is now simpler and more direct, and this is due specifically to two points:
The Classic RFC Library has been discontinued and is no longer supported (support ended on March 21, 2016). All customers should, if not already using, the “new” SAP .NET Connector (NCo)
Notice that the BizTalk Adapter Pack WCF-SAP adapter has been re-engineered to use SAP .NET Connector instead of the classic SAP RFC SDK. The SAP .NET Connector is available through the ConnectorType property within the WCF-SAP binding. This feature is available from BizTalk Server 2013 and above.
On BizTalk Server 2020, the Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack x86 and x64 are now installed with the default installation process. That means that the WCF-SAP adapter is already registered on the server and present on the BizTalk Server Administration Console.
However, that does not mean that everything is ready for you to be able to use this adapter. Unfortunately, you still need to install the SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET available for you to download through the SAP Service Marketplace.
Notice that, like any other adapter, the 64-bit version of the SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET is optional, but if you have a 64-bit BizTalk environment and you want to run it under a 64-bit Host Instance, then you need to also install both versions of the SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET.
BizTalk Server 2020: Step-by-Step WCF-SAP Adapter installation guide
By reading this whitepaper, decision-makers should have more information on the following areas:
Pre-requirements resources that are necessary and how to install them
Register the adapter in BizTalk Server Administration Console
Do you feel difficult to keep up to date on all the frequent updates and announcements in the Microsoft Integration platform and Azure iPaaS?
Integration weekly updates can be your solution. It’s a weekly update on the topics related to Integration – enterprise integration, robust & scalable messaging capabilities and Citizen Integration capabilities empowered by Microsoft platform to deliver value to the business.
Do you feel difficult to keep up to date on all the frequent updates and announcements in the Microsoft Integration platform and Azure iPaaS?
Integration weekly updates can be your solution. It’s a weekly update on the topics related to Integration – enterprise integration, robust & scalable messaging capabilities and Citizen Integration capabilities empowered by Microsoft platform to deliver value to the business.
I’ve been a big fan of this amazing Visual Studio Addin for BizTalk Server since the first days that Nino Crudele decided to create this resource. I still remember the long hours during the night that we were discussing the features and testing this addin using skype. And I have continued to be a fan since BizTalk360 took over this resource.
The purpose of BizTalk NoS Ultimate is to help all BizTalk Developer, and why not, all BizTalk Administrators, in a lot of different situations, by improving the developer experience and reducing the development time in new or existing BizTalk projects, providing better documentation and help to troubleshoot some scenarios/issues you may encounter. But it is mainly a Visual Studio Add-in that enables BizTalk Server developers to be more efficient.
BizTalk development is not pretty easy and requires a lot of patience sometimes, and anyone who has worked with BizTalk long enough will acknowledge this statement. For instance:
It takes immense effort to find out the internal & external dependencies between different artifacts (schemas, maps, orchestrations, and so on).
Testing pipelines within the Visual Studio is not possible.
Some tasks occupy a massive time during development and eventually may delay the project. Unfortunately, no other tool in the market helps in making the BizTalk developer’s lives easier. That is why I love this tool: BizTalk NoS Ultimate.
BizTalk NoS: Your BizTalk Dev Buddy
And now, I also decided to create a whitepaper in a way to be a step-by-step guide to help you get started with the tool and explain all the features available like:
Quick search inside artifacts
Fast DLL register/unregister in GAC
Find critical, internal, or external dependencies
JackHammering, which will compare your VS artifact with the artifact deployed in the BizTalk environment
With this feature, you can also extract the artifact (Orchestration, map, Schema, and so on) from the BizTalk environment and put it in the VS solution
Test your pipeline in VS simply
And many more functionalities that will be useful in our day-by-day work and a time saver in a lot of situations.
BizTalk NoS Ultimate is available for the following BizTalk Server versions:
Do you feel difficult to keep up to date on all the frequent updates and announcements in the Microsoft Integration platform and Azure iPaaS?
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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM). Basically is a set of specifications from Microsoft for consolidating the management of devices and applications in a network from Windows computing systems. You can write WMI scripts or applications to automate administrative tasks on remote computers, but WMI also supplies management data to other parts of the operating system and products—for example, System Center Operations Manager (formerly Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)), or Windows Remote Management (WinRM).
WMI is designed for programmers who use C/C++, the Microsoft Visual Basic application, or a scripting language that has an engine on Windows and handles Microsoft ActiveX objects. Nevertheless, many administrators and IT professionals access WMI through PowerShell. The Get-WMI cmdlet for PowerShell enables you to retrieve information for a local or remote WMI repository.
WMI comes pre-installed on Microsoft’s newest operating systems.
The purpose of WMI is to help administrators manage different Windows operational environments, including remote systems. One big advantage of WMI is that it reduces maintenance and the cost of managing enterprise network components.
BizTalk Server WMI classes
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes are used to programmatically access the administrative functions available in Microsoft BizTalk Server. Working together with PowerShell will be a winning match for IT Teams that need to manage BizTalk Server infrastructure and applications.
The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes in this table are used to manage the core objects associated with BizTalk Server, such as servers, queues, groups, and message handlers.
Class
Description
MSBTS_AdapterSetting
Registers new adapters with Microsoft® BizTalk® Server.
MSBTS_BTSObject
This type of member supports the BizTalk Server infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
MSBTS_DeploymentService
Encapsulates BizTalk assemblies for deployment or undeployment and bindings export or import.
MSBTS_GroupSetting
Represents a logical grouping of BizTalk Servers.
MSBTS_Host
Represents a BizTalk Server Host.
MSBTS_HostInstance
Represents a single instance of a BizTalk Host.
MSBTS_HostInstanceSetting
Updates the IsDisabled property when a host is in the stopped state.
MSBTS_HostQueue
Represents an application.
MSBTS_HostSetting
Creates a BizTalk Server Host setting.
MSBTS_MessageInstance
Represents a message instance.
MSBTS_MessageInstanceSuspendedEvent
Represents a suspended event for a BizTalk Message Queuing (MSMQT) message instance.
MSBTS_MsgBoxSetting
Represents a single MessageBox setting in the BizTalk Server group.
MSBTS_Orchestration
Represents an instance of an orchestration that belongs to the installed module.
MSBTS_ReceiveHandler
Represents an individual receive handler defined by BizTalk Server.
MSBTS_ReceiveLocation
Represents an individual receive location defined by BizTalk Server.
MSBTS_ReceiveLocationOrchestration
Represents all possible combinations of receive locations and orchestrations.
MSBTS_ReceivePort
Represents an individual receive port defined by BizTalk Server.
MSBTS_SendHandler
Represents an individual send handler defined by BizTalk Server.
MSBTS_SendHandler2
Represents an extended individual send handler defined by BizTalk Server.
MSBTS_SendPort
Represents an individual send port defined by BizTalk Server.
MSBTS_SendPortGroup
Represents a group of send ports defined by the BizTalk Server.
MSBTS_SendPortGroup2SendPort
Represents an extended group of send ports defined by the BizTalk Server.
MSBTS_Server
Represents computers within a group that have BizTalk Servers installed.
MSBTS_ServerHost
Reflects mappings between BizTalk servers and BizTalk Hosts.
MSBTS_ServerSetting
Represents specific computers within the BizTalk group that have BizTalk Servers installed. Instances of this class are intended to be created and deleted internally through BizTalk Server only. Do not create or delete instances of this class explicitly through WMI.
MSBTS_Service
This type of member supports the BizTalk Server infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
MSBTS_ServiceInstance
Provides an instance of service with a start and stop functionality.
MSBTS_ServiceInstanceSuspendedEvent
Represents a suspended event for a service instance.
MSBTS_Setting
This type of member supports the BizTalk Server infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
MSBTS_TrackedMessageInstance
Represents a message instance.
MSBTS_TrackedMessageInstance2
Represents an updated message instance.
What’s in store for you?
This whitepaper will give you a complete overview with a detailed understanding of all BizTalk Server WMI classes and how to use them. For each BizTalk Server WMI classes we will provide a sample on how to use it.
Do you feel difficult to keep up to date on all the frequent updates and announcements in the Microsoft Integration platform and Azure iPaaS?
Integration weekly updates can be your solution. It’s a weekly update on the topics related to Integration – enterprise integration, robust & scalable messaging capabilities and Citizen Integration capabilities empowered by Microsoft platform to deliver value to the business.
Do you feel difficult to keep up to date on all the frequent updates and announcements in the Microsoft Integration platform and Azure iPaaS?
Integration weekly updates can be your solution. It’s a weekly update on the topics related to Integration – enterprise integration, robust & scalable messaging capabilities and Citizen Integration capabilities empowered by Microsoft platform to deliver value to the business.
Do you feel difficult to keep up to date on all the frequent updates and announcements in the Microsoft Integration platform and Azure iPaaS?
Integration weekly updates can be your solution. It’s a weekly update on the topics related to Integration – enterprise integration, robust & scalable messaging capabilities and Citizen Integration capabilities empowered by Microsoft platform to deliver value to the business.
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