October 2004 - Posts

• So what's the deal with the exam?

  I guess I was asking for it in my last blog post when I announced the courses and didn't comment on our exam plan. My inbox rapidly filled with really good questions with the basic context being "where is the exam?" so rather than address all of them Read More... Posted Friday, October 29, 2004 11:35 AM by scottwoo | 4 Comments

• Trainers: BizTalk Server 2004 MOC courses are now orderable

  Lots of demand for these. The courses are designed to get customers from 0-60 on BizTalk Server 2004. There are two courses - one for development and one for management are deployment. Order away. Learn more at the two URLs below: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/syllabi/en-us/2158afinal.mspx Read More... Posted Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:43 AM by scottwoo | 2 Comments

• Adapter Framework Wizard 1.1 including VB.NET support download

  Go grab it here . The VB side of things hasn't been as extensively tested as the C# side so if you find issues you know where to find me. Huge thanks to Boudewijn van der Zwan from Unisys Netherlands for his continued great work on this. In other updates: Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:46 AM by scottwoo | 5 Comments

• WSE 2.0 adapter beta

  The release earlier in the year was the technical preview, this is the beta release. We are still looking for some more early adopters for this as well. To register for the beta program and download the beta release: · On the BetaPlace site , register Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 26, 2004 8:39 AM by scottwoo | 0 Comments

• Its that time again: MVP Nominations

  The Business Process and Integration Division is looking for industry leading experts in BizTalk Server, Commerce Server and Host Integration Server. We are looking for individuals to nominate as candidates for the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program. Read More... Posted Friday, October 22, 2004 11:11 AM by scottwoo | 0 Comments

• MSDN TV: Convoy Processing

  Eric gives you a quick tour through the convoy concepts with a couple of examples. Check it out here . Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:22 PM by scottwoo | 0 Comments

• Choosing the right workflow implementation with BizTalk Server 2004

  Its 1am in Boston (I'm on a road-trip having some excellent discussions with reviewers and analysts) and I thought I'd share with everyone an important document that describes the decision points you should go through when selecting which of the 3 workflow Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:51 PM by scottwoo | 6 Comments

• Want to highlight your BizTalk Server Deployment with a Case Study?

  Anyone with cool deployments of BizTalk Server who want to be seen on MS.com can submit as candidate for case studies to BTSRocks@microsoft.com (gotta love that alias<g>) along with company name and contact information. If you want a bit of exposure Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:11 PM by scottwoo | 1 Comments

• C# not your thing, think VB should be king?

  No I'm not going anywhere near that debate but on the other-hand if you want to write adapters in VB.NET and want to beta-test the upcoming adapter wizard support for VB.NET (Thanks Boudewijn) drop me a line. We need a few people to take it for a spin Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 05, 2004 7:28 AM by scottwoo | 11 Comments

• The Bloggers Guide to BizTalk Server

  Alan Smith took the initiative to collect a bunch of blog postings on BizTalk Server into a single consolidated help file for easy reference. I love this idea - got grab it here . Thanks Alan! Read More... Posted Monday, October 04, 2004 11:21 AM by scottwoo | 4 Comments

• BizTalk Adapter for WSE 2.0 needs some more early adopter customers

  We are getting close with this adapter but we can't ship it until we get some additional customer validation. I hear there is lots of interest in this adapter so if you want to help us (and have us help you with some high-touch support) then please send Read More... Posted Friday, October 01, 2004 10:22 PM by scottwoo | 3 Comments