BizTalk Adapter Development : Samples

BizTalk Server 2006 Developer Center and TechCenter - July Adapter Release

mmckeown — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:23:00 GMT

As mentioned previously we recently launched the BizTalk Server 2006 Developer Center. This project constituted a complete rebuild of the previous BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Center. For May and June we featured orchestrations. This included new code samples, an FAQ paper on orchestrations, and in-depth content surfaced from the core documentation. With the re-design of the site it’s easier than ever to learn to develop, deploy, administer, and use BizTalk Server 2006. For July we will be focusing on Adapters

In addition to the Developer Center, we also launched the BizTalk Server 2006 TechCenter. The TechCenter provides easy access to BizTalk Server 2006 technical documentation, downloads, and community, as well as to IT Pro favorites such as the Events & Errors Message Center. Each navigation page within the technical library includes quick access to search BizTalk Server newsgroups and knowledge-base articles as seen, for example, on the Getting Started page. Among many things, the site contains:

Virtual labs
The end-to-end tutorial as downloadable Word docs
New content on Clustering BizTalk Server
Links to the Installation Instructions
Links to the Production Documentation published on MSDN

New BizTalk Server Samples!

mmckeown — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:31:00 GMT

New samples for your use developed by BizTalk Programmer/Writers are now available for download at http://msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk/downloads/samples/. Here you will find samples in the areas of BAM, HAT, Business Rules, Adapters, Pipelines, Web Services, Functoids, and others. Take a look and post back what you liked and would like to see us additionally develop. We want to know what you need specifically to better help you do your job and make BizTalk easier!

BizTalk Server 2006 Installation Guides and Tutorials

mmckeown — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:46:00 GMT

BizTalk Server 2006 has RTM'd and that means you can have access to the tutorials in Word format and the polished Installation and Upgrade guides.

Tutorials
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=62503

Installation and Upgrade Guides
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46922

BizTalk Samples

mmckeown — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:46:00 GMT

I am looking for input on the practicality of using the BizTalk Adapter Framework to build a custom adapter.

For those of you who have used it what were your experiences, good or bad?
Can you describe the development process as to how you took the Framework and turned it into your adapter?
What documentation did you use?
Does Microsoft provide adequate documentation on the process?
Would a step-by-step 'how to' document cut down on development time and be useful?