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Verbatims
We spend a bit of our time interacting with customers, partners and other concerned citizens who take the time to write out some feedback. Microsoft is very customer focused and spends time working through these "verbatims" at different levels. The Connected Read More...

Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 10:59 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

BizTalk Server R2 Scale-Out Configuration Poster
Are you interested in a concise summary of some of the scale-out options for BizTalk Server R2? How about if the summary was a poster you could print out, tack to a wall, and cover with Post-It's? If so, look no further than the BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Read More...

Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 9:11 AM by ebattalio | 2 Comments

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Nifty Community Content, part 1
BizTalk Server has a vibrant community full of smart folks offering up tricks, tips and gems. Some great sites include the following listed in no particular order and definitely incomplete: BizTalk Server at Codeplex . The BizTalkDisassembler add-in for Read More...

Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 7:37 AM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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MSD Magazine: 8 Tips and Tricks For Better BizTalk Programming
Marty and Scott have an article in this month's MSDN Magazine, "8 Tips and Tricks For Better BizTalk Programming". Each tip (I am not giving any away) is reinforced with useful details and examples. The article also includes a short list of resources Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:15 AM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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How To Download BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Beta 2
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Beta 2 is now available from the Microsoft Connect Site. If you are not a member of the BizTalk Server 2006 R2 connect community, you can still get a copy of the beta through the Microsoft Connect Site, but it takes some persistence. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 1:09 PM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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BizTalk Server 2006 Documentation in PDF
Do you have a hankerin' for a 117 meg (55 meg compressed) PDF file containing the full documentation set (almost 20k pages) for BizTalk Server 2006? Hanker no more because it is now available here . Is this too much to digest at one sitting? Let me know Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:54 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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:O
Still lurking... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:53 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Repurposing Content
There are software tools for just about anything these days. One class of tools lets users like you and me convert a CHM into other formats including, not surprisingly, PDF. Sure, you could grab a copy of most of the BizTalk Server 2006 documentation Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:44 AM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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The 80's Called...
And they want their music back. You do too? Check out Club 977 The 80's Channel and plug in. Come on Eileen! Read More...

Posted Monday, February 26, 2007 1:14 PM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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BizTalk Server SDK Sample Uber Collection
The uber collection of all SDK samples published to the BizTalk Server developer center has gone live here . Make sure you have some megs available on yer hard drive -- about 50 or so -- or you will be unhappy when you unpack 'em. I caught a couple of Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:21 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Pinging
Still here, just not full of compelling content for the ol' blog. Read More...

Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 2:11 PM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Have Questions?
Do you have any questions about BizTalk Server that you have been itching to ask but haven't? Post them here or send them to me v/o this blog and I will try to chase down an answer. Here are a few disclaimers/rules/humorous asides: No existential questions. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:36 AM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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BizTalk Server SDK Sample Boxed Set
We have received a few requests to create a single zip file containing all of the SDK samples on the BizTalk Server Developer Center Code Samples page . Since this is something I can do quickly outside of formal channels, I grabbed a copy of all of the Read More...

Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 9:49 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Eclipse
Short post, this one. While flying around the west coast, I fell into a discussion of the relative merits of Eclipse versus Visual Studio. I tend to use Visual Studio and, for smaller files or quick edits, Ultra Edit. I did take a look at Eclipse a few Read More...

Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 10:24 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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So You Want To Write An Orchestration?
Is there a BizTalk Server 2006 orchestration in your future? This post is a modest attempt to catalog some of the many useful tidbits of information out on the web. It will evolve over time. Legend blog = blog post core = BizTalk Server 2006 core documentation Read More...

Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:27 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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