Blog featuring tips, code and guidance for BizTalk Server, Commerce Server and Host Integration Server from Microsoft's former Southern California BizTalk Technology Specialist. For new postings, check out https://seroter.wordpress.com.
BizTalk Correlation of Untyped Messages
I received a great BizTalk question from a customer the other day, and wanted to build out the...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 05/01/2006
Compelling Article on Ray Ozzie and Microsoft Strategy
Not integration-related from a BizTalk sense, but this article in Fortune about Ray Ozzie and the...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 04/19/2006
Host Integration, BizTalk Adapters CTP Now Available
Very nice job by the Host Integration Server team for getting both the HIS 2006 CTP and BizTalk...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 04/15/2006
New Virtual Lab Express for BizTalk 2006
Check out the brand new Virtual Lab Express offering, and most importantly, the new BizTalk one....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 04/03/2006
Virtual Server 2005 R2 Now Free (And Supporting Linux)
Nice! We announced today (see HERE and HERE and HERE) that Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a free...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 04/03/2006
BizTalk 2006 ODBA, MOM Pack; 2004 SAP Adapter SP1 Available
Was looking for something else, and just saw we released a couple BizTalk 2006 downloads and a...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/29/2006
Capturing BizTalk 2006 BAM Data On Looping Process
While working on a BizTalk POC last week, I needed to track Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) data...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/29/2006
BizTalk 2006 Officially Released, Demo of Pipeline Feature
Wow, we just announced today that BizTalk Server 2006 released (press release, also see Virtual...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/27/2006
Programming Updates
Couple updates. First, I'm now delivering another MSDN webcast next week. I've been suckered into...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/21/2006
Windows Workflow in ASP.NET Apps
Very very nice article in this month's MSDN Magazine that goes into great depth explaining how to...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/19/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 ODBC Adapter Available
The community-based BizTalk ODBC adapter has been updated for the upcoming BizTalk 2006 edition....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/14/2006
Using Business Rules Engine "Update" for Forward Chaining
Fitting that my 100th post is on the same topic as one of my first, the Business Rules Engine. The...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/13/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Updated Documentation Available
If you didn't notice, Luke Nyswonger, lead programmer writer for BizTalk, just updated the...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/08/2006
March is BizTalk Webcast Month
So March is apparently "BizTalk Webcast Month" in celebration of the upcoming BizTalk 2006 release....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/06/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Certification Exam
Just saw the BizTalk Server 2006 certification site today on Microsoft.com. Not sure if Microsoft...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/02/2006
Microsoft RFID Platform Offering Explained
We just published a paper on the upcoming Microsoft RFID offering, and it's actually fairly...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/26/2006
Updated "About BizTalk" Whitepaper Online
Just FYI, we've recently updated our Understand BizTalk whitepaper to include BizTalk 2006...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/22/2006
Windows Workflow + SharePoint 2003 + BizTalk Scenario Built Out
So I had a use case from a customer to build a sample using BizTalk Server, Windows Workflow...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/17/2006
Nice Free AJAX Library from Yahoo!
This has nothing to do with BizTalk, but I'm just really impressed with the new, free collection of...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/15/2006
Gotcha When Programatically Sending Email to BizTalk
So here's an obscure one, but odds are it'll help some poor sap a year from now. I was...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/14/2006
Free BizTalk "First Look" Clinics In Your Town
So, you want to see BizTalk Server 2006 in person? We've recently launched the BizTalk First Look...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/07/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 POP3 Adapter Usage
Spent a bit of time recently with the new POP3 adapter for BizTalk, and wanted to share some notes...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/03/2006
Digging Into BizTalk Server LoadGen Tool
Got the chance to spend a bit of time on the recently released BizTalk Server 2004 Load Generation...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/30/2006
BizTalk 2004 Load Testing Tool Re-Released
Two good things if you haven't noticed. First, the BizTalk Server 2004 load testing tool, LoadGen is...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/25/2006
Analyst View On Microsoft Business Rules Engine
I'm a big fan of the Microsoft Business Rules Engine, and now we see that Forrester Research thinks...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/23/2006
Commerce Server 2006 Starter Site Beta Now Available
It's here, the long wait is over. We've just made a drop of the Commerce Server 2006 Starter Site...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/19/2006
New BizTalk/WF Webcast Series On MSDN
Are you aware that we recently started a weekly BPI and Workflow Webcast Series that covers some...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/16/2006
More Commerce Server 2006 Features
Attended a great session a couple days ago on Commerce Server 2006 by Ryan Donovan at our...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/13/2006
Differences Between WF Rules Engine and the BRE Included With BizTalk
Got to spend some time here at TechReady reviewing Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/12/2006
New Commerce Server Case Studies Posted
So just saw that we published three major new case studies for Commerce Server 2002. Check out the...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/12/2006
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...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/04/2006
Good Luck Scott
Well, we are definitely going to miss having Scott Woodgate on the BizTalk team. He did some really...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/01/2006
Commerce Server 2006 Tidbits
I got Commerce Server 2006 installed a couple days ago, and must say, it has clearly the best...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/30/2005
Commerce Server 2006 Beta Out, BizTalk Deployment Post Followup
So, indeed we got the Commerce Server Beta1 out the door before Christmas. I'm pulling it down right...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/21/2005
How To Package and Deploy BizTalk 2006 Applications
Packaging and deploying your BizTalk applications has been made significantly easier in BizTalk...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/16/2005
BizTalk Server 2006 SAP Adapter CTP Released
The BizTalk Server 2006 Beta adapters keep coming. Today's you'll find the Tech Preview of the MySAP...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/08/2005
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...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/07/2005
Launch Event in SoCal Tomorrow
Tomorrow's the Southern California launch event for Visual Studio.NET/SQL/BizTalk and if you're at...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/05/2005
BizTalk Beta2 MOM Pack Available, and Beta2 Install Experience
Looks like the BizTalk Beta2 MOM Pack is available on BetaPlace. Good stuff for you MOM folks out...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/29/2005
Interesting Community BizTalk Adapter
Just noticed a new community-developed BizTalk adapter, and thought I'd pass the word on. The...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/28/2005
BizTalk SQL Adapter Advice Requested
So I may be demonstrating my SQL Server ignorance, but I need some advice from you all. Let's say I...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/22/2005
BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 Released!
Look at us, coming out earlier than we thought with BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2. Naturally I just got...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/21/2005
BizTalk Article in December MSDN Magazine
In December's issue of MSDN magazine, we find Part II of Aaron Skonnard's look at BizTalk Server....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/18/2005
Upcoming BizTalk 2006 Webcasts (December)
There's a couple good BizTalk webcasts coming up that you might want to mark on your calendar. The...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/17/2005