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)
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.
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.
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eliasen
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)
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.
“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)
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
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 […]
If you’re using Excel 2007 to define your BAM activities and views, you may up spending some time trying to figure out what happened to the “mark pivot table as real time aggregation (RTA)” button. It’s there, but unless you’re used to working with it, it can be a little subtle to notice. At the time this was written, the relevant documentation only shows an Office 2003 screen shot, so I thought I’d do a post.
In the toolbar, press the Add-in button, and you’ll see what’s shown below. The arrow is pointing at the RTA button, and it is pressed in this screen shot, indicating the pivot table is RTA.
And, along those same lines, if you’re not seeing the BAM add-in, then press the top-left Office button, choose “Excel options”, then and use “manage add-ins” to add it:
I will be teaching the following BizTalk courses for Stargate Global ConsultingduringJanuary & February 2009:
January 12th-16th -BizTalk “Developer Ready” in Melbourne – http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com.au/biztalk_readytraining.aspx
January 19th -23rd – BizTalk “Deep Dive” in Melbourne – http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com.au/biztalk_training.aspx
February 16th – 20th – BizTalk “Deep Dive” in Sydney – http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com.au/biztalk_training.aspx(this is course information, registration for Sydney course will be up soon)
if you are interested in attending or need additional information please contact me via feedback.
I have had a good start to 2009, my BizTalk MVP status has been renewed for 2009 and our BizTalk Training effort is starting to take off.
I am now starting planning for the MVP Summit in Seattle during the 1st week of March and a visit to catch up with my parents while I am in the US.