COURSE OUT LINE 

Introductions
to Enterprise Application Patterns and BizTalk Server, Understanding
BizTalk Framework, Setting up a BizTalk Server Environment, Messaging
Architecture, Setting up a BizTalk Server Environment Engine, Business
Activity Monitoring, WCF Services Schemas in BizTalk, Transformations in
BizTalk, The BizTalk Messaging Engine and Pipelines, Adapters in
BizTalk, Orchestrations, Advanced Orchestrations, Integration Patterns
in BizTalkBizTalk Rules with BizTalk, Testing BizTalk Artifacts, BizTalk
Server Instrumentation, Error Handling, and Deployment,Tracking and
Deploying BizTalk Solutions, Monitoring and Maintenance, Administration,
BizTalk Server Performance andTuning, BizTalk Tools, BizTalk 2013
Features, ESB Toolkit 2.

Introduction to EAI

• The EAI Business Scenario
• Integrating with existing systems
• Managing Interoperability within a system
• The B2B Business Scenario
• Communicating with External Systems
• Technology solutions available to integrate
• Role of XML and Web services in SOA
• BizTalk and SOA 

Understanding BizTalk Framework

• Why BizTalk?
• BizTalk Framework Architecture
• Messages
• Adapter
• Pipelines
• Suscriptions
• Message Box
• Orchestrations
• Enterprise Single Sign-On

Messaging Architecture

• Understanding the Message Bus
• Content Based Routing
• BizTalk’s publish and subscribe architecture
• Send and receive ports
• BizTalk message box
• Applying transformations to messages 

Setting up a BizTalk Server Environment 

• Introduction
• Gathering requirements by asking the right questions
• Analyzing requirements and creating a design
• Installing and using the BizTalk Best Practices Analyzer
• Validating a BizTalk installation with the BizTalk Benchmark Wizard tool
• Automating performance analysis by using the PAL tool
• Managing the SSO system
• Configuring MSDTC for multi-server BizTalk platforms 

Schemas

• XML Schema in BizTalk Server
•  BizTalk Schema Editor
•  Document schemas
• Envelope schemas
•  Property schemas
• Flat file schemas 

Maps

• XSLT in BizTalk Server
• The BizTalk Mapper
• Using basic and advanced factoids in maps
•  managing transformation challenges
• Testing maps
•  Debugging maps
• Building custom functions 

Pipeline

• Pipeline Architecture
• Standard Pipelines
• Standard Pipeline Components
• Building Custom Send Pipeline
• Building Custom Receive Pipeline
• Building Custom Pipeline Component
• Debugging Pipeline Component
• Recoverable Interchange
• Patterns
• Adapter
• Architecture
• Communication Semantics
• Ports
• Filtering
• Dynamic Send Ports
• Enlistment
• Hosting
• Configuration Settings
• Retry Semantics
• Service Windows
• Tracking
• Context Properties
• Batching
• In-Order Delivery
• Writing a Custom Adapter
• BizTalk Adapter Framework
• Standard BizTalk Adapters
• BizTalk WCF Adapters
• BizTalk Adapter Pack v2
• Recoverable Interchange Building custom Adapter using WCF LOB Adapter SDK

Orchestration

• Introduction to Orchestrations
• The BizTalk orchestration engine
• XLANGs
• Working with messages in orchestrations
• Routing BizTalk messages
• Sending and Receiving Messages
• Managing ports in orchestrations
• Port Bindings
• Constructing and Transforming Messages
• Message Correlation
• Integrating with .NET Code
• Managing Orchestrations using Scopes
• Introduction to Transactions
• Exception and Error Handling
• Deploying Orchestrations
• Content based Routing
• Communicating with Other Orchestrations
• Debugging Orchestrations
• Tracking Messages
• Debauching

Advanced Orchestration

• Transactions and compensation
• Correlation 

BizTalk Server Automation: Patterns

• Introduction
• Implementing the splitter pattern
• Developing an asynchronous aggregation pattern
• Creating a FIFO solution
• Developing a parallel convoy solution
• Routing using the resequencer messages in an orchestration
• Implementing a retry pattern in an orchestration 

Business Rules

• Business rule engine concepts
• creating and testing rules
•  managing business rule policies
•  creating and managing rule vocabularies
• Executing rules from orchestrations
•  interacting with rules from .NET code

Business Activity Monitoring

• BAM Fundamentals
• Conceptual Overview
• Database Structure
• Tracking Profile Editor
• Using the TPE
• To TPE or Not to TPE?
• Creating Activities
• Updating Data Items
• Continuation
• Applied BAM
• Deploying the Database Infrastructure
• Writing Activity Data
• Using Activity Data
• SQL Server Reporting Services
• BAM Portal

WCF Services with BizTalk

• Introduction
• Creating a canonical schema
• Exposing schemas as a WCF Service
• Consuming WCF Services in a BizTalk orchestration
• Consuming WCF Services in a BizTalk messaging only solution
• Exposing orchestrations with BizTalk
• Exposing systems with the BizTalk Server Adapter Pack

Testing BizTalk Artifacts

• Introduction
• Testing BizTalk artifacts inside Visual Studio
• Unit testing a BizTalk solution with BizUnit
• Applying code coverage to a BizTalk orchestration
• Testing BizTalk solutions with BizMock
• Using the BizTalk Map Test Framework
• Testing pipelines and pipeline components
• Load Testing
• Performance Testing
• Integration Testing 386

Stress Testing

• Mixing It Up
• Overload Testing 407

User Acceptance Testing

Production Support Testing

• Deploying New Solution Artifacts 412
• Handling Suspended Messages and Orchestrations 412
• Archiving BAM Data

BizTalk Server Instrumentation, Error Handling, and Deployment

Introduction

• Tracing BizTalk applications using Debug View
• Monitoring BizTalk solution behavior with Log4Net
• Applying event logging in BizTalk solutions
• Enabling Failed Message Routing in BizTalk
• Implementing error handling in an orchestration 

Health and Activity Tracking

• Tracking Message Activity
• Using the Service Pane
• Observing the status of Orchestration
• Following path and status of execution
• Debugging an Orchestration using HAT

Monitoring and Maintenance

• Introduction
• Using the BizTalk Administration Console
• Importing the BizTalk Management Pack in SCOM
• Alternative BizTalk monitoring solution—BizTalk360
• Configuring the BizTalk database jobs
• Leveraging the BizTalk monitoring job
• Identifying bottlenecks with the Performance Monitor
• Using the BizTalk Message Box Viewer

BizTalk Server Administration

• What to Manage

The Administration Toolkit

• BizTalk Server Administration Console
• Health and Activity Tracking (HAT)
• BTSTask and BTSDeploy
• WMI
• BizTalk Explorer

Regular Administration Tasks

• Application Deployment
• Managing Hosts
• Clustering Hosts

Troubleshooting BizTalk

• Checking the Health of Your BizTalk System

Tools to Assist You

• BizTalk Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)
• BizTalk Documenter

BizTalk Server Performance and Scalability

• Laying the Foundations
• Hardware
• Software
• Checklist
• Monitoring
• Strategy
• BizTalk
• SQL Server
• Dependent Systems
• Common Symptoms
• Orchestration Completed/Sec Drops Off Suddenly
• High Memory Usage
• Web Service Problems (SOAP Adapter)
• Low Throughput (Not Achieving the msg/Sec)
• Heavy BAM Usage
• Spool Increasing Steadily
• Performance Testing and Tuning
• Load Profile
• Performance Testing Tools – Load Generation
• Identifying Performance Bottlenecks
• Code Profiling
• Automating Performance Testing

ESB Toolkit 2.1

• Introduction to ESB Guidance
• Installation & Configuration of ESB with BizTalk
• Integration of BizTalk with ESB toolkit
• ESB Portal & Exception Handling
• Message processing using ESB application
• Transformation Services
• Resolver Services
• Itinerary Services  

BizTalk Server 2013 features