Two new whitepapers have recently been authored and will be posted to MSDN shortly. These are full of key information on the primary issues customers may face when using the SQL and SOAP adapters with BizTalk Server. They can be found at: http://msdn2...

BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 2 is now released to web. All BizTalk Server 2004 customers are encouraged to read the release notes carefully and install the service pack as soon as possible. English: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx...

BizTalk's September theme on TechNet is performance and there have been several new whitepapers created and published as part of this theme. BizTalk Server 2006: Managing a Successful Performance Lab was a collaborative effort between the BizTalk TAP...

A new BizTalk Server 2006 whitepaper has been posted on the subject of developing a transactional BizTalk Adapter using the Microsoft Base Adapter Classes. You can find the paper here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/7/6/376a6f6c-8c97-4ab5...

A new Business Process Management (BPM) site was recently launched by Microsoft at www.microsoft.com/bpm . Visit this site to learn how integrated, easy to use business process management solutions from Microsoft make it possible for organizations...

Some new scripts and utilities have been posted to the BizTalk Server 2006 Scripts site. One is a command-line utility (provided with code) to purge local and remote MSMQ queues and send sample test messages to these queues. This could be very helpful...

A new BizTalk Server 2006 customer evidence video has been produced and published for Oncology Hematology Associates of Southwest Indiana . See how OCA raised revenue by 15 to 20 percent by using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 and BizTalk Accelerator...

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 will add several new features to the BizTalk product such as native EDI B2B services and RFID Framework plus it will include enhancements to improve compatibility with Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 products. Summary...

Thanks to your input , we've created and published a new BizTalk Server 2006 whitepaper. This paper describes some key product enhancements of interest to Developers and IT Professionals which are included in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006. Of particular...

Microsoft IT's BizTalk Server implementation acts as the hub between internal and external business transactions at the company, from the production and manufacture of the Microsoft Xbox® video game system through the movement of more than US$20 billion...

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Are you interested in user groups and attending Tech Ed Boston? If so, you might want to look into the following sessions: .NET User Group Open Forum Day/Time: Tuesday, June 13 7:45 PM - 8:45 PM This forum is setup for developers who have organized...

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BizTalk Server 2006 Best Practices Analyzer is used to automatically examine a BizTalk Server 2006 deployment and generate a list of issues pertaining to best practices standards for BizTalk Server deployments. The primary use of this tool is to examine...

BizTalk product team is holding a series of focus groups at Tech Ed Boston. Our goal is to have our best customers and partners have a chance to provide direct input to the BizTalk Server product group while we’re in early planning stages for future versions...

QuickLearn is offering a 5-day BizTalk boot camp in Redmond the week of July 17th. This class is designed for individuals who are new to BizTalk Server 2006. You can find more information at: www.quicklearn.com/bootcamp.htm There is a multi...

The BizTalk Server 2006 bindings file format is documented here , but the XSD description of the bindings file is not included in the build. If you are interested in having this XSD, you can produce it via the following command: xsd.exe "C:\Program...

A number of fixes and updates have been made to the BizTalk Server 2006 Tutorials, which you can now download here . You can read about other tutorial-related issues on Liza's Blog .

Last week WSE 2.0 Service Pack 1 released to web, coinciding with BizTalk Server 2006's generally availability in the field. This adapter enables interoperability between BizTalk Server and other applications that require use of WS-Security, WS-SecurityPolicy...

Please take note of the new URL ( http://blogs.msdn.com/CSDCustomerExperience/ ) for this blog and its name change, as we are now part of Microsoft's Connected Systems, and specifically, its Customer Experience team. Fortunately, all existing posts will...

If you didn’t read Understanding Application Deployment , be sure to view the archive. This explains the new features in BizTalk Server 2006 which assist with Application Deployment. Now that you understand how to get applications deployed and running...

A common customer request has been to be able to easily print the BizTalk documentation. Now you can! Download the entire documentation in PDF format by visiting this link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8F3EC693-2865-4B85...

The download for BizTalk Server 2006's ODBA (Orchestration Designer for Business Analysts) was recently rev'd on April 14th. Be sure to download the latest version at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c731f68-5a4c-4faf-a18d...

We have received a lot of questions about the deployment enhancements in BizTalk Server 2006. Accordingly, I’ve decided to blog about it to help clear some things up but also to call attention to specific features which should be especially helpful to...