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 Server 2006 Business Rules and Static Methods
The Business Rules Engine that ships with BizTalk Server 2006 now supports the usage of static...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/14/2005
BizTalk CTP Changes, and BAM Portal Modifications
I installed the brand new CTP of BizTalk Server on Monday, and was pleased to see a few new things....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/10/2005
More BizTalk FAQ Answered ...
Once again, a great set of BizTalk FAQ from the BPID Customer Response team. This month's Q & A has...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/09/2005
BizTalk Server 2006 Packaging Announced!
So we've announced today that BizTalk Server 2006 packaging has undergone some significant changes,...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/07/2005
BizTalk Article in November MSDN Magazine
This month's issue of MSDN magazine has a feature on BizTalk Server by Aaron Skonnard. It's a fairly...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 10/31/2005
Processing PDFs (or anything else!) in BizTalk Orchestrations
So you're probably aware that you can pass virtually any file (*.exe, *.dll, *.xls) through BizTalk...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 10/27/2005
BizTalk 2006 MCP Certification Upgrades
Not sure if you've seen the latest changes to the Microsoft Certified Professional Program, but with...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 10/26/2005
Couples Weeks Off, And Upcoming Topics
So I'll be going dark here for a couple weeks as I head off on vacation (getting married, and no...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 10/07/2005
Updated BizTalk Server 2006 FAQ
The BPI Customer Response team has just added some more FAQs from TAP customers of BizTalk Server...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 10/04/2005
BizTalk Orchestrations, Business Rules, and Context Properties
It's always tricky to remember that messages in BizTalk Server orchestrations are immutable, and...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/26/2005
Couple of Nice BizTalk Server 2006 Development Features
I'm told that I am easily amused, but these two little BizTalk development nuggets that I recently...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/20/2005
Debating Our Rules Engine
If you're someone deeply interested in rule engine algorithms, and specifically Microsoft's...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/17/2005
PDC05 - More Windows Workflow
Let the "straightening out" begin. The article entitled Microsoft Workflow engine won't support...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/15/2005
PDC05 - Day 4 BizTalk Futures Musings
Sitting here watching the Future Directions: Beyond BizTalk Server 2006 session at PDC05 and thought...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/15/2005
PDC05 - Day 2 Windows Workflow Musings
So finally, we can talk about Windows Workflow Foundation, one of the worst kept PDC05 secrets of...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/14/2005
PDC05 - Day 1 SQL Service Broker Musings
Attending the Building Distributed Asynchronous Applications with SQL Service Broker session at...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/13/2005
PDC05 - Day 1 Booth Musings
500 Commerce Server t-shirts at the PDC05 booth. 1 hour of time. 0 shirts remaining. You people are...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/13/2005
BizTalk Server 2006 FAQ Posted
Make sure you check out the BPID Customer Response Team's recent post that contains a cornucopia of...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/07/2005
BizTalk 2006 Beta Installation Documentation Updated
We've just updated the BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 1 installation documentation. There are a few fixes,...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 09/02/2005
Paper On Choosing the Appropriate Microsoft Integration Technology
We've pushed out a paper to MSDN that highlights when to use which technology for integration....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/31/2005
End To End Email WIth BizTalk On A Single Dev Box
Often for either isolated BizTalk development or BizTalk demonstration purposes, the need arises to...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/30/2005
New Whitepaper on Building BizTalk Adapters
In case you didn't see it, we just recently published a good paper on building your own BizTalk...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/22/2005
Links To Help Understand Host Integration Concepts
There are estimates that as much as 70% of overall business data resides in IBM host systems, thus...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/22/2005
BizTalk Orchestration Designer for Business Analysts Improvements
It's almost a crime that the Orchestration Designer for Business Analysts (ODBA) tool for BizTalk...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/17/2005
SMTP Fun With BizTalk Server 2006
Doing anything particularly fancy with the SMTP adapter in BizTalk Server 2004 often involved...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/15/2005
Throttling Improvements in BizTalk Server 2006
Managing the performance thresholds of a BizTalk Server 2004 machine posed a few challenges that...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/11/2005
Upcoming HIS and SQL Server 2005 Webcast
If you're thinking about integrating your IBM mainframe data with SQL Server 2005, check out this...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/09/2005
Building and Executing a BizTalk Single Sign On Scenario
The Enterprise Single Sign On functionality that ships with BizTalk Server is fairly interesting,...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/09/2005
New BizTalk Performance Testing Tool
I like to keep up with what my former co-workers at Avanade are up to, and Larry Beck has just...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/07/2005
Using BAM In BizTalk Server 2006 With SQL Server 2005
If you are trying to do Business Activity Monitoring using BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 1, and, SQL...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/05/2005
BizTalk Unleashed Appendix Released
Hat tip to Oddur Magnusson for noticing that the mysterious Appendix C of the BizTalk Unleashed book...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/03/2005
Additional Step for BTS 2006 Config Using Pre-June SQL CTP
In case you are installing BizTalk Server 2006 on a machine with a SQL Server 2005 CTP older than...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/03/2005
Microsoft BizTalk Technology Adapter Purchase
So we can finally talk about the iWay technology purchase that will enable us to provide 8 BizTalk...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 08/02/2005
Screenshots Of New BizTalk Server 2006 Components
Ok, as promised, here's a quick screenshot look at some of the BizTalk Server 2006 improvements that...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/29/2005
Don Box on BizTalk
Our man Don Box recounts his experience with installing BizTalk Server 2006 and likes what he sees....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/29/2005
BizTalk Server 2006 Install/Config Walkthrough Screenshots
So I got my hands on the BizTalk Server 2006 bits yesterday and thought I'd share my install and...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/28/2005
MSN Virtual Earth Is Pretty Hot
Enough about Google Maps (which is still darn cool), let's throw props at the MSN Virtual Earth...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/25/2005
BizTalk 2006 Beta Released
Pretty good day. Microsoft earnings are up, and BizTalk Server 2006 beta 1 is publicly available....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/21/2005
Today's Commerce Server Chat, PDC Musings
Don't forget that today we have a hosted Commerce Server chat where experts and product team folks...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/20/2005
Single Sign On Madness
I'm working on some things with BizTalk Enterprise Single Sign On, and, I am about to light myself...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/19/2005
Behavior of BizTalk Adapters with Transactions
Plenty of folks make the assumption that wrapping a couple BizTalk adapters in an atomic scope makes...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/14/2005
Necessary Indigo IIS Extension Mapping
I've been spending some free time getting back up to speed on Indigo because (a) it is quite...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/13/2005
Easiest Way to Capture BizTalk Orchestration Image
I've been asked a few times how to get the "picture" of an orchestration out of VS.NET in a .jpg or...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/12/2005
BizTalk 2006 Beta Release Close Enough to Taste
We're very close to releasing the official beta of BizTalk Server 2006, and this article discusses a...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/12/2005
Registry Tweak for Using Event Log in Orchestration
I often write to the Event Log in my orchestrations to provide simple progress statements or error...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/07/2005
References for Setting up AD, DNS For a Farm
In order to really grasp how a product like BizTalk Server works, you really need to build out a...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 07/01/2005