Since Virtual Server has been released, I got asked the question several times so I figured I'd put the answer here where everybody can find it. Knowledge Base Article 842301 says something like: Current released versions of BizTalk (2000, 2002 ,2004...

Knowledge Base Article 838454 describes the new Microsoft.BizTalk.MessageBoxOM.MessageArchive object that was added to Microsoft.BizTalk.MessageBoxOM.dll . Currently, the package is only available through Microsoft Support. There are a few things that...

You might have received this error message if you followed these steps: Install BizTalk 2004 on a clean machine with Visual Studio .NET 2003, Start Visual Studio and Create a new C# project (Windows Application for instance), Save the solution...

Yet another frequently asked question. When using the BizTalk 2004 Administration Console, isolated hosts always report "Status unavailable" (see below). BizTalk Server 2004 offers two kind of hosts: In-Process Hosts and Isolated Hosts. In...

Today, we continue our deep dive into the undocumented and unsupported bowels of the BizTalk artifacts compiler and examine how pipelines get compiled to .NET assemblies. Pipelines allow to adjust the format of inbound messages to something that is suitable...

Recently, I shed some light on how Maps are compiled to .NET assemblies . Perhaps one of the most asked question on microsoft.public.biztalk.* is " Calling a map from C# or VB.NET? ". This post attempts to answer that question and clarifies a few things...

Today, we dive deeply into the undocumented and unsupported bowels of the BizTalk artifacts compiler and examine how maps get compiled to .NET assemblies. The BizTalk 2004 Mapper allows to graphically build a transformation between an XML instance of...

Today, we explore some undocumented (and therefore not supported) internal parts of BizTalk 2004. When a BizTalk project is compiled, artifacts like Messages, Orchestrations, Pipelines, Maps or Schemas (to mention only a few) are compiled into a .NET...

A while back, I presented my Archiver Component . It archives messages as they enter a receive pipeline or right before they leave a send pipeline. It turns out that "DT" found a problem with this component (thank you for reporting this). I have updated...

The .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 shipped recently and was pushed to Windows Update so you probably were already offered to download it. There is a package for Windows XP and or Windows Server 2003. This release contains several fixes but also attempts to enhance...