June 2006 - Posts

BizTalk Blogging Year In Review
23 June 06 01:48 PM | rseroter | 7 Comments   

Just a bit over a year since I started BizTalk blogging, so I thought I'd take 5 minutes and review the posts of the last year (126!?!) and try to find some highlights. Most Searched For Post. It's a pretty close tie between my series on SQL Updategrams Read More...

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Commerce Server 2007 Site Updated
20 June 06 07:53 AM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

We've just refreshed the Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 page on the main site. You've got data sheets, link to the full documentation and more. Adjust your day accordingly. Remember that while CS2k7 has been released to manufacturing, the general availability Read More...

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Business Rules Authorization Tool Updated, Funky Problem With Custom Promoted Property
16 June 06 04:06 PM | rseroter | 5 Comments   

Just finished up a week-long POC for one of my favorite accounts up in north LA. Now that I have 6 spare minutes, wanted to post an update to my Business Rules Authorization Manager tool and note a really random BizTalk thing I came across this week. Read More...

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Upcoming BizTalk Related Webcasts
09 June 06 12:51 PM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

There are a couple upcoming MSDN webcasts coming up that should be interesting to BizTalk architects ... Building Modern Software: Services, Workflow, and Identity - Presented by Dave Chappell from TechEd 2006 BizTalk Server: Strategy, Deliverables, and Read More...

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Commerce Server 2007 Updated Docs Released
06 June 06 05:15 PM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

Commerce Server 2007 RC docs are online in MSDN now, and looking pretty good. Pretty comprehensive and showing some nice depth and improvement over the last release. I promise I'm not bored, but this is my 3rd post of the day. Lots of interesting stuff Read More...

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BizTalk 2006 Business Rules Authorization Manager Tool
06 June 06 03:02 PM | rseroter | 6 Comments   

I was recently inspired to spend some time digging into artifact-level security in the Business Rules Engine, and wanted to release a first take of my Rules Authentication Manager (RAM) tool. This post will dig into how it all works. I've included a link Read More...

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BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Announced Today
06 June 06 08:15 AM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

BizTalk 2006 R2 was announced this morning. This forthcoming update includes deep RFID support ("BizTalk RFID"), and, our own robust EDI/AS2 processing stack. We'll also include some tighter support for WCF and WF. Cool stuff. Check out the Press Release Read More...

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Thoughts On Just-Completed BizTalk 2006 Beta Exam
02 June 06 02:54 PM | rseroter | 24 Comments   

Hopefully I don't get read the riot act, but I just finished taking the beta BizTalk 2006 exam and wanted to share some thoughts. First of all, it's 72 questions, VERY heavy on business rules and BAM. Also lots of scenarios revolving around trading partners. Read More...

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SQL Server Setttings to NEVER Change for BizTalk Applications
01 June 06 04:11 PM | rseroter | 1 Comments   

Just finished up a week of teaching a deep BizTalk 2006 course for local customers, and, taking a pleasant week-long vacation. In doing so, I've queued up a fat batch of topics to cover over the coming months. Here, I wanted to quickly point out a couple Read More...

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