Minty Fresh

Verbatims

ebattalio — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:59:00 GMT

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)

BizTalk Server R2 Scale-Out Configuration Poster

ebattalio — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:11:00 GMT

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)

Nifty Community Content, part 1

ebattalio — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:37:00 GMT

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)

MSD Magazine: 8 Tips and Tricks For Better BizTalk Programming

ebattalio — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:15:00 GMT

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)

How To Download BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Beta 2

ebattalio — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:09:00 GMT

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)

BizTalk Server 2006 Documentation in PDF

ebattalio — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:54:00 GMT

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)

:O

ebattalio — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:53:00 GMT

Still lurking......(read more)

Repurposing Content

ebattalio — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:44:00 GMT

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)

The 80's Called...

ebattalio — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:14:00 GMT

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)

BizTalk Server SDK Sample Uber Collection

ebattalio — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:21:00 GMT

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)

Pinging

ebattalio — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:11:00 GMT

Still here, just not full of compelling content for the ol' blog....(read more)

Have Questions?

ebattalio — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:36:00 GMT

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)

BizTalk Server SDK Sample Boxed Set

ebattalio — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:49:00 GMT

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)

Eclipse

ebattalio — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:24:00 GMT

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)

So You Want To Write An Orchestration?

ebattalio — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:27:00 GMT

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)