Writing is nothing more than gathering words. Some writers gather words from experience, some through observation, and others by research and interviews. Great writers assimilate information, gathering their words subconsciously, and jumble them on a...

BizTalk Server 2006 is a complex program comprised of many moving parts and a multitude of related systems that, when combined, solve complex business problems. Developing for BizTalk Server requires attention to a number of details from the obvious ...

Here is what you should know about the anti-patterns I post: Solutions presented generally follow best practices and draw on the experience of BizTalk practitioners, the extensive docmentation, blogs, newsgroups, and other sources as needed. Some...

Name: Everything but the Kitchen-Sink Map Description: Given a complex process with many complex rules, everything (business logic, related and unrelated procedures, etc) is shoved into the map. Symptoms: Symptoms include...

I've been ignoring the blog. On the BizTalk front, if anyone is interested in providing thoughtful comments on existing and new content, drop me a line c/o this blog. Other things: It is cold and rainy around Seattle . After living here a...

Does it make sense to have a collection of anti-patterns (ant-solutions) for BizTalk? Each anti-pattern might address the following: Anti-Pattern Name - gotta have a name. Pattern - A brief description of the pattern. Scenario / Cause - the...

I've spent the better part of the day writing and testing a BizTalk Server 2006 custom pipeline written in Visual Basic.NET. This will be published as an SDK sample in the BizTalk Server Developer Center . It wasn't so much that it was a difficult topic...

Ray Bradbury was never one of my favorite writers. This was not entirely his fault -- Farenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles were inflicted upon me as an unsuspecting 5th and 10th grader. As a matter of principal (and as a protest against The Man )...

Granted, I spent a lot of time playing video games once the Atari landed in the late 70's. But I found time to do go to school, play street football, run amok with a few buddies, and play with the toys sold by saturday morning cartoon ads and the Sears...