BizTalk 2004

51 of 203 | Useful Whitepapers on BizTalk 2004 Performance Using HP Hardware - Wanted to share a couple BizTalk performance whitepapers by HP I had bookmarked a ways back and rediscovered this morning. If you`re building your BizTalk environment using HP servers, both of these guides provide some very detailed metrics as to expected performance, tuning, and recommended architecture. The first one is Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 running on HP blade servers performance guide. The second is Scalability and performance of a Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 infrastructure. If you can`t read them now, bookmark it and have them as a great reference point later. ...

52 of 203 | BizTalk, Another Custom XSLT mapping sample. - The below mapping example could most likely be accomplished using a series of BizTalk maps. In the maps,  Table Looping / Table Extractor / Looping functoids etc. could be used to perform the transformation. Sometimes it makes sense to craft your own custom XSLT to execute the complete transformation. The sample input / output messages for the transformation as below. Also included is the custom XSLT for the transformation. You can also download the source code (at end of this blog entry).  INPUT Message: --> For each "contenedor" node, in the output message must repeat the sequence of segments ORC + RQD (According to the standard HL7 v.2.3.1)--> For each "pru......

53 of 203 | BizTalk, Another Custom XSLT mapping sample. - The below mapping example could most likely be accomplished using a series of BizTalk maps. In the maps,  Table Looping / Table Extractor / Looping functoids etc. could be used to perform the transformation. Sometimes it makes sense to craft your own custom XSLT to execute the complete transformation. The sample input / output messages for the transformation as below. Also included is the custom XSLT for the transformation. You can also download the source code (at end of this blog entry).  INPUT Message: --> For each "contenedor" node, in the output message must repeat the sequence of segments ORC + RQD (According to the standard HL7 v.2.3.1)--> For each "prueba" node, in the output mess......

54 of 203 | Calling an Orchestration - With BizTalk 2004, we now have feature that was badly needed…the ability to call an Orchestration from another Orchestration.  So why would anyone want to do this  Very simply, it’s a way to create reusable code that multiple Orchestrations can call.  You may have some complex logic that may need to be called from several processes, so creating one common code base will help reduce maintenance in the long run.   There are two shapes provided which are Start Orchestration and Call Orchestration.  The Call Orchestration shape calls another Orchestration synchronously while the Start Orchestration is asynchronous or fire and forget.  In both situations, you can pass parameters to the calling O......

55 of 203 | Twin Cities BizTalk User Group... - I’ve been involved a bit in getting a local BizTalk user group started – and really looking forward to seeing it get off the ground!  The first time we’ll meet is Thursday, September 22nd from 6:00pm – 7:30pm, at the Microsoft offices in Bloomington. You can expect the focus to be both on present development and operational issues for BizTalk 2004, as well as early hands-on time with BizTalk 2006.  Food, beverages, fellow biztalkers…gotta love it. ...

56 of 203 | Twin Cities BizTalk User Group... - I’ve been involved a bit in getting a local BizTalk user group started – and really looking forward to seeing it get off the ground!  The first time we’ll meet is Thursday, September 22nd from 6:00pm – 7:30pm, at the Microsoft offices in Bloomington. You can expect the focus to be both on present development and operational issues for BizTalk 2004, as well as early hands-on time with BizTalk 2006.  Food, beverages, fellow biztalkers…gotta love it. ...

57 of 203 | Biztalk Load Generation Tool for Biztalk Testing - A few days ago Microsoft released a Load Generation tool to help simulate load for testing Biztalk 2004 solutions.  You can download this testing tool here.   It seems that the installation package defaults the installation path for the testing tool to something other then your C drive.  In one case, my installation went to my E:\ drive and in the other two cases it went to my D:\ drive.  Just make sure during the installation you note (or change if you want to) the installation location.   Also, it appears that if you do not have MSMQ installed you will get an error saying MSMQTransmitter.dll did not register.  I said Ignore and it seemed to install correctly.  I tried this on the computer......

58 of 203 | Biztalk Load Generation Tool for Biztalk Testing - A few days ago Microsoft released a Load Generation tool to help simulate load for testing Biztalk 2004 solutions.  You can download this testing tool here.   It seems that the installation package defaults the installation path for the testing tool to something other then your C drive.  In one case, my installation went to my E:\ drive and in the other two cases it went to my D:\ drive.  Just make sure during the installation you note (or change if you want to) the installation location.   Also, it appears that if you do not have MSMQ installed you will get an error saying MSMQTransmitter.dll did not register.  I said Ignore and it seemed to install correctly.  I tried this on the computer......

59 of 203 | Mapper Improvements in Biztalk Server 2006 - Biztalk Server 2006 introduces many exciting new features like Recoverable Message Processing and Suspended Message Routing.  With great new features like these, sometimes the map and schema editor improvements can get overlooked.    Anyone that has worked with Biztalk 2004 maps has probably seen this message pop up: “The map contains invalid links.  Please validate the contents of your map.  Saving the map file will delete all references to the invalid links.”  This is caused when the map references a schema that has changed and the changed fields are used inside the map.    Since I have never been on a project that has successfully locked down the schemas after they were created, this m......

60 of 203 | Mapper Improvements in Biztalk Server 2006 - Biztalk Server 2006 introduces many exciting new features like Recoverable Message Processing and Suspended Message Routing.  With great new features like these, sometimes the map and schema editor improvements can get overlooked.    Anyone that has worked with Biztalk 2004 maps has probably seen this message pop up: “The map contains invalid links.  Please validate the contents of your map.  Saving the map file will delete all references to the invalid links.”  This is caused when the map references a schema that has changed and the changed fields are used inside the map.    Since I have never been on a project that has successfully locked down the schemas after they were created, this m......

61 of 203 | Biztalk 2004 Pipeline Component Wizard Updated - Martijn has made some excellent updates to his pipeline component wizard for Biztalk 2004.  This visual studio wizard is a must have for anyone trying to write custom pipeline components.  This new version supports IDisassembler and message spitting.  It also has useful comments for each method explaining what each one does and how to use them. This wizard can be downloaded from his GotDotNet Workspace. ...

62 of 203 | Biztalk 2004 Pipeline Component Wizard Updated - Martijn has made some excellent updates to his pipeline component wizard for Biztalk 2004.  This visual studio wizard is a must have for anyone trying to write custom pipeline components.  This new version supports IDisassembler and message spitting.  It also has useful comments for each method explaining what each one does and how to use them. This wizard can be downloaded from his GotDotNet Workspace. ...

63 of 203 | Just passed the biztalk 2004 exam - I just passed the Biztalk 74-135 exam. It was tough but fair. I passed it based upon the recommendations of Alan Smith Many thanks must go to John Callaway for the excellent training I received on the Quicklearn Biztalk 2004 deep dive course in London. I would recommend that for anyone who wants to either pass this exam or get a deeper understanding of how Biztalk works that they should attend this course. I beleive that there are still courses underway and that Partners can receive a discount off the list price.Details can be obtained on Scott`s blog...

64 of 203 | Just passed the biztalk 2004 exam - I just passed the Biztalk 74-135 exam. It was tough but fair. I passed it based upon the recommendations of Alan Smith Many thanks must go to John Callaway for the excellent training I received on the Quicklearn Biztalk 2004 deep dive course in London. I would recommend that for anyone who wants to either pass this exam or get a deeper understanding of how Biztalk works that they should attend this course. I beleive that there are still courses underway and that Partners can receive a discount off the list price.Details can be obtained on Scott`s blog...

65 of 203 | Envelope Debatching and XPath Debatching Inside an Orchestration Biztalk Lab - Envelopes can be used with the Xml Disassembler in Biztalk 2004 to break up larger Xml messages into single messages.  Another approach to message debatching is to use xpath in a loop inside an Orchestration.  Both these approaches are covered in this Message Debatching Options Lab for Biztalk 2004.    This lab will take around 40 minutes to complete and is based on Microsoft’s hands-on-labs.   Download: Message Debatching Options Hands-on Lab   Setup is simple.  Unzip the download to your c:\ drive.  Make sure the root folder named “Microsoft Hands-On-Labs” is located at c:\.  The lab manual is located under \ILL009_Debatching.  The exercises are located in the \Source\Exercises folder.  ......

66 of 203 | John Alexander presenting BizTalk 2004 Binding Files and You - John Alexander from Kansas City, Missouri presenting BizTalk 2004 Binding Files and You. The streaming version is here, and the downloadable version is here, or available via podcasting our RSS Feed....

67 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 Install Problems with Windows 2003 SP1 Pre-Installed - Have you seen this error when installing BizTalk 2004 Failed to deploy BizTalk system assembly "C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004\Microsoft.BizTalk.GlobalPropertySchemas.dll". Unspecified exception: An error occurred while enlisting in a distributed transaction. I ran into this a few weeks ago when trying to install BizTalk 2004 on a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 preloaded and using a remote SQL Server.   It appears that like Windows XP SP2, Windows SP1 changes some DTC settings.  This does not affect BizTalk when SQL is running locally of course.   After working with Microsoft Support for about 2 days.  It turned out that the fix is rather quit easy.  In our case, we had some o......

68 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 Install Problems with Windows 2003 SP1 Pre-Installed - Have you seen this error when installing BizTalk 2004 Failed to deploy BizTalk system assembly "C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004\Microsoft.BizTalk.GlobalPropertySchemas.dll". Unspecified exception: An error occurred while enlisting in a distributed transaction. I ran into this a few weeks ago when trying to install BizTalk 2004 on a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 preloaded and using a remote SQL Server.   It appears that like Windows XP SP2, Windows SP1 changes some DTC settings.  This does not affect BizTalk when SQL is running locally of course.   After working with Microsoft Support for about 2 days.  It turned out that the fix is rather quit easy.  In our case, we had some o......

69 of 203 | Getting the most from the BizTalk Management Pack... - A whole raft of whitepapers for BizTalk have been released over the last several weeks - see here and here. I completed a whitepaper a short while back (though just released) on getting the most out of the BizTalk 2004 Management Pack and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.  The paper serves as a good reference for the management pack, but I hope it also serves another useful purpose.  Specifically, the "operational hand-off" phase of the software development life cycle often gets short shrift - and it can cost organizations a lot of money, downtime, and late nights.  So, much of the paper discusses the importance of having a development team accuratel......

70 of 203 | Getting the most from the BizTalk Management Pack... - A whole raft of whitepapers for BizTalk have been released over the last several weeks - see here and here. I completed a whitepaper a short while back (though just released) on getting the most out of the BizTalk 2004 Management Pack and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.  The paper serves as a good reference for the management pack, but I hope it also serves another useful purpose.  Specifically, the "operational hand-off" phase of the software development life cycle often gets short shrift - and it can cost organizations a lot of money, downtime, and late nights.  So, much of the paper discusses the importance of having a develo......

71 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 "Commando" Training course - BizTalk Assembly Replication and Viewer - BizTalk Server 2004 has a very cool architecture that allows it to balance the processing of a workload across many BizTalk Servers when they are configured to function as a group. When we use this "Group", or "Farm" configuration, all the BizTalk Servers share the same configuration and message box database. As workload increases or, for high availablity, we can push "BizTalk" applications (in the form of .Net assemblies) out to additional servers in the farm. In most cases, "pushing out" really just means "GAC`ing" the custom BizTalk application assemblies on the target BizTalk Servers within the farm. What does this architecture give us  If the Orchestrations fail on one server, they can......

72 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 "Commando" Training course - Installing Windows Sharepoint Servcies Batch File - Installing BizTalk Server 2004 sometimes entails installing Windows Sharepoint Services, specifically if you want to use Business Activity Services (Trading Party Mgmt, BAM portal, etc..).   However, I see more and more folks configuring it improperly, hence the BizTalk Server installation fails when trying to install our BAS site or updating the infopath templates. The product group is pretty good about updating the Installation Guide for BizTalk Server 2004.   In fact, you can find the latest published guide (February 05) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/biztalk2004/deploy/install_guide.mspx.  In the guide it reads: To configure Windows SharePoint Services If it ......

73 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 "Commando" Training course - BETTER Dynamic Mapping - I just posted a pretty cool sample of how you could call a map dynmically in C#.   Very nice.  However, it has a drawback (besides being officially unsupported).   Specifically, the way I used TransformBase in the sample will result in regenerating a dynamic assembly for the xslt every time the code is executed. We`d run out of memory very quickly. Here`s the solution.  One of our engineers, Yossi Levanoni, created the Metadata classes that basically cache everything there is to cache for any of the XLANG artifacts, including maps.   By replacing these lines of code:     Assembly mapAssembly = Assembly.LoadWithPartialName("EAISchemas");    Type mapTypeClass = mapAssembly.GetType("EAISchem......

74 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 "Commando" Training course - Dynamic Mapping - Every wonder how you could possibly reuse the XSLT that we store in BizTalk maps   Every wonder how you could pick and chose which map to execute in your code from the compiled BizTalk Assembly.   Well there is a way!  The type containing the map xslt is devired from TransformBase contained in Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.  We can use that object to extract the xslTransform and the xslArgumentList objects from the BizTalk Map Type residing in the assembly and pass them to TransformMessage.   Pretty cool.   This allows you to resuse BizTalk maps and call them dynamically as you see fit.  For example, imagine the case of dynamic send ports where you also need to determine the map execution mode......

75 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 "Commando" Training course - App Domains - Remember, during the course we went over App Domain configuration for BizTalk.  The key to creating App Domains with BizTalk, and hence being able to use configuration files with your project is to edit the BTSNTSvc.exe.config file located in the BizTalk program directory.  The next key is to make sure you put the right sections in the right spot within the config file, else the BizTalk service will never start again (I ran into this myself once). Why would you use them  Well, here`s a couple of reasons: 1) It gives you the ability to configure them separately. This is useful for orchestrations that use 3rd party component that read their configuration for the config file and you have diffe......

76 of 203 | Compiled BizTalk 2004 Help File (.chm) - I find this very handy for my laptop that does NOT have BizTalk Server 2004 installed on it.  Its a compiled version of the online docs....a convenient chm file.  Its updated to SP1.  Enjoy....

77 of 203 | Compiled BizTalk 2004 Help File (.chm), indexed with MSN Desktop Search - Marty Wasznicky has posted a compiled BizTalk 2004 Help File (.chm) check it out in his blog (11 Mb) The most interesting stuff is that it can be indexed using MSN Desktop Search (as any other .chm file).... that means querying BizTalk Documentation from the Windows Taskbar. Cool, since I`ve tried to index the Visual Studio Combined Help files without success :-(...

78 of 203 | Compiled BizTalk 2004 Help File (.chm), indexed with MSN Desktop Search - Marty Wasznicky has posted a compiled BizTalk 2004 Help File (.chm) check it out in his blog (11 Mb) The most interesting stuff is that it can be indexed using MSN Desktop Search (as any other .chm file).... that means querying BizTalk Documentation from the Windows Taskbar. Cool, since I`ve tried to index the Visual Studio Combined Help files without success :-(...

79 of 203 | How to split an XML message in BizTalk 2004 using Document & Envelope Schemas - This tutorial will show how to disassamble Batch of Multiple records to individual records....

80 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 Certification Exam - The BizTalk Server 2004 exam from MS Learning is now available.  This exam was beta-tested back in January of 2005 and has been tweaked into this format.  For my customers in the Pacific Northwest, let me know when you pass this test - special prizes for you!  The content of this exam covers all aspects of BizTalk Server fromthe installation of BizTalk Server to designing, implementing and deploying a BizTalk Server solution.  Some of the questions will be knowledge based and will come from BizTalk Server training content, while the majority of the questions on the exam are task-based questions, which specifically test your hands on experience with BizTalk Server. Preparation Guide for Exam......

81 of 203 | BizTalk 2004 Certification Exam - The BizTalk Server 2004 exam from MS Learning is now available.  This exam was beta-tested back in January of 2005 and has been tweaked into this format.  For my customers in the Pacific Northwest, let me know when you pass this test - special prizes for you!  The content of this exam covers all aspects of BizTalk Server fromthe installation of BizTalk Server to designing, implementing and deploying a BizTalk Server solution.  Some of the questions will be knowledge based and will come from BizTalk Server training content, while the majority of the questions on the exam are task-based questions, which specifically test your hands on experience with BizTalk Server. Preparation Guide for Exam......

82 of 203 | A Few More Features for the Deployment Framework - Well, its time for another revision of the BizTalk/NAnt deployment tools…  For folks recently joining us, these tools allow you to quickly create both developer workstation deployments (inside Visual Studio) and MSI-based deployments (for servers) for BizTalk 2004 solutions.  Just about all aspects of BizTalk deployments are handled, including items such as virtual directories, SOAP proxies, and WinXP/2k/2003 differences. I get quite a few emails from people who are using these tools (which is great!)  A couple folks have suggested that I start referring to the whole thing as a "deployment framework".  ......

83 of 203 | A Few More Features for the Deployment Framework - (Update: See the latest on the Deployment Framework here.) Well, its time for another revision of the BizTalk/NAnt deployment tools...  For folks recently joining us, these tools allow you to quickly create both developer workstation deployments (inside Visual Studio) and MSI-based deployments (for servers) for BizTalk 2004 solutions.  Just about all aspects of BizTalk deployments are handled, including items such as virtual directories, SOAP proxies, and WinXP/2k/2003 differences. I get quite a few emails from people who are using these tools (which is great!)  A couple folks have suggested that I start referring to the whole thing as a" p framework?......

84 of 203 | Automating Creation of VS.NET External Tools - In the latest release of the Deployment Framework for BizTalk “extra tools”, you will find a script that will automate the creation of “external tools” in Visual Studio that are useful for working with BizTalk 2004 and the Deployment Framework.  Modify the script to include all the tools that your team relies on, too. The idea that this should be automated came from Ben Cops (though I’ve heard the complaint before!)  Manually creating all the useful external tools was somewhat painful for a large team of BizTalk developers. After you run the script, your Tools menu in Visual Studio should include en......

85 of 203 | Automating Creation of VS.NET External Tools - (Update: See the latest on the Deployment Framework here.) In the latest release of the Deployment Framework for BizTalk “extra tools”, you will find a script that will automate the creation of “external tools” in Visual Studio that are useful for working with BizTalk 2004 and the Deployment Framework.  Modify the script to include all the tools that your team relies on, too. The idea that this should be automated came from Ben Cops (though I’ve heard the complaint before!)  Manually creating all the useful external tools was somewhat painful for a large team of BizTalk developers. After you run the script, your Tools menu in......

86 of 203 | Project Post Mortem - Since July last year I have been working on the design, development and testing of a project designed to provide wireless data access to field workers for a resources client. My role was primarily focussed on the design, development and performance/resilience testing of the EAI solution in Microsoft BizTalk 2004 and our own custom made Resequencer software. This part of the project was initially planned as being a migration from BizTalk 2002 to BizTalk 2004, however as almost anyone tasked with this type of work has learned, there is no point in migrating from one to the other without redesigning your messaging system to take advantage of all the new bits that BizTalk 2004 gives you.W......

87 of 203 | I`ve Moved to Microsoft! - Hi all, I started a new job at Microsoft New Zealand, three weeks ago. I have setup up a new blog so please update your feed readers http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/default.aspx. Any BizTalk related posts I will be posting to a new category I`ve set up called BizTalk 2004 & Beyond. Thanks, for all your support. Nigel...

88 of 203 | Another good initiative: BizTalk 2004 Performance Blog - After the BAM Online Lounge and some other good BizTalk blogs Wayne Clark started up a real nice performance blog. I definitly ask Wayne some questions :)). At one of our customers we had “big” performance issues. Some of them were fixed by SP1 but I wanne learn more about the inside of BTS2004 :)). Via Scotts blog....

89 of 203 | Another good initiative: BizTalk 2004 Performance Blog - After the BAM Online Lounge and some other good BizTalk blogs Wayne Clark started up a real nice performance blog. I definitly ask Wayne some questions :)). At one of our customers we had “big” performance issues. Some of them were fixed by SP1 but I wanne learn more about the inside of BTS2004 :)). Via Scotts blog....

90 of 203 | Running IBF with the .NET Framework 2.0 installed - ".NET ends DLL Hell" that was the message back in the days when the .NET Framework was still in beta. With .NET, each assembly is easily versioned, global assembly registrations are versions specific and app developers are strongly encouraged to keep their assemblies local. And that can work to solve DLL Hell problems. However, .NET doesn`t completely solve the problem quite yet. Thereis still the case of unmanaged excutables loading the .NET Framework where DLL Hell is as bad as ever. I`ve blogged a few times about my problems with BizTalk 2004, NUnit`s problem`s with different framework versions are pretty well known as well and generally speaking having more than one version of the .NET......

91 of 203 | Running IBF with the .NET Framework 2.0 installed - ".NET ends DLL Hell" … that was the message back in the days when the .NET Framework was still in beta.   With .NET, each assembly is easily versioned, global assembly registrations are versions specific and app developers are strongly encouraged to keep their assemblies local. And that can work to solve DLL Hell problems.   However, .NET doesn't completely solve the problem quite yet. There is still the case of unmanaged excutables loading the .NET Framework where DLL Hell is as bad as ever. I've blogged a few times about my problems with BizTalk 2004, NUnit's problem's with different framework versions are pretty well known as well and generally speaking having more than one version of ......

92 of 203 | Log4net presentation - A short while ago, I did a presentation for the Twin Cities .NET user group on log4net.  (You might recall an earlier blog entry where I discussed using log4net with BizTalk 2004...)  The presentation was not specific to BizTalk 2004 - instead, it attempts to describe why I think the log4net library is so very well thought out.  You can grab it here, if you like. The last slide references Loren Halvorsen`s comparison of log4net and the new Microsoft Enterprise Library Logging Block, which I would recommend taking a look at (the comparison, that is.)  Tom Hollander (among many others!) later weighed in with this piece. Lastly, 1.2.9 beta of log4......

93 of 203 | Log4net presentation - A short while ago, I did a presentation for the Twin Cities .NET user group on log4net.  (You might recall an earlier blog entry where I discussed using log4net with BizTalk 2004...)  The presentation was not specific to BizTalk 2004 - instead, it attempts to describe why I think the log4net library is so very well thought out.  You can grab it here, if you like. The last slide references Loren Halvorsen's comparison of log4net and the new Microsoft Enterprise Library Logging Block, which I would recommend taking a look at (the comparison, that is.)  Tom Hollander (among many others!) later weighed in with this piece. Lastly, 1.2......

94 of 203 | Debatching Into Smaller Batches Inside An Orchestration in BizTalk 2004 - It is a common request.  How can I debatch a message into smaller batches rather than single messages inside BizTalk 2004    I have tried many times to get this accomplished natively inside the pipeline.  One would think it would be as easy as setting the group property to 10 if you wanted a batch size of 10, but that does not seem to work.  The only way I have been able to break up a message into smaller batches has been inside custom code.   I wrote a .net component that can be called using an atomic scope shape from inside an Orchestration.  This component will return smaller batches of any size you specify inside the Orchestration and wrap the smaller batches inside a specified root no......

95 of 203 | Integrating SSO/Configuration with Deployments - Just when you thought automated deployments for BizTalk 2004 were safe, another update to the “Deploy with NAnt” template comes along… :)  This is a very worthwhile "upgrade" to consider taking advantage of.  One of the big items is support for "configuration info within SSO", but a complete list of features/fixes, etc. is below.  SSO Integration: If you are currently using the SettingsFileGenerator.xls spreadsheet (discussed in previous entries) in conjunction with the XmlPreProcess tool to handle "environment-relative" configuration - that is, to handle variations between your dev/QA/production enviro......

96 of 203 | Integrating SSO/Configuration with Deployments - (Update: See the latest on the Deployment Framework here.) Just when you thought automated deployments for BizTalk 2004 were safe, another update to the “Deploy with NAnt” template comes along… :)  This is a very worthwhile "upgrade" to consider taking advantage of.  One of the big items is support for "configuration info within SSO", but a complete list of features/fixes, etc. is below.  SSO Integration: If you are currently using the SettingsFileGenerator.xls spreadsheet (discussed in previous entries) in conjunction with the XmlPreProcess tool to handle "environment-relative" configuration - that is, to handle variations between ......

97 of 203 | From the mail: BizTalk and SharePoint Server on the same machine - From the mail: I am having problems with biztalk server 2004 sample ExposeWebService in the orchestration folder.Please tell what to do as there is great conflict when i run that on the machine which has biztalk 2004 and sharepoint portal server 2003.I am getting errors in calling webservices. It`s hard to tell without specific details and knowing what the exact errors are, but overall, BizTalk installation guide has very specific instructions how to install BizTalk and SharePoint Server on the same machine. These instructions are there for a reason, if you don`t follow then, it will be very difficult to get BizTalk published webservices working....

98 of 203 | Various corrections etc. - 1) The free stuff below is unfortunately restricted to US only.  Having said that there is still free-stuff up for offer if you are located in the USA. 2) The deep-dive training below was at $0.  We sponsored a number of deep-dive sessions and those rapidly "sold-out" :).  As you would imagine QuickLearn needs to cover their costs so they are currently charging for additional (non-sponsored classes). 3). Matt Meleski from objectsharp is doing a BizTalk Server webcast on March 28th.  It should be interesting as you can read below: This intermediate level presentation will discuss how to create various Enterprise Integration Patterns in BizTalk 2004. Discussions and demonstrations will includ......

99 of 203 | While I`m on learning e-learning courses for BizTalk Server 2004 now available - Various members of my team (including yours truly) do little cameo voice overs in these... BizTalk 2004 Developer and Admin Courses Live on MS Learning The Developer and Administrator blended training contents are now publicly available as an E-learning course on Microsoft.com. Each module in the courseware contains lessons, instructor / student notes, virtual labs and lab instructions, and mini-test at the end for self-assessment. Course 2158: Managing E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Summary: This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to efficiently and effectively deploy and manage the BizTalk infrastructure that integrates systems, employe......

100 of 203 | WMI Suspended Instance Application for BizTalk 2004 - The help guide gives many excellent examples of using WMI to perform a large variety of useful tasks in BizTalk 2004.    One of the little known features is the ability to have suspended messages saved to a file at the time of suspense.  I would assume this is govern by the same rules of viewing tracked messages in HAT, that is the stream must be seekable for the message to be tracked and in this case saved (see Christof’s Blog Post).   What makes this feature so nice, is it saves both the message and the context to a file.  This can be great at tracking down routing failures, convoy problems, and general correlation issues.    I have put together a simple tool that can be run anytime you......