BizTalk 2004
My BizTalk 2002 project is finally winding down and needless to stay I'm excited. It was a very successful project but at the same time it was very frustrating to be tied down to old technology. Our team spent weeks upon weeks developing solutions that newer versions of BTS already fixed out of the box, it was a good exercise in self control. Its a great time to get back into BizTalk 2004-06 and WF. I just saw that the WinFX January CTP was released. Get it here. There seems to be significant changes...
Although I haven't completely messed around with this yet, I find it very useful for when you wish to have your pipelines be more flexible in allowing a 'per-instance' configuration that differs from the 'normal' configuration behavior. I think this can be very useful. Check it out. -B...
Here's a great comparison between the 2004 version of the WSS adapter (GOTDOTNET version) and the 2006 version, due to be out November 2005. I am so looking forward to working with 2006. I'm like a kid in a candy shop. I've been working with BizTalk since 2002 and stuck with it all these years and to see it evolve (got a tear in my eye) its so beautiful. Great work guys. -B...
Larry Beck has just released a tool for monitoring BizTalk throughput and capacity which is really cool. Until now I have seen a product or tool out there that has put these metrics together in one place, very good work. You can download it here. Enjoy. -B...
MS just released this article explaining that they just purchased some great adapters from a company called iWay. I've worked with their adapters before and they are awesome. (Especially when dealing with mainframe integration.) This only gives BizTalk more force in the EAI space. Great news. -B...
First of all what the hell is BAS? I found out that it isn't the singing plastic fish you buy to hang on your wall. Coming from a BizTalk 2002 background I had no idea was BAS was. Well it stands for Business Activity Services, and basically it is a series of services that are hosted on Windows SharePoint Services (which only comes with Windows Server 2003) that helps the 'business user' manage trading partner information in a central location. So what you say? Well take EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)...
Stephen Thomas announced that the BizTalk 2006 Beta Program has now gone public. If you are interested in the latest and greatest of BizTalk integration 'stuff' like the rest of us (That's why you're reading this right?) I would highly recommend joining the masses and getting on this hot product to test out. This is the future of integration, this is where its going. I am very excited about this. (Can you tell?) Here's the info right from Stephen's Blog: (and check out BizTalkGurus for some great...
I would definately have to go with this one. Not sure whether its coming or going. -B
Sorry I haven't been very active lately. This is probably the single most thing that I've been waiting for in 2005.Its the word that the beta for BizTalk 2006 (a.k.a Rolling Thunder) is going to be available soon. I cannot wait. I am already very impressed by the recent release of the SharePoint Adapter (Version 2). Since the SharePointAdapter (Version 1) is something I have great experience in, I was very pleased with the changes that were made.Here's a little summary: 1. Support for multiple endpoints...
Here's the latest update to The Bloggers Guide to BizTalk. I think this is a wonderful resource and I've been reading it since the beginning. I noticed Neal Walters (of http://biztalk-training.com/ ) has added some content to the resource. I had the opportunity (when BizTalk 2004 was not released yet) to have Neal come to my companyand put on a week's worth of training based on the MS beta curriculum. It was a great experience for our development team. Thanks Neal. -B...
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