There aren't many Commerce Server - based blogs out there, but we've got one now from Vinayak Tadas , a Microsoft developer. His entry about virtual catalogs caught my eye. Thanks, Vinayak. I must admit that I did not know about the materialization of...

Well, it's good to have another version of the Microsoft Solution for Internet Business available. This one has been anticipated for a while, now. The link to download is here . MSIB addresses emerging business models that have evolved from relatively...

These are some great articles, written by Chris Pratley, a group program manager at Microsoft, ( Blog , Bio ) about the history of MS Word. These articles are too good for me to pass up. Very interesting history and perspective. Let’s...

Charles Young (Not Your Average Joe!) has an article about a proof of concept at a customer site where he describes one benefit of building applications quickly with BizTalk Server. Thinking of BizTalk Server as a “business process platform”...

Infoworld has posted a review of BizTalk . This would be a good link to send to anyone who asks, “What is BizTalk“? It doesn't get very technical, but I think it can be useful. Thanks to Scott for pointing this out .

I was speaking with a customer today about the Visio add-in for BizTalk and this topic of open Visio schemas came up. Then, I read that the schema definitions were released 5 days ago! This reminded me of one of my favorite movies, “Hunt for Red...

Tech Ed 2004 links... San Diego, May 23-28, 2004. I attended last year, in Dallas, and the place was packed. Intense exposure to MS products and technology. The Hands-On Lab areas were large, and provided opportunities to touch and feel and learn about...

If you need to browse product documentation on-line, or from a machine that is not your normal machine, or that doesn't have the documentation isntalled, use these links from MSDN. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Microsoft Content Management Server...

Mark Harrison writes about a newly released MCMS Case Study for the Rugby World Cup 2003 web site. The much awaited International Rugby Board Rugby World Cup 2003 CMS case study - for one of the largest CMS deployments worldwide - is now out! ...

Download the BizTalk Server 2004 Tutorials . Before beginning these lessons you should understand the fundamental concepts surrounding BizTalk Server 2004, and the tools and processes that are required to start building solutions with BizTalk Server 2004...

Here's the general idea... Watch one of the 50 or so webcasts that Microsoft has prepared as preparatory material for Tech-Ed, submit an evaluation, and earn an entry into a sweepstakes for Tech-Ed Conference Passes. Complete List of Webcasts Tech...

In addition to the one-day technical overview of BizTalk that I have already mentioned , Microsoft is also sponsoring two 4-day Hands-On Lab sessions for BizTalk Server in the NorthWest. One will be in Portland, Oregon (April 13-16), and one will be in...

...as proposed by Scott Colestock. See Scott's blog for a pretty comprehensive list of naming conventions for BizTalk artifacts and shapes . Usually, I'd represent a simple set of naming conventions, but I'm comfortable with the way that he's laid them...

In addition to the documentation updates , please note that a Rollup of product updates since the release of BizTalk Server 2004 is available, as well as an update to the SDK. BizTalk Server 2004 Rollup Package 1 . For more information about this...

Documentation updates are being released quarterly by the BizTalk development group, and the April update is now available . It doesn't install into a separate .chm file or anything like that, but it installs over a pre-existing install of BizTalk Server...