September 2004 - Posts

• BizTalk Server 2004 High Availability Guide

  There has been lots of demand for this 40 page document and the announcement isn't quite on the biztalk site but the download is ready. Go grab it here . It covers architecture (topology) for high availability includes adapters. The download includes Read More... Posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 5:13 PM by scottwoo | 3 Comments

• MQSeries Adapter for BizTalk Server 2004 is out and about

  For the sum total of zero dollars you can get it today. Yip if you own BizTalk Server 2004 its yours as part of the deal because we know how important it is to connect to MQSeries and that you really want to use BizTalk Server instead of some IBM stuff. Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:37 PM by scottwoo | 3 Comments

• Minor error in SPS adapter documentation

  Per the documentation, you need to copy the .ASMX file to one WSS folder and the .DLL to another. If you don’t copy the .ASMX, you get the “object moved” error; if you don’t copy the .DLL, you get a “runtime error”. Note there’s an error in the documentation Read More... Posted Friday, September 24, 2004 4:37 PM by scottwoo | 0 Comments

• BizTalk at Home: Way to go Intergen

  Just came across this . The "A Primo Effort" heading gave me a giggle:). As an FYI FoodStuffs also runs BizTalk Server thanks to some award winning Datacom work (open disclosure: conflict of interest I used to work for Datacom ) last year. Of course a Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 22, 2004 1:44 PM by scottwoo | 4 Comments

• Cool stuff from Kevin: Test Framework

  Now that Kevin is in the "real world" as opposed to the Redmond based development team he has been using his creative skills to help himself (and all of you) by creating a test framework you can use to test your BizTalk Server applications. Check it out Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:38 PM by scottwoo | 0 Comments

• Downloading MSDN web-casts

  I've had countless requests for off-line versions of the web-casts. There are a number of logistical challenges with making that happen that shouldn't exist but never fear George of MSDN web-cast fame documents a way to do it in his blog . Its a little Read More... Posted Monday, September 20, 2004 4:45 PM by scottwoo | 4 Comments

• Lee's latest gem - details on the MessageBox database structure and cool queries

  Working with a few customers we found a couple of interesting management style queries that weren't so easy to do through the user interface. No problem, Lee went ahead and documented the T-SQL for the queries and important parts of the MessageBox database Read More... Posted Monday, September 20, 2004 1:39 PM by scottwoo | 0 Comments

• If using the coolest integration technology on the planet isn't a good reason to use BTS

  Then maybe this is . In case you hadn't heard the BTS skillset is in demand > supply right now. All good signs for a growing business and a strong career choice. Read More... Posted Friday, September 17, 2004 4:42 PM by scottwoo | 6 Comments

• Helper class for Adding XML to documents using the Rules Engine

  With the rules engine you can't directly add a node to an XML document in a rules action. On the other time you often would like to do that. No worries, you can call a helper class to do the work for you. Here is an example helper class from John Rummell Read More... Posted Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:37 AM by scottwoo | 1 Comments

• Competition Winners and a BIG thank-you to all entrants.

  The competition winners were announced (a little early but oh well) today on msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk The BizTalk Server team would like to congratulate the winners for their efforts and recognize the many excellent entries submitted for the competition. Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:17 PM by scottwoo | 10 Comments