BizTalk 2010 Exam is available

Short blog post this time. As of now the BizTalk 2010 exam is now available. You can find details on the webpage for this exam 70-595 TS: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions by Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010. One of interesting skills measured are Implementing Extended Capabilities. This deals with RFID, EDI, BAM and BRE. I quoted from the overview:

“Candidates should have a solid understanding of fundamental BizTalk concepts around the core messaging engine and building business processes using orchestrations. Candidates will have some exposure to larger-scale multi-server solutions and deployment/management familiarity. This core knowledge is required for BizTalk 2006 R2, 2009, and 2010.  In addition, core knowledge of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Electronic Data Interchange  (EDI) is also required.

Candidates should also have at least two years’ experience developing, deploying, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging BizTalk Server 2006 and later solutions across multiple projects and have experience using the Microsoft .NET Framework, XML, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server, Web services, and WCF while developing BizTalk integration solutions”

Notice also EDI being mentioned here, so extra attention to this is necessary so studying the Trading Partner Manager (one of the new BizTalk 2010 features) for one is mandatory I think.

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Exam 70-595 BizTalk 2010 Exam Released

After much pushing, and some prodding of the people who look after exams at Microsoft. Several members of the community got involved with Microsoft to create a BizTalk 2010 Exam.

It has now been released… have a look here

The more interesting thing to note, this exam will be quite different from exams on this topic from previous exams as the community created it, the community they knows in depth about the product.

Just look at the main areas:

Configuring a Messaging Architecture (20 percent)
Developing BizTalk Artifacts (20 percent)
Integrating Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services (14 percent)
Implementing Extended Capabilities (13 percent)
Deploying, Tracking, and Supporting a BizTalk Solution (16 percent)

With a large focus on Architecture and actual development, without forgetting about deployment and support for BizTalk Solutions, an area that was sadly lacking any real content however significantly needed.

I have passed previous exams on BizTalk, and was really pushing for an exam that was not like other ones and set the mould for new exams.

Go on, get out there and have a go… here

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 – New Certification Exam published today

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 – New Certification Exam published today

Microsoft published today the new BIzTalk Server 2010 Certification Exam: Exam 70-595: TS: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions by Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 Audience Profile Candidates for this exam typically work as a BizTalk developer in an organization that has a need to integrate multiple disparate systems, applications, and data as well as […]
Blog Post by: Sandro Pereira

New Job, I have joined Mexia as a Principal Consultant based in Melbourne

I have joined Mexia Consulting (www.mexia.com.au) as a Principal Consultant, Mexia is a Brisbane based Microsoft Partner, but I will remain based in Melbourne (and the Qantas lounge, been traveling that much lately) while I establish and grow the Mexia’s team in Victoria

Recently I have been a bit split focused between BizTalk and SQL Server with SolidQ so I have decided with the urging of Dean Robertson, CEO of Mexia to come back to my true love, Integration with a primary focus on the full Microsoft integration stack: BizTalk, Windows Server AppFabric, Windows Azure, SQL Server Integration Services, WCF and .Net.

With the addition of myself to Mexia we will also now be offering BizTalk Developer and Administration training with the forthcoming release of the new Microsoft BizTalk 2010 training material.

Mexia also offer specialised consultancy, solution delivery and operational health checks services to clients using the Microsoft integration stack (e.g. BizTalk), so if you are interested in discussing your integration need please contact me either via my contact page or at bill @ mexia com au

Change in Role, BizTalk Roadshow and BizTalk 2010 Certification

 

So after 5 great years being a technology specialist for connected systems, I’ve decided to take on a new challenge at Microsoft Canada. I’ve slowly been winding down my BizTalk specific activities for the last month now and as one of my final actions, I wanted to let people know about the upcoming BizTalk 2010 Canadian roadshow and the new BizTalk 2010 Certification.

BizTalk Canadian Roadshow

1. The BizTalk team is hosting a roadshow this year in Toronto and Montreal.  We will have Rahul Garg (Senior Product Manager from Redmond)  at both events to speak about the BizTalk and connected systems platform roadmaps. We will also have partners and clients speaking at the event. So this should be a very interesting and useful event for you to attend.

The Toronto Event Details

Date: April 14th

Location: 1950 Meadowvale Blvd, Mississauga, On, L5N 8L9

Time: 8:30 Registration, 1:00 Finish

Registration Link: https://microsoft.crgevents.com/BusinessIntegration2011/Content/Home.aspx

The Montreal Event Details

Date: April 12th

Location: 2000, Av. McGill College, Bureau 450

Time: 9:00 Registration, 1:30 Finish

Registration Link: https://microsoft.crgevents.com/BusinessIntegration2011/Content/Home.aspx

BizTalk Exam

2. After skipping BizTalk 2009, we now have a new BizTalk certification exam specifically for 2010. 2010 You can find details at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-595

Cheers and stay connected people

Peter

Blog Post by: Peter Kelcey

Upgrading a SharePoint 2007 Content Database to SharePoint 2010

Before You Read
Microsoft supports various upgrade paths from WSS3.0/MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010.  This post will highlight the “attach and upgrade” approach. 
Upgrade Steps
Run the Pre-Upgrade Check on the SharePoint 2007 Server
Execute the following command from the command line on the SharePoint 2007 server hosting the database to be upgraded:
stsadm -o preupgradecheck
This will scan the […]
Blog Post by: Michael Gerety