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BizTalk Server 2006: Managing a Successful Performance Lab Whitepaper
Hey all, Check this new whitepaper out… Abstract: Part of every application’s...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/03/2006
BizTalk 2006 Review at ZDNET Australia
Mario D’Silva our local Exchange Specialist alerted me to a review of BizTalk 2006 at ZDNET...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/27/2006
Teched Australia 2006 Recap - Business Process and Integration Landscape
I thought I’d take some time to capture some of my thoughts for each of the sessions I was...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/27/2006
Teched Australia 2006 Recap - BizTalk Server 2006 and Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005
I thought I’d take some time to capture some of my thoughts for each of the sessions I was...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/27/2006
Teched Australia 2006 Recap - Building Enterprise Class BTS solutions
I thought I’d take some time to capture some of my thoughts for each of the sessions I was...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/27/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Documentation Update...
From our Redmond Lead Program writer Luke Nyswonger…
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/10/2006
Next Melbourne BTS User Group Meeting - July 20, 2006
Next Melbourne BizTalk User Group is scheduled for July 20. Check it our here From the user group...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/09/2006
2006 Business Process Management and Integration Conference in Redmond (Oct 3-6, 2006)!!
Awesome, Rob Bannerman (Product Management Team) emailed me to day to let me know that the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/22/2006
TechEd Australia 2006 Connected Systems Content
The latest draft of the content for this year’s TechEd in Australia has been posted to...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/19/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Best Practices Analyzer!!
BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer From Luke Nyswonger’s Blog at:...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/08/2006
Announcing BizTalk Server 2006 R2 TAP!
Woohoo. This is exciting. One of our Program Managers in Redmond, Mitch, has had the pleasure of...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/08/2006
Mick Badran's BizTalk 2006 and WorkFlow Foundation Webcast!
There’s no stopping the man!! Great stuff Mick.. Mick just recently presented a webcast (on...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/04/2006
I'll be at the Australian Gartner App Dev, Intergation and Web Services conf next week.
Next week I will be in Sydney attending the Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/02/2006
BizTalk Business Rules Engine Recording from Brisbane BTS User Group
Paul woods was kind enough to record the May 2006 Qld User Group BizTalk Session where Mark Daunt...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/01/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Upgrade Guide
Just in case you do not have them, here is the link to the: BizTalk Server 2006 Installation and...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/29/2006
Advanced BizTalk 2006 Course by Breeze Training!
I was on IM with Mick Badran (the man behind Breeze Training) last week and he sent me a link to his...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/21/2006
Launch of BizTalk Server 2006 Tech Center
Awesome. I received an email annoucnment today from one of our BPI colleagues in Redmond about the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/02/2006
Host Integration Server (HIS) 2006 Beta Program Open
Back in Nov last year (Nov 05) I did a post about the BizTalk 2006 Line of Business Adapters TAP...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/30/2006
Microsoft Sydney is hiring for a National BizTalk and .NET Technical Specialist
OK, so this will definitely be the last time I send out hiring posts ;-) This one though is close to...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/24/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Virtual Labs - EXPRESS !
I was informed today by Mike Woods that there are now some online BizTalk Server 2006 Virtual labs...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/03/2006
Contents of the BizTalk 2006 MOM Management Pack
Jim Bowyer (one of my colleagues in Canada, and BPI guru), sent us all a direct link on msdn to the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/03/2006
Received calls for BizTalk, .NET Developers, PreSales jobs in Melbourne....
I have a question for you all! It might seem somewhat simple, but how do we bridge the gap between...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/28/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Launch Webcast Series
Oops, so I am a little late with this entry….. It was way down in my inbox and I overlooked...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/27/2006
BizTalk 2006 has RTM'd!
Happy to say that BizTalk 2006 has officially launched!!! Woohooo. It RTM’d Friday, and will...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/27/2006
Bryn Systems (Melbourne) has a BizTalk developer job on offer...
I was just on IM with Phill Kenny from Bryn Systems and he confirmed that they are definitely still...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/22/2006
Community Based BizTalk Server 2006 ODBC Adapter available
One of our internal colleagues, Todd Van Nurden, let us know that the Community based BizTalk 2006...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/21/2006
Redmond Lead VSTS Program Manager in Mel and Syd
I received an email from Charles Sterling informing me that Jeff Beehler – Redmond Lead...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/09/2006
BizTalk Server Case Study on XBOX 360 Supply Chain
This is a fantastic video case study of how the Microsoft XBOX division has extensively used BizTalk...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/07/2006
Congratulations to Decillion - BizTalk 2004, SWIFT Accelerator and BNP Paribas
Congratulations to the Decillion guys in Sydney! I had the pleasure of spending some time with...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/06/2006
Announcing TAP for new BizTalk 2006 Adapters for Host Systems
I received an email today informing me that our “Host Integration” Product Group is now...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/04/2006
BizTalk Partner Sales Training AND BizTalk Launch in Brisbane
Paul woods is a colleague of mine in Brisbane who has done fantastic work raising the profile of...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/12/2006
June 06 signals end of mainstream support for BizTalk 2000
Mainstream support ends for BizTalk 2000 in June this year, so if you are still running BizTalk 2000...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/08/2006
Feb 2006 - BizTalk 2006 WorkShop (Training) in Melb and Sydney
Our Microsoft Readiness team has informed me of some more upcoming BizTalk 2006 Training to be held...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/01/2006
Doing Secure FTP with BizTalk Server 2004
Early last year I received a call from one of our customers who was wondering if we could do Secure...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/26/2006
Australian SQL Specialist - Nick Ward - now blogging
Nick Ward is now in the blogging world! Nick’s our Melbourne based (but National) SQL...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/24/2006
BizTalk Server 2004 in HEALTHCARE Book!
One of my colleagues here at MS and great mates Steve Wright forwarded me a link to a book on amazon...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/22/2006
Jan 24, 2006 - Next Melbourne BizTalk User Group Meeting
Bill Chesnut informed me that the next Melbourne BizTalk User Group meeting will be on Tuesday Jan...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/22/2006
Tried to install BTS2006 SAP Adapter? Get it here :-)
Tried to install and use the SAP adapter with the BizTalk 2006 Beta 2? Lets take a look….. To...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/18/2006
Calling All BizTalkers in Newcastle NSW!
It’s the first time I can ever say that my job is taking me to Newcastle in NSW :-) I’ll...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/16/2006
Some of my MS buddies....
These guys have finally made the A-List and decided that BizTalk is by far the best enterprise...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/09/2006
I'm back again - No excuses this time ;-)
Ok, so it has been nearly a month since I last blogged and quite frankly there are no excuses. That...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 12/20/2005
Final Reminder to Register for the SQL/VS/BTS Launch in Aus!!
You don’t want to miss out! https://www.microsoft.com/australia/events/readylaunch/dev/ If you...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/20/2005
SQL / BizTalk / VS.NET Community Launch Parties in Australia
Dave Lemphers (our community launch leader) has asked me to spread the word and make sure you all...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/14/2005
Announcing the BizTalk 2006 Line of Business Adapters TAP program!
Lots, of news. Anyway, here is a post from our internal team that you can also find at;...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/14/2005
Free Online Service for Checking your PC's health!
Jamie Sharp is our security advisor here at MS and he just pointed me to Windows Live Safety Center...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/06/2005
BizTalk Job in Canberra - Oct Update
Back in August I wrote a post wondering if anyone wanted to apply for a role with Microsoft to be a...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/01/2005
Summary of Windows Workflow Foundation Collateral
Here is a great summary of Windows Workflow Foundation collateral from our internal communcations...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/16/2005
Some Best Practice Documents and info on Windows Workflow Foundation
A couple of resources for you all in case you have missed these on the web…. (and in case you...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/16/2005
Great cartoon on customer expectations!
Further to my last post about presenting at Swinburne University, Graeme – the lecturer...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/13/2005