BizTalk 2006

151 of 220 | Debugger Visualizer for BizTalk 2006: MessageContext - Visual Studio 2005 added support for Debugger Visualizers. With debugger visualizers, developers can define what information (and in what form) is shown in the debugger for a specific type. There are many visualizers for various .NET types floating around. Here is a small list of the most popular ones: ASP.NET Cache, Regular Expression, XmlDocument (and other Xml related types), a powerful looking DataSet visualizer and there is even a WindowsIdentity visualizer. I am not going to explain in details how to write your own visualizer. You can find step by step instructions on MSDN. Most existing debugger visualizers I mentionned in the previous paragraph also have home pages where ......

152 of 220 | Business Activity Monitoring: GenerateTypedBAMAPI Tool - Hi,   For those of you who work with me or have already used this, the “productization” of the GenerateBAMDefinition code has been a long time in the coming!     It’s been one of those “back-burner” activities where my proof-of-concept code has held together long enough but as more customers start using it and BizTalk Server 2006 changes required tweaking I’ve finally got round to sorting it out – oh and I needed it for my substantial BAM chapter in my upcoming BizTalk book - blatant plug!   Bring on the GenerateTypedBAMAPI tool! (or for those of you on a certain PoC, bring on the dancing girls :-)   Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) is one of my favou......

153 of 220 | How to set up an Untyped Web Service in BizTalk 2006 - Creating an Untyped Web Service will allow you to easily submit Xml Documents into BizTalk through the web service.  Make sure you check out my previous post on this topic.   Create the Web Service 1. Run the Web Service Publishing Wizard 2. Select “Publish Schema as A Web Service” 3. Delete “WebService1” 4. Right-Click on BizTalkWebServce, select Add Web Service 5. Right-Click on WebService1, select Add web method, One-Way 6. Right-Click on Request, select Schema Type  7. Select any dll with a schema, select any schema 8. Select next and fill out any other required information 9. Make sure you select Create Receive Port otherwise ......

154 of 220 | Submitting Xml Documents to BizTalk 2006 via SOAP - You probably know about untyped messages inside an Orchestration (that is, messages treated as Xml Documents rather than typed schema).  Wouldn’t it be nice to have an untyped web service to submit messages into BizTalk?   How would this make life easier? You could have one web service to receive all your different message types.  Then, use direct binding and content based routing to get your messages to the correct destination.    This will not work for all scenarios.  But, it can greatly increase your flexibility when submitting messages into BizTalk through a web service by allowing all external systems to call the same web service.   Down......

155 of 220 | Mondays Suck. Come to DEVCOMM5. - Mondays suck.  Why spend your Mondays in that boring team meeting, catching up on email, or surfing the web? Instead, you can spend your Mondays at DEVCOMM5, getting ready for the technologies you need to be successful. Are you ready? Announcing 5 days of FREE readiness training on Microsoft technologies to help you prepare: DEVCOMM5. TO REGISTER, VISIT THE Service Providers Developer Training site Microsoft is partnering with Dunn Training and Consulting to bring you DEVCOMM5: 5 intense days of readiness training from industry experts, on the technology that you need. The choice is up to you. Attend a few classes and get the training that you need......

156 of 220 | BizTalk 2006 Beta Documentation Now Availalble - Hi, The BizTalk team have just posted the latest drop of the BizTalk 2006 documentation here.  For those of you that are BizTalk Server 2004 developers you'll be pleased to know that you can now download and use the documentation on a box that doesn't have BizTalk installed (at last!) The even better news is that this documentation is a huge step forward from BizTalk Server 2004 which I think everyone agrees wasn't up to scratch, and ironically this time we get the full documentation before it ships :) Enjoy!  ...

157 of 220 | BizTalk Server 2006 Updated Documentation Available - If you didn't notice, Luke Nyswonger, lead programmer writer for BizTalk, just updated the downloaded CHM BizTalk 2006 documentation build. It's absolutely outstanding. Honestly, this is the best product documentation I've ever seen for a Microsoft product. It has so much depth on planning exercises, architecture, performance, engine guts, security and much more. If I go into any of my SoCal BizTalk accounts, and this file isn't sitting on the developers' workstations, I might turn around and go back home! ...

158 of 220 | Biztalk Server 2006 Released - Officially Biztalk Server 2006 has been released yesterday and Kudos to the Biztalk team at Microsoft !!! I have been using the Biztalk 2006 CTP version for some time now and I'm happy with the quality. Biztalk Server is getting better as the versions go by. Looks like the new version is available for Download, I haven't installed it yet and probably will be doing it soon. Check out the post on the release information from Scott Woodgates' Blog. Also check out this funny cartoon from TheServerSide.NET on Biztalk 2006 release. :)...

159 of 220 | Correos con archivos locales como adjuntos en BizTalk 2006 - Ahora, en BizTalk 2006 podemos mandar archivos locales como anexos en correos electronicos sin necesidad de convertirlos en Multipart-MessageParts.Esta caracteristica puede ser utilizada en "puertos estaticos" (static ports) o en un "puertos dinamicos" (dynamic ports). En un puerto estatico, desde la misma consola administrativa se pueden seleccionar el(los) archivo(s) que se van a enviar.  En un puerto dinamico se puede establecer por medio de la propiedad SMTP.Attachments del namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/smtp-properties, este metodo tiene una restriccion que consiste en separar las ruta(s) de archivo(s) por el caracter pipe (|) e incluso un caracter más al fin......

160 of 220 | Send e-mail with local files as attachments with BizTalk 2006 - Now, we can send e-mails with local file(s) as attachment(s) in BizTalk 2006 without add these files as Multipart-MessageParts of the message that we'll send.  This new feature can be used for both static and dynamic ports. If you use static ports, you can use the new Admin Console to select the file(s) that you can send without problems.  But, if you need that these files change depending of message type, then you must use a dynamic port and set the path of file(s) to new SMTP.Attachments context property of http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/smtp-properties namespace.  There is only one restriction, you have to use a pipe character (|) to separate all path file(s) a......

161 of 220 | BizTalk 2006 Deep Dive Class - Last week I was in Redmond for QuickLearn's BizTalk Server 2006 Deep Dive.  It was great to get a dedicated week of time to look at BizTalk 2006.  While the core of the product remains the same, it's great to see the new features.  I think everyone will be pleased with the new product!  It's coming soon...and hopefully I'll be able to find some time to get out a few blog entries!  One quick note, if you haven't looked at the SDK that comes with any of the Beta's for BizTalk 2006, please do so.  Along with the existing SDK, Microsoft has also provided several scenarios that are full applications...not just simple examples!  This is a great resource for......

162 of 220 | BizTalk Server 2006 Final Release (RTM) - In case you didn't see a couple mentions floated out there, BizTalk 2006 will indeed RTM on March 23rd. There is so much momentum around this release, especially here in SoCal where we have a number of major customers in the early adopter program. The price kicks up on May 1st, so if you're dragging your feet, pick up the pace! ...

163 of 220 | Deployment Framework Update... - There are some updates to the Deployment Framework and log4net story that I've been meaning to release for quite some time. After this, I'll focus my deployment efforts on BizTalk 2006 (didn't I say that last release?) Below are a list of revisions. On this blog's home page under "Downloads", you will find an updated full download (with sample), as well as updated "Core" and "Tools" downloads.  "Core" contains only the deployment framework itself and can be used for upgrades of existing projects.  "Tools" contains source for all utilities used by the framework.  Be sure to put a fresh copy of BizTal......

164 of 220 | Deployment Framework Update... - There are some updates to the Deployment Framework and log4net story that I've been meaning to release for quite some time. After this, I'll focus my deployment efforts on BizTalk 2006 (didn't I say that last release?) Below are a list of revisions. On this blog's home page under "Downloads", you will find an updated full download (with sample), as well as updated "Core" and "Tools" downloads.  "Core" contains only the deployment framework itself and can be used for upgrades of existing projects.  "Tools" contains source for all utilities used by the framework.  Be sure to put a fresh copy of BizTalk.NAnt.Tasks.dll in your na......

165 of 220 | PDBs in the GAC... - In the last release of the BizTalk Deployment Framework, an additional feature was added that I thought deserved its own post for explanation... If you are responsible for troubleshooting BizTalk applications in production, you are likely hungry for all the information you can get about why something is failing.  Since all BizTalk project assemblies are in the GAC, the stack traces you get (either from your own logging, or the event logs BizTalk generates for unhandled exceptions) do not contain file and line number information.  This makes post-mortem analysis a lot harder... A new custom NAnt task (getgacpath) and corresponding support with......

166 of 220 | PDBs in the GAC... - In the last release of the BizTalk Deployment Framework, an additional feature was added that I thought deserved its own post for explanation... If you are responsible for troubleshooting BizTalk applications in production, you are likely hungry for all the information you can get about why something is failing.  Since all BizTalk project assemblies are in the GAC, the stack traces you get (either from your own logging, or the event logs BizTalk generates for unhandled exceptions) do not contain file and line number information.  This makes post-mortem analysis a lot harder... A new custom NAnt task (getgacpath) and......

167 of 220 | New contributor on board - Hi all, My name is Lex Hegt and from now on I will try to do regular postings on this blog as well. Just like Isaac and Randal I work for The Vision Web.At this moment I am not working on a BizTalk-project, but with a little luck I will be within a few weeks!Until that time I mostly work with BizTalk (2006) at home to get experienced. On this blog I want to document/share problems and solutions I run into.Please feel free to react on my postings! Lex...

168 of 220 | One or more instances of the orchestration still exist - Lately I tried to redeploy a BizTalk 2006 solution from Visual Studio 2005. Unfortunately I was confronted with the following error message “Could not change the bindings for orchestration '.', Version=1.0.0.0,Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c380e04620d206e8' as one or more instances of the orchestration still exist”.When I tried to Unenlist and delete the Orchestration from the BizTalk Administration tool, I received the same error.I found out that I had a few suspended instances. These instances need to be terminated before you can undeploy/redeploy the orchestration.Terminating instances can be done in several manners:- the polite manner: by terminating the instances using the BizTalk Ad......

169 of 220 | One or more instances of the orchestration still exist - Lately I tried to redeploy a BizTalk 2006 solution from Visual Studio 2005. Unfortunately I was confronted with the following error message “Could not change the bindings for orchestration '.', Version=1.0.0.0,Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c380e04620d206e8' as one or more instances of the orchestration still exist”.When I tried to Unenlist and delete the Orchestration from the BizTalk Administration tool, I received the same error.I found out that I had a few suspended instances. These instances need to be terminated before you can undeploy/redeploy the orchestration.Terminating instances can be done in several manners:- the polite manner: by terminating the instances using the BizTalk Ad......

170 of 220 | Debatching a flat file in BizTalk 2006 - Sometimes you receive a batch file containing multiple records and you have to split each record into a separate message and process them individually. This kind of splitting of a batch file is also known as debatching. Depending on your requirement, you can either debatch an incoming message inside the pipeline or inside the orchestration. The technique used to debatch a message inside the pipeline depends on whether the input is an XML file or a flat file. For an XML file, you will need to use an XML disassembler, an envelop schema and a document schema, which I will discuss some other time on separate blog post / article. Here I will show you how you can debatch a flat file. Let us......

171 of 220 | A better way to get Beta1 of BizTalk 2006 - Go to http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/bts2006beta.mspx ...

172 of 220 | Biztalk Host Manager 2004 - Since Isaac is publishing post after post It thought it is time for me to also post something. I developed a useful tool, called the Biztalk Host Manager (BTSHostManager), which we use in our development team to be able to quickly stop, start and especially restart BTS host instances. Because all our developers found it a helpful tool we thought we would make it available for download. Some features:- It monitors background service state change of host instances (not by default, use options to enable) .- It works for Biztalk 2004 and 2006. - A seperate Biztalk 2006 version (compiled against 2.0 framework) will be available soon.- This is not the final release version. We ar......

173 of 220 | Biztalk Host Manager 2004 - Since Isaac is publishing post after post I thought it is time for me to also post something. I developed a useful tool, called the Biztalk Host Manager (BTSHostManager), which we use in our development team to be able to quickly stop, start and especially restart BTS host instances. Because all our developers found it a helpful tool we thought we would make it available for download. Some features:- It monitors background service state change of host instances (not by default, use options to enable) .- It works for Biztalk 2004 and 2006. - A seperate Biztalk 2006 version (compiled against 2.0 framework) will be available soon.- This is not the final release version. We ......

174 of 220 | Northwest Connected Systems User Group - January 2006 - The next meeting for the NW Connected Systems user group will be on Tuesday January 10th, 2005.  It will be held at the same meeting location, Microsoft Redmond Campus - Building 35, RM: Kalalach.    Guest speakers for the event will be from the Microsoft Connected Systems Division presenting on Managing and Monitoring Enterprise Deployments with BizTalk 2006.  This session will ground attendees on the new BizTalk 2006 deployment model as well as tools for managing deployment of BizTalk solutions.   Additionally if you are interested in participating in Microsoft usability studies, make sure to attend this meeting. We will have Microsoft representatives at this meeting to discuss how to g......

175 of 220 | How To Package and Deploy BizTalk 2006 Applications - Packaging and deploying your BizTalk applications has been made significantly easier in BizTalk Server 2006, and I wanted to show the steps necessary in this post. My first step, of course, was to build a working BizTalk solution. It`s a simple scenario where I pick up an "order" file, process it through an orchestration which uses a Business Rule, and then plop it back out on the file system. I then built and deployed the solution to my local BizTalk Server from within Visual Studio.NET 2005. I then created the necessary receive location and send ports using the BizTalk Explorer in Visual Studio.NET. Finally, I bound my orchestration to the recently created send and receive ports. The n......

176 of 220 | BizTalk Server 2006 Beta Accelerators Available - Looks like we`ve released all of the Beta BizTalk Accelerators for review on BetaPlace. So if you`re looking at doing HIPPA, HL7 or RosettaNet transactions with BizTalk 2006, you can now begin to review those great bits. ...

177 of 220 | MOM, the MOM Resource Kit and BizTalk Management Packs - I have been spending a lot of time on my current project working on the operations and monitoring phase of the project life cycle.   During discussions about the differences between MOM 2000 and MOM 2005 there have been many questions and a bit of confusion about the support for the different BizTalk Management Packs.   There are two management packs for BizTalk.  One that targets BizTalk 2004 and the other that targets BizTalk 2006.  These two management packs are not completely interchangeable between MOM 2000 and MOM 2005.   The compatibility is: MOM 2000 will provide monitoring of BizTalk 2004 through the BizTalk 2004 Management Pack MOM 2000 will NOT provide monitoring of BizTalk 2006......

178 of 220 | New BizTalk 2006 5 day Course -> Building BizTalk 2006 Solutions Best Practices - I am in the process of writing a new BizTalk 2006 course as below: Preamble BizTalk is all about messaging and how messages are processed and routed between a companies internal applications (for example: Sap/Mainframe/Peoplesoft/ Database/JD Edwards/Web Services etc.) and how messages are exchanged with trading partners (B2B). BizTalk provides an excellent framework for implementing many common messaging patterns such as:a) Scatter/Gatherer pattern b) Splitter patternc) Aggregator patternd) Message Broker patterne) etc.The objective of this course is to provide students with all the necessary tools to implement messaging patterns using BizTalk 2006. Below are some of the topics wit......

179 of 220 | New BizTalk 2006 5 day Course -> Building BizTalk 2006 Solutions Best Practices - I am in the process of writing a new BizTalk 2006 course as below: Preamble BizTalk is all about messaging and how messages are processed and routed between a companies internal applications (for example: Sap/Mainframe/Peoplesoft/ Database/JD Edwards/Web Services etc.) and how messages are exchanged with trading partners (B2B). BizTalk provides an excellent framework for implementing many common messaging patterns such as:a) Scatter/Gatherer pattern b) Splitter patternc) Aggregator patternd) Message Broker patterne) etc.The objective of this course is to provide students with all the necessary tools to implement messaging patterns using BizTalk 2006. Below are some of the topics wit......

180 of 220 | New BizTalk 2006 5 day Course -> Building BizTalk 2006 Solutions Best Practices - I am in the process of writing a new BizTalk 2006 course as below: Preamble BizTalk is all about messaging and how messages are processed and routed between a companies internal applications (for example: Sap/Mainframe/Peoplesoft/ Database/JD Edwards/Web Services etc.) and how messages are exchanged with trading partners (B2B). BizTalk provides an excellent framework for implementing many common messaging patterns such as:a) Scatter/Gatherer pattern b) Splitter patternc) Aggregator patternd) Message Broker patterne) etc.The objective of this course is to provide students with all the necessary tools to implement messaging patterns using BizTalk 2006. Below are some of the topics with labs f......

181 of 220 | SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, BizTalk 2006 Launch Tour in Montreal - I was thinking to go to the SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, BizTalk 2006 Launch Tour in Montreal, however its already booked out completly....

182 of 220 | SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, BizTalk 2006 Launch Tour in Montreal - I was thinking to go to the SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, BizTalk 2006 Launch Tour in Montreal, however its already booked out completly....

183 of 220 | Now, THAT is a drummer - One of the posters scheduled for the WorldWide Launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk 2006 on Nov 7 2005 at Moscone West Convention Center. The traces of what I did here is starting to show more and more as launch dates near. Now, aint that a cool drummer dude i-wink ...

184 of 220 | Twin Cities BizTalk User Group - On September 22nd we held the first Twin Cities BizTalk User Group at the Microsoft offices in Bloomington, MN.  This was a great opportunity to see and talk to fellow BizTalk enthusiasts and catch up with people I hadn`t seen in a while. I would like to thank the other people who helped me put this user group meeting together:    Andy Morrison,   Scott Colestock,   Jim Gaudette and   Todd Van Nurden I presented on BizTalk 2006 and the changes and additions that will be coming with the new version.  The presentation can be downloaded here. If you are in the Twin Cities we would love to have you attend.  Our meetings are every other month and our next meeting will be Thursday, November17th, ......

185 of 220 | Launch VS SQL & BTS - * Firstly I wanted to clarify a question I got from a few sources regarding this weeks MSDN Flash* I wrote -  "We are coming down to the finish line for the launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 on November 7th, and momentum and excitement are really building. The product teams are going through the final checklists to prepare these products for release to manufacturing." I should have written "The Visual Studio & SQL Server product teams are going through the final checklists." Scott Woodgate clarifies all confusion about the BizTalk 2006 Release Date (Yup his team is targeting the first half/ first quarter of 2006 to ship BTS 2006) Also Team Foundation S......

186 of 220 | How to View Subscriptions in Biztalk 2006 - The Biztalk Subscription viewer is an essential tool for analyzing and correcting subscription errors in Biztalk.  In Biztalk 2004, the subscription viewer was provided in the SDK. In Biztalk 2006 Beta, the ability to view subscriptions has moved to the Biztalk Administration Console.  But, finding it can be tricky for someone new to Biztalk 2006. To view subscriptions in Biztalk 2006:1. Open the Biztalk Administration Console  2. Click on the Biztalk Group your application is located in (you probably just have one group)  3. Click on the New Query tab4. Select Field Name: Search For, Operator: Equals, Value: Subscriptions5. Click Run Query It will look like this: It is that easy!...

187 of 220 | Biztalk Design Contest - Dynamic Transforms in Biztalk 2006 - I should start by saying I was much happier with last year’s entry.  Last year, I used an Orchestration to limit other running Orchestrations.  It could be configures on the fly using the Rules Engine.  I should note that in Biztalk 2006 you will now have the ability to limit running Orchestrations since you now have per-host configuration.    Since last year I didn’t place in the top 5, I decided to take a difference approach this year.  I decided to take a look at something simple and build on that.  So, I picked mapping.  Simple, right   Transforms are a critical component in nearly every integration project.  The Transform design pattern is largely taken for granted since mapping is a ......

188 of 220 | Biztalk Design Contest - Dynamic Transforms in Biztalk 2006 - I should start by saying I was much happier with last year’s entry.  Last year, I used an Orchestration to limit other running Orchestrations.  It could be configures on the fly using the Rules Engine.  I should note that in Biztalk 2006 you will now have the ability to limit running Orchestrations since you now have per-host configuration.    Since last year I didn’t place in the top 5, I decided to take a difference approach this year.  I decided to take a look at something simple and build on that.  So, I picked mapping.  Simple, right   Transforms are a critical component in nearly every integration project.  The Transform design pattern is largely taken for granted since mapping is a ......

189 of 220 | Canadian Developers: Are You Ready - Canadian Developers! Get your calendars ready! Here`s a sneak peek at the Canadian launch for Biztalk 2006, SQL Server 2005, and Visual Studio 2005: Tuesday, November 8, 2005: Toronto, Ontario Toronto Congress Centre Thursday, November 10, 2005: Ottawa, Ontario Crowne Plaza Ottawa Tuesday, November 15, 2005: Edmonton, Alberta SilverCity West Edmonton Mall Thursday, November 17, 2005: Victoria, British Columbia SilverCity Tillicum Tuesday, November 22, 2005: Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre Thursday, November 24, 2005: Calgary, Alberta Calgary Stampede & Exhibition Centre Tuesday, Novem......

190 of 220 | Canadian Developers: Are You Ready - Canadian Developers! Get your calendars ready! Here`s a sneak peek at the Canadian launch for Biztalk 2006, SQL Server 2005, and Visual Studio 2005: Tuesday, November 8, 2005: Toronto, Ontario Toronto Congress Centre Thursday, November 10, 2005: Ottawa, Ontario Crowne Plaza Ottawa Tuesday, November 15, 2005: Edmonton, Alberta SilverCity West Edmonton Mall Thursday, November 17, 2005: Victoria, British Columbia SilverCity Tillicum Tuesday, November 22, 2005: Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre Thursday, November 24, 2005: Calgary, Alberta Calgary Stampede & Exhibition Centre Tuesday, Novem......

191 of 220 | Simple Biztalk Server Development Helper Tool - A lot can be said about development with Biztalk Server.  For someone new to Biztalk it takes a little practice to learn some of the non-intuitive tasks related to assembly redeployment and basic Biztalk Development.   One common error message is: “Some items in the removed assembly are still being used by items not defined in the same assembly, thus removal of the assembly failed. Make sure that items in the assembly you are trying to remove fulfill the following conditions: 1. Pipelines, maps, and schemas are not being used by Send Ports or Receive Locations 2. Roles have no enlisted parties.”   The most common problem I see is what is required to redeploy an assembly.  To redeploy an ass......

192 of 220 | Simple Biztalk Server Development Helper Tool - A lot can be said about development with Biztalk Server.  For someone new to Biztalk it takes a little practice to learn some of the non-intuitive tasks related to assembly redeployment and basic Biztalk Development.   One common error message is: “Some items in the removed assembly are still being used by items not defined in the same assembly, thus removal of the assembly failed. Make sure that items in the assembly you are trying to remove fulfill the following conditions: 1. Pipelines, maps, and schemas are not being used by Send Ports or Receive Locations 2. Roles have no enlisted parties.”   The most common problem I see is what is required to redeploy an assembly.  To redeploy an ass......

193 of 220 | Biztalk 2006 Questions and Answers from the Biztalk TAP Program - Doug Girard with Microsoft recently posted some great Frequently Asked Questions gathered from the Biztalk Server 2006 Beta newsgroup and TAP program. It has a lot of good stuff and it worth a look at. ...

194 of 220 | Biztalk 2006 Questions and Answers from the Biztalk TAP Program - Doug Girard with Microsoft recently posted some great Frequently Asked Questions gathered from the Biztalk Server 2006 Beta newsgroup and TAP program. It has a lot of good stuff and it worth a look at. ...

195 of 220 | BizTalk 2006 Application in Visual Studio 2005 - One of the new features of BizTalk 2006 is the concept of an Application.  An Application is simply a collection of BizTalk artifacts such as schemas, maps, orchestrations etc.  This definitely helps with the management of a BizTalk Application.  If you add a new project in Visual Studio and look at the properties, there is a new property named Application.  This allows you to specify the Application Name: Here I have simply entered Expense Report as the Application Name.  If I deploy the application, you can see the changes in the BizTalk Administration Console.  Under the Applications Folder, I now have a new Applicaiton named ExpenseReport: I can now easily see all artifacts for my app......

196 of 220 | BizTalk 2006 Beta 1 First impressions Part 4 Mapper Improvements - I wanted to test the new Mapper of BTS2006 and I saw that they added some new functoids (IsNil (Logical), Nil Value (Advanced) and Assert (Advanced)). Today I saw a post from Stephen W. Thomas about his experiences with the new Mapper. Read his blog here  ...

197 of 220 | Microsoft Technology Summit - Houston and Dallas - Jonathan Summers and I will be presenting at the Microsoft Technology Summit in Houston and Dallas.  Our session will be on BizTalk Server 2006 and I think the formal title is BizTalk 2006 Uncovered.  If you would like additional details on the events, please check out the following links: Houston - August 30th - Event DetailsDallas - August 31st - Event Details As we dive into BizTalk 2006, there are some great new features and improvements.  Let`s just hope I can find some additional time to share the improvements with everyone!!...

198 of 220 | BizTalk 2006 Beta 1 First impressions Part 3 Workaround Group Hub Query - Yesterday I received an email from Microsoft with a workaround of issue (bug) I mentioned earlier , see  here. Indeed the error is a bug in Beta 1 and will be fixed in Beta 2. For a workaround follow the following instructions : ...

199 of 220 | BizTalk 2006 Beta 1 First impression part 2 (BAM Portal) - Today I dived in the new BAM Portal of BTS2006 Beta 1 and had it up and running BAM in about 1 hour. First of all I Migrate a simple project EAISolution (from the Labs of BTS2004 maybe u know it) and I had a BAM xls SalesManagerView.xls copied to my project directory. The migration from VSS2003 to VSS2005 went perfectly. I filled in a new application EAISolution and deployed it. After the deployment of the orchestration and the EAISchemas I started up my new Application. So far so good.  Alse a new feature is the Zoom function This orchestration I zoomed out for 50%.  Now the Business Activity Monitoring was ahead. The first thing I did was search for the BAM.xls as in BTS2004. I couldn`......

200 of 220 | BizTalk 2006 Beta 1 bug First impression part 1 - This week I have time to look at the new version of BizTalk and I participate with the BizTalk 2006 Beta program. Im really impressed to see how this Beta 1 version is rolled out. I`ve got some problems to install Windows Sharepoint Services , but when u follow the Install Instructions it will be solved. The only thing I saw was a Query Error in the BizTalk Administration Console so far. When I do a refresh on the BizTalk Group I see the following error : I run Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with SP4. Anyone have an idea Of course I submit this issue to Microsoft. Hope they will come with an answer very soon. ...