Contents tagged with BizTalk
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Tracking In BizTalk Server 2006
The Health and Activity Tracking tool (HAT) has lost quite some functionality in BizTalk Server 2006 compared to the 2004 version. Actually that's not a bad thing since all the lost functionality has been ported to the BizTalk Server Administration tool. Some time ago I was looking how to enable tracking for a specific message property in BTS 2006, it's not happening in HAT anymore, but in the Server Administration tool! [Source, plus more intresting FAQs]
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Keep your BizTalk Schema's Static, otherwise ... BizBalk
[Via Mike Diehl] Hehehe, I like this one! But it's also very true: think about your schema's, get people involved and get them to think about the schema's as well. This will save a lot of time (trust me: been there, dont that).
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Where Did My HAT Functionality Go in BizTalk 2006?
Since the last couple of weeks I’m spending again some time with BizTalk. Although there is no official training material for BizTalk Server 2006 available yet, U2U is already offering BizTalk 2006 training. So it was about time to upgrade my BizTalk Server 2004 skills!
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Tip: Right Click => Add DLL to GAC
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BizTalk Server vs Windows Workflow Foundation
When I talk to BizTalk developers about the new Windows Workflow Foundation I always have to explain the difference between BTS and WWF. There are a couple of good blog posts discussing the differences:
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BizTalk Adapter for SharePoint Version 2
This is good news! There is a new version of the BizTalk Adapter for SharePoint released on the GotDotNet Workspace. It seems that the adapter was launched at TechEd USA, you can view the web cast online over here (including a demo of the BizTalk 2006 Adapter). Here is my little summary:
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BizTalk Server 2004 Performance Characteristics
Today another interesting article about BizTalk is published, it seems that today is BizTalk-day! During my BizTalk courses a lot of people ask questions about the performance of a BizTalk server. I always try to let them think about it themselves because performance is dependent on a lot of things (both internal and external), there is no default answer. So if you want to have some facts and figures and some optimization guidelines, go and read the article. Also recommended!
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Recommended Article: Developing Integration Solutions with BizTalk Server 2004
There's a very good article and extensive (88 pages!) on MSDN that covers a lot of the problems and issues that you will encounter when you are developing using BizTalk Server 2004. A must-read for anyone who is working with BizTalk! Some of the discussed topics:
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BizTalk-ing in Portugal bis
Next week I'm again in Portugal delivering a BizTalk course, this time in Lisbon. I'm really looking forward to it, since last time was really great! If you're intrested you can find more information here.
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BizTalk Server 2004 Installation Guide Updated Again
Once again there's an update for the BizTalk Server 2004 installation guide, get it here. While you're at the download site, you maybe want to download the newly released BizTalk Adapter for WSE 2.0. When do we get a new BizTalk Server Adapter for SharePoint Libraries?? :-)