Dynamic ports and certificates

[quote:6abc246c1f=\”Stebbo \”]Hi there.
I read on MSDN that one can use a certificate associated with a party to encrypt messages to that party. But in the Certificate tab in the Party Properties dialog it says \”Signature certificate\” (indicating that the specified certificate will be used to sign messages, not to encrypt them). It would have been nice if this certificate overrides the one specified on the port. Am I missing something here?

*Is there a way to dynamically set an encryption certificate on a Send Port (not by programming to Biztalk Explorer OM) through an orchestration by passing parameters to a shape of some sort?

*Or do i have to create a new port for each Party, and on that port specify the encryption certificate for that specific Party?

The results should be like a dynamic send port that has a dynamic \”address\” AND replaceble/dynamic certificates. Is this possible?[/quote:6abc246c1f]

You could just create a send port for each party and then associate it with it (this is possible from the party configuration dialog). Then, just use pub/sub and direct binding to route messages to the appropriate port (or use roles) instead of statically selecting the port in the orchestration. Would that work for you?