Hi guys, thought I’d let you know about the rfid operations guide Microsoft recently
released.
Covers things like HA, RFID Mobile and best practices yours truly was one of the
authors so I’m happy to take any feedback you’ve got.
Enjoy – here’s a snippet of what to expect.
Welcome to the first edition of the Microsoft%u00ae BizTalk%u00ae Server RFID Operations Guide.
We created this guide to be a valuable resource for anyone involved in the implementation
and administration of a BizTalk Server RFID solution.To download a copy of this guide in .chm or .docx form, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=158724.
Which
Versions of BizTalk Server RFID Does the Guide Cover?This guide is primarily for the BizTalk Server RFID product that is released as part
of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009. Even though most of the guidance applies to BizTalk
Server RFID that was released as part of BizTalk Server 2006 R2, the guide uses the
new platform changes wherever applicable.What’s
in It?This document applies to the operational readiness phase in the solution life cycle
management of the project. The operational readiness phase precedes deployment to
production. It consists of a set of tasks for ensuring a stable operating environment.
It is targeted toward system administrators responsible for BizTalk Server RFID (server
computers and RFID devices), DBAs responsible for the SQL servers used by BizTalk
Server RFID, and developers involved with maintaining the infrastructure and solution.
This document assumes that the BizTalk Server RFID solution has already been validated
in a Pilot stage and is prepared for deployment to production.Key portions of this guide are new; however, a considerable portion consists of documentation
taken from BizTalk Server RFID Help, white papers, Knowledge Base articles, and other
sources. It has been reviewed and evaluated by experts from the community of BizTalk
Server IT professionals and members of the product development team, whom we gratefully
acknowledge at the end of this topic. We believe that the information presented here
will help BizTalk Server RFID users solve-and above all, avoid-many of the common
problems that can occur while deploying and maintaining a BizTalk Server RFID installation.Interesting!
Where Do I Start?We organized the guide according to the functional aspects of planning, deploying,
and managing a BizTalk Server RFID installation. You can therefore read it according
to these functional aspects. If you are performing the following tasks, you can start
with the related sections:
- Evaluating operational readiness. If you are focused on assessing
and evaluating the operational readiness of a BizTalk Server RFID deployment, then
start by reading the Operations
Checklists section.- Becoming operationally ready. To ensure that your BizTalk Server
RFID infrastructure and applications become operationally ready, refer to the Planning
the Environment for BizTalk Server RFID section.- Managing the operational environment. Most of the topics in this
operations guide assist you in managing and maintaining an operational BizTalk Server
RFID environment. You will find best practices, key concepts, and procedures for maintaining
an operational environment in Managing
BizTalk Server RFID and Monitoring
BizTalk Server RFID.Author: Rama Ramani (Microsoft)
Editor: Mary Browning (Microsoft)
Contributors
- Mark Simms (Microsoft)
- Rohan Makhija (Microsoft)
- Ravi Vankamamidi (S3Edge)
- Clint Tennill (Xterprise)
- Damir Dobric, Andreas Erben (daenet)
- Mick Badran (Breeze, BizTalk Server MVP)
Reviewers
- Petr Kratochvil (Microsoft)
- Ewan Fairweather (Microsoft)
- Quoc Bui (Microsoft)
- Douglas Trimble (The Boeing Company)
- Robert Auston (Vail Resorts Management Company)
- Luke Rennells (Bank of America N.A.)
Microsoft
BizTalk Server 2009 RFID Operations Guide