April 2006 Entries
When setting up WSS so you can do a full install of BizTalk, you may get an error similar to “System Error 1057 while trying to query service SPTimer”. For me, this occured while using the Configure Administrative Virtual Server section of Central Administration. I was using a local (non AD) service account that I had created. The problem is corrected if you make sure you enter “domain\user name” or “machine name\user name” format. Not easy to correlate this error...
So, I figured it was finally time I broke down and started to really figure out what BAM was all about, partly inspired by Richard Seroter's posting on the subject (everyone should read his blog by the way.... fantastic stuff!!). So, I picked a sample project I've been playing around with for some other POC stuff, followed along with the handy little “walk-throughs” in the help file, and wouldn't you know Excel puked on what appears to be a very important step - exporting the BAM Observation...