April 2004 - Posts

• Spring cleaning! Add your Blog/Sample URL below

  It feels like spring! I just ran around Greenlake and was honoured by the presence of a bald-eagle. Well spring, means spring cleaning on my blog. I want to see if I can categorize things better and link to more people who are doing cool things with BizTalk Read More... Posted Sunday, April 25, 2004 9:49 AM by scottwoo | 20 Comments

• Corrections to InfoPath/HWS Example (look below in my blog)

  A. It asks you to define a Status element in the ActionSection: 1. Right-click the ActionSection node, click Insert Schema Node , and then click Child Field Element . 2. In the placeholder node that appears, type Status . it should be renamed to “TaskStatus” Read More... Posted Friday, April 23, 2004 7:03 PM by scottwoo | 21 Comments

• InfoWorld BizTalk Server 2004 Review

  http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/23/17TCbiztalk_1.html Tom Yager's excellent review of BizTalk Server 2004. Read More... Posted Friday, April 23, 2004 5:43 PM by scottwoo | 1 Comments

• Dealing with Simple Types values returning from Web Services

  Say you have a web-service with a simple return type (such as an integer) and you want to consume that in an orchestration. For example your web-service might look like this: <WebMethod> function callme(mystring as string) as integer. When you add Read More... Posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 3:59 PM by scottwoo | 0 Comments

• The Role of BPEL in Business Process Integration

  The Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is a vendor-neutral mechanism for describing the behavior of business processes. Originally created by Microsoft, IBM , and others, the latest version of this technology is currently being standardized by Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:04 AM by scottwoo | 1 Comments

• InfoPath SP1 and BizTalk (HWS) Workflow article/hands-on lab

  That was nice and timely wasn't it. Step by step instructions on how to use InfoPath SP1 with BizTalk Server 2004 (and a whole bunch of other InfoPath labs). Check it out here : Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:35 AM by scottwoo | 6 Comments

• Announcing: May BizTalk Server Web-Casts

  MSDN Webcast: Migrating from BizTalk Server 2002 to 2004 May 03, 2004 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time Erik Leaseburg , Consultant, Microsoft Corporation With proper planning and execution, migrating a business application from Microsoft BizTalk® Read More... Posted Monday, April 19, 2004 4:35 PM by scottwoo | 5 Comments

• BizTalk Server and InfoPath Samples Enclosed

  Before using these go listen to my BizTalk Server and InfoPath WebCast which shows them all in action and will help you if you have issues getting them set-up. Samples are included for: 1. InfoPath/Messaging - routing - routing and creating a new form Read More... Posted Monday, April 19, 2004 4:01 PM by scottwoo | 5 Comments

• Don't forget: BTS/InfoPath WebCast tommorrow

  I'm working the weekend building up some samples that are a little easier to re-distribute. Update: Thanks to Stephane and Jeff I now have two pretty cool InfoPath/Email scenarios to go with the messaging, orchestration, rules, web-services and sharepoint Read More... Posted Sunday, April 18, 2004 9:20 AM by scottwoo | 0 Comments

• And some more: updated tutorial

  Had hoped to get this one out on the 9th. Its up now here . Don't forget to get the updated SDK to use it (link below in the April updates entry). Oh and in case you are wondering it has a whole new section (III) covering BAM and BAS. Read More... Posted Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:55 PM by scottwoo | 2 Comments

• More goodies: BizTalk Server 2004 Management Pack for MOM

  The BizTalk Server 2004 Management Pack is a set of instructions that define how to monitor and manage BizTalk Server 2004. This management pack enables you to: Identify and measure the health of the system. Monitor critical components and services. Address Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:34 PM by scottwoo | 4 Comments

• Getting setup right - common pitfall (I)

  If you are wondering why VS.NET doesn't let you debug, or why the web services wizard isn't working for you it is because the default you are on Windows Server 2003 and you installed Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) and the default install of WSS “takes Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:54 AM by scottwoo | 1 Comments

• BizTalk Server 2004 Updates Available Now

  BizTalk Server Orchestration Designer for Business Analysts The Orchestration Designer for business analysts is a Visio based tool that may be installed independently from BizTalk Server. Business analysts can draw abstract business process in this tool Read More... Posted Friday, April 02, 2004 11:31 AM by scottwoo | 18 Comments