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Generating Schema in BizTalk using existing XDR or XML file (error resolution)

Brajendra Singh — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:47:00 GMT

Many times you don’t create message schema from scratch. Instead you try to generate schema using some existing DTD, XDR or even sample XML file. Recently, I was trying to generate schema using XDR and sample XML file and ran into small irritating problems....(read more)

Receive or Pull Data from CRM using BizTalk

Brajendra Singh — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:44:00 GMT

(Article works with CRM Dynamics 3.0 and BizTalk Server 2004 onwards) BizTalk CRM adapter can be used to send or push data to CRM system from any other application system. For example, account data can be pushed to CRM server from commerce server. But...(read more)

Using Microsoft BizTalk Dynamics CRM Adapter – Part 5

Brajendra Singh — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:38:00 GMT

Welcome to last article of this series. Today, we are going to talk about using some CRM specific field types such as “Lookup” and “Picklist”. We will also have little talk about using custom entities/attributes. “Lookup” field is used to link two entities...(read more)

Using Microsoft BizTalk Dynamics CRM Adapter – Part 4

Brajendra Singh — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:12:00 GMT

We talked about create, delete, query and configuration details in previous articles. In current article, I am quickly going to summarize update operation with CRM system. I suggest you refer my previous articles before reading current one. This will...(read more)

Using Microsoft BizTalk Dynamics CRM Adapter – Part 3

Brajendra Singh — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:33:00 GMT

In previous articles, we talked about – · Installing and configuring BizTalk CRM Adapter · Basics of CRM System · How to perform query operation using BizTalk adapter · How to perform create operation using BizTalk adapter I suggest you refer my previous...(read more)

Using Microsoft BizTalk Dynamics CRM Adapter – Part 2

Brajendra Singh — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:59:00 GMT

In previous part of the article, we had initial talks about integration between BizTalk and CRM using Dynamics CRM Adapter. We discussed – · Installing and configuring BizTalk CRM Adapter · Basics of CRM System · How to perform query operation using BizTalk...(read more)

Using Microsoft BizTalk Dynamics CRM Adapter – Part 1

Brajendra Singh — Sun, 27 May 2007 15:14:00 GMT

Recently, I have been working on an integration project where few exiting systems were getting integrated with Microsoft CRM System 3.0. We architected to use BizTalk CRM adapter to synchronize and integrate data with CRM system. We could not locate a...(read more)

Accessing Description / Metadata (WSDL) of WCF Web Service

Brajendra Singh — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:02:00 GMT

WSDL or service metadata is the core for accessing or using any web service. In ASMX web service, browsing WSDL is straight forward. You develop a web service, host inside IIS and then simply browse ASMX file to view WSDL. But things are not the same...(read more)

Exception Handling in WCF Web Service

Brajendra Singh — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:04:00 GMT

Exception handling in ASMX web services was a painful job. Information was getting lost over wire / serialization; it was tricky to get fault code back and having a strongly type mapping between service raised exception and client consumed exception was...(read more)

Creating Automated Build Script for BizTalk using MSBuild

Brajendra Singh — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:16:00 GMT

I saw lots of people talking about BizTalk build automation scripts and they are mostly curious about how MSBuild can help fix things. I thought of sharing potential and my experience of writing automated build script using MSBuild tasks. I am expecting...(read more)

Managing Vocabularies in Multiple Policies Development

Brajendra Singh — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:24:00 GMT

I follow "BizTalk Technical Discussion" distribution list and I found mails bouncing around two very interesting topics - how to manage vocabularies in BizTalk rule engine for multi-policy development and how to create automated build scripts for BizTalk....(read more)

How to Develop BizTalk Custom Pipeline Components – Part3

Brajendra Singh — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:47:00 GMT

Pipelines contain fixed number of stages and stages contain variable number of components. There are two execution modes of the stages – “All” and “First Match”. In “All” execution mode, all components in the stage are executed one by one in sequence...(read more)

Using Configuration in BizTalk Map

Brajendra Singh — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:20:00 GMT

Sorry for delay guys, I am coming with remaining pipeline articles very soon. Meanwhile, here is an interesting and useful thing to share. During BizTalk map definition, sometime you might require to read some configuration value. For example, during...(read more)

How to Develop BizTalk Custom Pipeline Components – Part2

Brajendra Singh — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:31:00 GMT

In my current series, I am talking about developing custom pipeline components in detail. In part1, we talked about pipeline component types and about developing general pipeline component with example. I encourage you to refer part1 article to have a...(read more)

How to Develop BizTalk Custom Pipeline Components - Part1

Brajendra Singh — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:47:00 GMT

Receive and send pipelines in BizTalk are used to perform a range of processing and operations on messages. They can – 1. Encrypt and decrypt messages 2. Sign and verify digitally signed messages 3. Validate message against schema 4. Deal with promoted...(read more)