Keith Lim's Biztalk BAM Blog

BAM continuation between WF/WCF application and BizTalk application

Awhile back a user asked me this question on BAM continuation from a WF/WCF application to a BizTalk application: I have a process which starts a workflow and then an orchestration. I want to create an activity cross the workflow and the orchestration.

Steps to facilitate the creation of WCF Interceptor Configuration file.

The BAM Interceptor for WCF does not come with a UI tool to create the Interceptor Configuration file, and from the Beta II customer feedback thus far, this is the main pain point as well. I will try to provide some steps and guidelines to help ease this

BAM Interceptor for WCF

Many of you guys are eagerly anticipating the release of the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2… and the only definite answer to that is it will be available in Q3 of 2007. In the meantime, the Beta 2 release of it can be downloaded from this link: http://connect.microsoft.com/

How to programatically retrieve data from BAMPrimaryImport using supportable API

Eventhough there are Portal UI and Excel that would allow you to query and access BAM activity data, it seems that there are some of you who would like to programmatically access/query this data from a custom application. In BizTalk Server Documentation,

Soliciting Biztalk BAM scenarios and issues

How great it would be if every features we put in to the software is what customers need/want. Anyway, I am creating this entry to solicit your input on how you use or plan to use BizTalk BAM. Please response as a comment with your scnenario. Do also

BAM API: Using OrchestrationEventStream

Since there is not much documentation* on this yet on how to use OrchestrationEventStream (an EventStream that is in synch with Orchestration), here is a quick info on the howto: This new feature is found in Microsoft.BizTalk.Bam.XLANGs assembly. From

Sample code to retrieve server and database info of Biztalk MessageBox and PIT

Since there is a request for this, here is an example to retrieve server name and database for Biztalk MessageBox and BAM Primary Import database. Since this is accessing internal implementation, this code is not supportable (use at your own risk) and

Continuation scenarios with mixed of TPE-enabled and non-TPE-Enabled tracking:

It has been a while since I last blogged on this. Let's continue from where I left off. Let's pick two continuation scenarios: the first, a TPE segment continues to a non-TPE segment, and the reverse being the second. 1. TPE-enabled segment continues

DirectEventStream vs BufferedEventStream

Which EventStream to use: DirectEventStream (DES) vs BufferedEventStream (BES) Use DES when you don't want any latency of data appearing in BAMPrimaryImport database. Since this is synchronous call, any error will be thrown back to the calling application.

How to write BAM Events from pipeline components.

In BizTalk 2004, to write any BAM event from the BizTalk pipeline, you will need to write some code :) To simplify the learning, I will illustrate by adapting an SDK sample. Adapt the SDK CustomComponent (found in .../SDK/Samples/Pipelines/CustomComponent)

Means to BAM-Tracked “BAMified” Business Process Data:

Means to BAM-Tracked “BAMified” Business Process Data: There are several means to enable business process data to be tracked in BAM. In Voyager (BizTalk 2004), programmatically there are the DirectEventStream and BufferedEventStream classes, and non-programmatically

Biztalk BAM Blogging Introduction

As 2005 is coming to a close, I want to take this opportunity to wish you a happy 2006; this also means we are inching closer towards the release of BizTalk 2006 :) What is this blog good for...you may ask? This blog is for you the users. :) The topic