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BizTalk 2006 Performance Metrics With SQL 2005
19 October 06 02:25 PM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

Useful report released by our partner Infosys showing performance improvements using SQL Server 2005 with BizTalk 2006 instead of SQL Server 2000. I like how they explain the scenario they tested, show the results with BizTalk 2004 and SQL 2000 , BizTalk Read More...

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Managing BizTalk Business Rule Solutions With RuleBurst
12 October 06 07:47 AM | rseroter | 5 Comments   

While I'm a big fan of the Microsoft Business Rules Engine (BRE), our ruleset design and management story isn't as robust as many other solutions in this space. This is where ISVs like RuleBurst can now step in and fill the gap. Here I walk through the Read More...

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Windows Workflow Rules From Outside A Workflow, And Other Conference Demos
07 October 06 08:43 AM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

Had a great time presenting at the SOA and Business Process Conference and wanted to share some of the code bits that I demonstrated during my Developing and Maintaining Business Rule Solutions session. One thing I demonstrated was the ability to build Read More...

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New BizTalk 2006 Performance Papers from HP
03 October 06 12:25 PM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

Having a great time here at the SOA and BPM Conference in Redmond. Got to hang out with Stephen Thomas , Alan Smith , Scott Colestock , Matt Meleski , Larry Beck , Jon Flanders and lots of other fellas. It's so foreign to me being in a room with dozens Read More...

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BizTalk 2006 Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Released
30 September 06 02:09 PM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

I knew we were releasing the BizTalk 2006 Dynamics CRM Adapter in September, and it looks like it just came in under the wire. Check out Ryan Toenies post for more info, and, the download link. Note that this is a *send* adapter only, but, I love that Read More...

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Session at Upcoming SOA/Business Process/BizTalk Conference
27 September 06 10:43 AM | rseroter | 1 Comments   

Next week we've got the SOA and Business Process conference in Redmond, and I'm fortunate enough to be delivering a session. The talk, entitled "Developing and Maintaining Business Rule Solutions" will cover the Business Rules Engine, Windows Workflow Read More...

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Fixing "SOAP / Envelope Schema" Error In BizTalk
15 September 06 03:53 PM | rseroter | 1 Comments   

I was stuck with a shockingly frustrating error message in BizTalk, but thanks to an obscure tweak identified in the BizTalk Developer's Troubleshooting Guide , all is right with the world. The error I kept getting was Document type does not match any Read More...

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New BizTalk Troubleshooting Guide Is Fantastic
13 September 06 05:52 AM | rseroter | 1 Comments   

My man Luke posted that the BizTalk Developer's Troubleshooting Guide has been posted online. I just read through the whole thing, and let me tell you, this is without a doubt the single most useful document to a regular BizTalk developer. This is EXACTLY Read More...

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Troubleshooting "Internal Server Error" With BizTalk Web Services
30 August 06 07:15 AM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

There's virtually no BizTalk-related error that's more frustrating than exposing an orchestration as a web service, trying to call it, and getting the horrific "Internal Server Error" or "Internal SOAP Processing Failure". To make it even more fun, you'll Read More...

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BizTalk 2006 Documenter Available
25 August 06 07:12 AM | rseroter | 9 Comments   

I hadn't realized we released this publicly yet, but noticed this morning that the BizTalk Server 2006 Documenter is now available for you to download. See Paul's blog for the link. I love this tool. To be able to generate a CHM file containing summaries Read More...

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Useful New BizTalk BAM Documents Released
17 August 06 03:07 PM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

We just released two great resources for BizTalk BAM aficionados. The first, BAM Frequently Asked Questions covers great topics like BAM tracing, common errors, maintaining the BAM databases and more. Good stuff. I really like the second doc. Developing Read More...

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Storing HTML in BizTalk Schema for Use In InfoPath
14 August 06 11:55 AM | rseroter | (Comments Off)   

During the same recent BizTalk POC I mentioned previously , I had the occasion to try and store rich HTML in a BizTalk schema for use in a Microsoft InfoPath RichTextBox field. I had to work a little magic, and thought I'd share that here. The first thing Read More...

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New Whitepaper Comparing BizTalk Adapter Perf in 2004 vs. 2006
09 August 06 01:13 PM | rseroter | 2 Comments   

Just noticed a brand new paper on Microsoft.com called BizTalk Server 2006 Comparative Adapter Study . It's a brief overview of performance of BizTalk 2004 adapters vs. BizTalk 2006 adapters. Highlighted here are the FILE adapter, MSMQ adapter, FTP, SMTP, Read More...

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Fun With BizTalk Batching and Promoted Properties
01 August 06 04:25 PM | rseroter | 4 Comments   

I recently had a bit of time to figure out answers to some questions about how BizTalk handles promoted values in batches. Specifically, do promoted values from the "envelope" transfer to the "body", and what if you want to interact with those values Read More...

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Selectively "Eating" Messages in BizTalk Send Ports
28 July 06 11:13 AM | rseroter | 2 Comments   

This week I met with a healthcare customer who is using BizTalk to build a robust publish-subscribe architecture. One component of this involves making last second decisions to either send or "eat" messages going out to a send adapter. I put together Read More...

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