I was on IM with Mick Badran (the man behind Breeze Training) last week and he sent me a link to his new training course for those experienced Aussie BizTalk Developers! He is calling the training:

Upgrading Your Skills and Beyond…. 

and is targeting IT professional with previous experience working with BizTalk 2002/2004 .Net development. I like it! Check out the synopsis below;

Duration

 

Price

3 Days

$1450 ex GST

 

 

Aimed at

IT professional with previous experience working with BizTalk 2002/2004 .Net development.

Description

This 3-day workshop provides developers with the tools to upgrade their 2002/4 skills and perform advanced orchestrations and training partner management. They will learn to use BAS and SSO. They will practice developing, managing and customizing adapters and creating custom pipeline components, all within BizTalk rules.

 

 

At course completion students will be able to:

 

Upgrade their skills from 2002/4 to 2006

 

Completed the various Advanced BizTalk 2006 Labs.

 

Perform advanced orchestrations

 

Take advantage of Training Partner Management

 

Using BAS

 

Utilise SSO – Store sensitive configuration data securely

 

Develop and manage adapters (eg: FTP and Sharepoint)

 

Create custom pipeline components

 

Create custom adapters

 

Create and work with Rules for the BizTalk Rules Engine.

 

Students can take away course notes and lab files.

 

 

Workshop outline

This skills upgrade will include the following modules:

 

Module 1: Create and perform advanced orchestrations

 

Creating Correlated Orchestrations:

·        singletons

·        serial/parallel convoys

 

 

Creating and utilising Message Context Based Promoted Properties

 

Creating Messages based on advanced classes/types.

 

Creating Direct Bound Orchestrations and exploring the relationship with the MessageBox Database.

 

Creating Generic Content Based Routed Orchestrations

 

Utilising Dynamic Ports and Role Link Shapes – the easy way.

 

HOL:

 

Module 2: Creating Rules, Trading Partners and SSO

 

Creating Rules based on:

·        schemas, static classes and databases.

·        Rules Engine comprehensively explained, including the difference to Windows Workflow Rules Engine.

·        Calling Rules from Orchestrations and Custom Applications

·        Registry keys that control Rule/Rules Engine Performance.

 

Exploring the relationship with Trading Partner Management and BizTalk 2006. Including:

·        Setting up and creating Partners.

·        Creating custom Partner Parameters used in Processes

·        Utilising Partners Inbox/Outbox from within BizTalk 2006

·        Further Trading Partner integration – RoleLinks explained.

 

Taking advantage of SSO within solutions.

·        SSO under the covers.

·        Using SSO and the SSO APIs to store/retrieve secure configuration information

 

HOL:

 

Module 3: Exploring and Creating Adapters

 

Working with the provided Adapters

·        MSMQ

·        Sharepoint

·        SQL Adapter

·        SOAP Port (Advanced)

 

Working some community Adapters

·        integrating with SQL Server 2005 Service Broker

·        Integrating with Windows Communication Foundation

 

Creating Your Own Custom Adapter – How To.

 

HOL:

 

Module 4: Creating custom pipeline components

 

Pipelines examined

 

Creating your own Custom Pipeline Component

 

HOL:

 

Module 5: BAM and BAM APIs examined

 

BAM enabling your BizTalk Solutions including Related Activities

 

Setting up BAM Observation Models

 

Working with the BAM APIs to “BAM Enable” your non-BizTalk Applications (e.g. WebServices)

 

HOL:

 

 

Module 6: Performance and Deployment

 

Examining Performance

 

Determining the Maximum throughput of your BizTalk Solution

 

Configuring your BizTalk Environment for maximum performance

 

Creating deployment scripts to fully deploy your BizTalk Solutions

 

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