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    • April 18, 2008 at 2:59 PM #19396
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        Hi,

        I’m a experienced Web, Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Services (COM+) developer. I’m a experienced VB and C sharp programmer. I worked a lot with XML. But I never worked with BizTalk. I’m preparing myself to work as a BizTalk developer and, in the future, my goal is to become a BizTalk architect.

        I have a job lined up to work with BizTalk integration as a developer and I’m finishing this book by Daniel Woolston:

        Foundations of BizTalk Server 2006

        I’m enjoying the reading and I think understand all the concepts.

        But I wanted to ask for more advice and for more trainning material so I can give a good impresion on my new job that starts in about one month.

        Thanks!

      • April 19, 2008 at 3:03 AM #19400
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          Hi Skynyrd,

          Welcome to the BizTalk community!

          I cannot recommend highly enough the blogging community as a source of infomation – there are approx. 70+ BizTalk bloggers out there, if you go to the BizTalk Gurus blog aggregation website, the majority are there. I also have an OPML file available on my blog which lists the BizTalk blogs I read on a daily basis.

          There are also a number of very good books out there. My personal favourites are:

          • Pro BizTalk 2006 (Apress)
          • BizTalk 2006 Recipes (Apress) 
          • EDI in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (Apress)
          • Professional BizTalk Server 2006 (Wrox)

          You can also find a wealth of technical information on the Microsoft MSDN and Technet websites.

          If you have any questions relating to either development, architecture or infrastructure, there are the USENET microsoft.public.biztalk.* newsgroups and this forum. There is normally someone around who can answer any question you may have – no matter how simple they may seem!

          Finally, good luck with the start of your new career!

          Nick.

        • April 21, 2008 at 1:08 AM #19403
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            Skynyrd,

            I recommend installing BizTalk if you possibly can (you can put the developer edition on XP). Just the process of installation will teach you a lot. Then work through the tutorials that come with the kit. They are a very good introduction. Finally invent a simple business process and implement it with BizTalk.

            John D.

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