Chris Romp

Microsoft Technology Specialist for BizTalk, SOA and Process Platform in Northern California

BizTalk Server 2009

It looks like the next release of BizTalk Server will be Version 2009 instead of 2006 R3, as...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 09/05/2008

Stacking Maps in BizTalk Server

Scenario: I have a need to process two transformations back-to-back.  For example, I have...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 08/07/2008

Muenchian Grouping and Sorting in BizTalk Maps

Update many years later... Check out this improved approach:...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 07/31/2008

BizTalk Self-Study

It seems I keep putting this list together again and again, so I think it deserves a...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 07/28/2008

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Hyper-V Guide

The BizTalk Customer Advisory Team and BizTalk UE team are pleased to announce the first edition of...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 07/22/2008

SF Bay Area Connected Systems

San Francisco Bay Area Connected Systems User Group On June 26, 2008, please join us for the next...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 05/27/2008

Reading Data from XML Strings in BizTalk Server

Recently I was working with a customer and giving a quick overview of how to retrieve data from SQL...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 05/14/2008

BizTalk Server 2006 R3

A number of you (my customers) have asked about the support of BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and the 2008...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 04/23/2008

Using WMI to Monitor Send Ports and Receive Locations in BizTalk Server

The question has come up more than a couple of times: How do I monitor my Send Ports or Receive...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 04/03/2008

BizTalk Operations Guide

God help you if you rely on my blog as your only source of BizTalk information. =) I'm a bit behind,...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 03/26/2008

Got BizTalk Skills?

I've heard about the possibility of another BizTalk TS position (my job) opening in SoCal sometime...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 02/29/2008

Using BizTalk vs. Rolling Your Own

A customer and former coworker of mine recently sent me a link to this blog post, whose author asks...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 02/15/2008

LA Connected Systems Group Thursday

To all three of you who read this blog (hi, mom!), if you're in the Los Angeles area tomorrow night...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 02/06/2008

New BizTalk Poster: Scaling Out

A new BizTalk poster is available, in case you're collecting the series. [via] This one covers...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 01/30/2008

BizTalk Hotrod Volume 3

BizTalk Hotrod just published a third volume.  This one has fixed a lot of the readability...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 01/06/2008

Visual Studio 2008 RTM

Visual Studio 2008 RTM'd today. If you're an MSDN subscriber, you can download it here. Free express...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 11/20/2007

Application Lifecycle Management/SOA Roundtable

December 4, 2007 -- Real-world Perspectives: Delivering Business Value using SOA and Application...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 11/10/2007

ESB Guidance for BizTalk Server 2006 R2

The ESB Guidance for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 has been released and is now available here on the...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 11/09/2007

SoCal Connected Systems User Groups

Three connected systems user groups have formed in Southern California around Connected Systems...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 10/30/2007

Los Angeles Connected Systems User Group

The Los Angeles Connected Systems User Group is having its first meeting on Thursday, November 8...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 10/25/2007

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Available on MSDN

Those of you with MSDN subscriptions can now get your hands on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Developer...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 09/27/2007

Store Configuration Data in SSO - The Easy Way!

Hopefully you've heard about the wonders of securely storing configuration data in Enterprise Single...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 09/26/2007

Microsoft SOA and BPI Conference

If my blog is the only BizTalk-related blog you read, then you're woefully out of date because I'm...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 08/10/2007

ESB Guidance August 2007 (CTP3) Release

The third CTP release of the ESB Guidance has been posted to CodePlex. From Marty Wasznicky's email,...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 08/07/2007

SQL 2000 End of Life and BizTalk Server 2004

Recently I've noticed that Microsoft has announced the discontinuation of mainstream support for SQL...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 07/20/2007

Host WF Inside of BizTalk 2006

Okay this is interesting. It seems that we've worked out a way to build workflow models inside of...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 06/05/2007

BizTalk Posters

If you happen to have a massive poster printer sitting idle in your office, download and print out...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 05/31/2007

To Be, Or Logical Not To Be: If-Then-Else in BizTalk Maps

Stumbling around various BizTalk-related blogs, there appears to be a common scenario which is...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 05/29/2007

ESB Guidance Public CTP

It just figures the day I bother to download the 3.5 GB virtual machine for the ESB guidance is the...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 05/22/2007

Everyone Loves Sushi

Everyone loves sushi (well, maybe not everyone -- I took some MBS guys from Fargo to sushi once and...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 05/19/2007

More on BizTalk Services

[Cross-post from old blog.] Richard found this new eWeek article discussing BizTalk Services....

Author: Chris Romp Date: 04/25/2007

BizTalk Services Now Live

[Cross-post from old blog.] Over the past year, Microsoft has been working on a series of services...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 04/24/2007

Remote Deployment, GAC with PSExec

[Cross-post from old blog.] Recently a customer needed a way to deploy BizTalk applications to a...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 04/23/2007

MSDTC and BizTalk 2006 Deployment Issues

[Cross-post from old blog.] This is an issue on which I've been chasing my own tail for some time,...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 03/06/2007

BizTalk Tools

[Cross-post from old blog.] Amit Rohilla has compiled a good list of BizTalk Server tools. Check 'em...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 01/25/2007

Using Failed Message Routing in BizTalk Server 2006

[Cross-post from old blog.] Here's a great blog post at Matt Meleski's blog regarding failed message...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 01/11/2007

Calling eConnect.dll from BizTalk Server 2006

[Cross-post from old blog.] eConnect is a great tool for integrating with Dynamics GP; however I am...

Author: Chris Romp Date: 01/08/2007