Stephen's Host Integration Server Blog

The intent is to share some details about Host Integration Server (HIS) that are not well documented, not well known, as well as various tidbits that come up when supporting HIS.

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the seventh and final Cumulative Update...

Date: 09/19/2014

For any of you running HIS 2009 in your environments, you should be aware that HIS 2009 has entered...

Date: 07/09/2014

The following table contains various information about several versions of the DB2 Providers...

Date: 06/27/2014

Host Integration Server uses two security groups to implement its security model.  The goal of...

Date: 06/23/2014

Based on feedback from both internal and external sources regarding questions about what the latest...

Date: 05/07/2014

I ran across an error while doing some testing with Session Integrator in a distributed deployment...

Date: 04/04/2014

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the first Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 04/01/2014

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the ninth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 01/17/2014

The HIS 2013 Software Development Kit (SDK) was not included with HIS 2013 as it has been with all...

Date: 12/26/2013

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the sixth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 12/03/2013

We have come across a couple of reports of the TN3270 Server logging the following event message...

Date: 10/09/2013

Questions about how the TN3270 Idle Time setting works have come up over the years, so I decided...

Date: 10/08/2013

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the eighth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 09/06/2013

We are pleased to announce that Host Integration Server 2013 is released to manufacturing! Microsoft...

Date: 08/26/2013

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the fifth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 06/07/2013

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the seventh Cumulative Update (CU) for...

Date: 06/01/2013

I recently wrote a couple of Knowledge Base articles that are intended to explain why an HIS Server...

Date: 05/23/2013

If you have created DB2 Stored Procedures on an IBM iSeries (AS/400) that have a SPECIFIC name that...

Date: 05/08/2013

We recently worked on a support case where a customer was using the Data Access Tool (DAT), which is...

Date: 01/08/2013

We have released an updated version of the standalone OLE DB Provider for DB2 V4.0 in the SQL Server...

Date: 12/31/2012

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the fourth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 12/19/2012

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the sixth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 11/30/2012

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the fifth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 08/28/2012

If the user account that the HIS services are configured to run under does not have permissions to...

Date: 06/22/2012

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the third Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 06/05/2012

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the fourth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 06/01/2012

For those of you still using HIS 2006 in your environments, please be aware that HIS 2006 entered...

Date: 04/13/2012

I wanted to let everyone know that we have a Host Integration Server Developer Center page that...

Date: 03/02/2012

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the third Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 02/29/2012

  One of the HIS Product Team Test Engineers has put together a .NET Managed C++ Extensions...

Date: 01/10/2012

HIS 2000 has been in the Extended Support phase of its lifecycle since January 9, 2007. Per the...

Date: 01/04/2012

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the second Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 12/22/2011

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the second Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 12/12/2011

A HIS 2010 Licensing document has just been posted at...

Date: 09/22/2011

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the first Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 09/14/2011

The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the first Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...

Date: 08/22/2011

Updated online documentation for the standalone OLE DB Provider for DB2 V3 included with the SQL...

Date: 07/25/2011

If you are using HIS 2010 and want to communicate with IBM DB2 for z/OS V7, you might encounter the...

Date: 04/25/2011

If you use the BizTalk Adapter for DB2 to connect to a DB2 system, you may see errors similar to the...

Date: 03/18/2011

If you are using the BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications (BAHA) included with BizTalk Adapters for...

Date: 12/31/2010

Host Integration Server 2010 will be available for customers as part of the BizTalk Server 2010...

Date: 09/27/2010

I just wanted to make sure that Host Integration Server users/enthusiasts are aware of the public...

Date: 07/06/2010

We recently ran into a case where a customer was trying to upgrade from HIS 2004 to HIS 2009. The...

Date: 06/25/2010

The latest version of the standalone OLE DB Provider for DB2 is now available as part of the...

Date: 06/11/2010

The following error may be displayed when pressing F1 in the HIS 2009 Configuration Tool: This...

Date: 06/01/2010

You may find some cases where the HIS 2009 Documentation fails to get installed even though you...

Date: 05/27/2010

In case you weren’t aware, HIS 2004 has moved from Mainstream Support to Extended Support as of...

Date: 03/11/2010

For those of you running Host Integration Server 2006, you might be interested in knowing that HIS...

Date: 02/16/2010

If you install HIS 2009 or BizTalk Adapters for Host Systems 2.0 in order to use Transaction...

Date: 02/09/2010

This particular problem was reported to me by a customer, but I also found out that the same issue...

Date: 12/22/2009

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