Now you know why I've been having fun for the last 4 years. Thanks to all our customers the BizTalk Server business is booming. A little celebration of our anniversay is here . Meanwhile 1/2 my team is in Asia this week and last week launching our final...

Just a heads-up because a few people were asking we DO support MOM 2005 with the BizTalk Server 2004 MOM pack.

The kit includes "Generico" which is a sample implementation using a bunch of connected system technologies including of course BizTalk Server. Also includes are some connected system powerpoints and customer evidence. Go here .

Microsoft's patterns and practices group created the Global Bank Integration (GBI) program to help customers understand how to migrate from building "silo" line-of-business applications to connected systems. The first project produced the PAG Integration...

Our deep-dive training is now available and its going for a very attractive price ($0 excepting your T&E). The training is being run in Redmond as well as around the world (England, France, Singapore) over the next few months so get in while its going...

I found a few more interesting things in my email. He's the first one:Apparently lots of people want a generic database adapter for BizTalk Server. On our product planning list it was "one below the cut-off line" for BizTalk Server 2006 - ie. it didn...

I spent the last 10 days playing instead of working (for a nice change). We took advantage of the yearly SAS deal to go to Europe relatively inexpensively and took in the sights in Spain (Barcelona, Seville, Cordobba, ) and Morocco (Tangiers and Fes)...

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/ Bill calls out BizTalk Server and Host Integration Server's key role in interop pretty clearly in this paragraph: "Some of Microsoft’s server products are focused squarely on interoperability, such as Host Integration...