BizTalk 2006 R2

51 of 148 | ESB Simple Samples on CodePlex - I've finally uploaded my ESBSimpleSamples project to CodePlex here: ESB Simple Samples It's intended as a quick-start for using the ESB Guidance package, and it has a client library for building strongly-typed service request objects. It has two very simple sample services which return the encoded value of a given character, either in ASCII or Unicode. The services are exposed as Web services and IIS-hosted WCF, and there's a WinForms client which lets you call them directly or via ESB. Prerequisites To use the samples you'll need the following up and running: Visual Studio 2005 BizTalk 2006 R2 ESB Guidance package ESB Guidance sample app ("GlobalBank" – th......

52 of 148 | Error configuring BAS - Written by: Michael Stephenson (http://geekswithblogs.net/michaelstephenson) Just came across an error while configuring BAS.  In the log file it contained the details below: [00:36:30 Error Configuration Framework]Feature: [BAS] Failed to configure with error message [<Exception Message="Error -2147467259 occurred configuring feature TPMConfig" Source="TPMConfig" HelpID=" "><Exception Message="An error was encountered in executing the SQL script C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\Schema\BTS_Version_Logic.sql on database BizTalkMgmtDb Server WIN2003AD. Detail: (null)" Source="TPMConfig" HelpID=" "><Exception Message="The database specified has an incompatible ......

53 of 148 | Magenic Technology Summit - Join my colleagues of the Magenic Technology Council (MTC) at the first annual Technology Summit in Chicago on June 20, 2008.  This geeky, two-track, day-long mini-conference is packed with great sessions and keynotes by Rocky Lhotka and Jay Schmelzer, Group Program Manager on the Microsoft Visual Studio team. In the Developer track, members of the MTC will present on code quality, the ASP.NET MVC framework, LINQ indexing techniques, WPF and Silverlight in UX design.  The Server track offers sessions on SharePoint branding, SQL Server 2005 health, TFS, and RFID with BizTalk 2006 R2. It will be difficult to decide which track to attend. Make sure to bring a colleague! This is a free eve......

54 of 148 | A Generic WCF Service for BizTalk - I've been playing lately with a few WCF features as well as with the WCF Adapter in BizTalk Server 2006 R2. As part of that I had a need to set up a receive location using one of the WCF HTTP-based bindings. Normally, this isn't a big deal; you can easily use the BizTalk WCF Service Publishing Wizard to create the receive location and IIS service application for an orchestration or from a set of BizTalk schemas. However, this time I did not want to go that way. What I really wanted was just a simple receive location that would simply receive messages and submit them over to BizTalk without tying the receive location to a specific service defini......

55 of 148 | Speaking at KNUG - Karlstad .NET User Group - Yesterday I presented the MasterData Management using BizTalk 2006 R2 talk (I’ll soon have a post out with the presentation in English) I recently held at Developer Summit at the local .NET user group in Karlstad (KNUG). KNUG is a new .NET user...(read more)...

56 of 148 | Introduction to developing B2B solutions with BizTalk - Ive been doing a little research recently about the B2B capabilities of BizTalk.  Based on the content currently available I thought it might be useful to have a B2B 101 style article with some background information and links to useful resources.  so here goes! Background BizTalk is an integration and business process platform which can help you develop different kinds of solutions (BPM, EAI, ESB etc).  One of the key scenarios which BizTalk allows you to develop solutions for is B2B.  BizTalk can act as an integration hub between your internal applications and systems at your trading partners.  This can help you to develop business processes that seamlessly flow across your organisation......

57 of 148 | Magenic Technology Summit - Coming Friday, June 20th in Downers Grove, IL The Magenic Technology Summit is a full day of Magenic-provided training. We have lined up an impressive array of speakers and topics in two tracks, .NET development and Microsoft servers. And we have lined up two keynotes. Our first keynote speaker is Jay Schmelzer, who is the Group Program Manager for RAD tools. This basically means he runs the teams for all the Visual Studio designers and related RAD tools. He’s an excellent speaker and should provide some great insight into the present and future of RAD development tools from Microsoft. Our second keynote speaker is Rockford Lhotka, Magenic’s Technology Evangelist and the creator of the v......

58 of 148 | BizTalk Host Creation and Adapter Assignment Tool Available for Download - What is one of the biggest problems with having to set up BizTalk in a new Environment?  Creating all the Hosts, Host Instances, and assigning the Adapters to these new hosts.  This process has been made much simpler with the help of the BizTalk Host Setup Tool. This tool is fed by a configuration file to set up the Hosts, install Host Instances, and assign Adapters to those Hosts.  This tool also has the ability to prompt for a user password and reset all the Adapters back to the default Host (this was used extensively when I was testing the tool). This will allow one developer to create the solution host layout and easily distribute it to others! How should you set up your ......

59 of 148 | BizTalk 2006 R2, EDI and RFID SCOM2007 Management Pack Released!!! Yeah baby! - We've now got official Management Pack support for R2 and the newer things in R2 such as EDI and RFID. I've had many students come up to me and say "Mick - what in the world are you talking about?" (mind you I get that at home as well - but let's not go there) Have you ever asked the question: I wonder how our BizTalk (et. al.) servers are going? (this is where you could send the work experience kid around to all the servers gathering details and report back to you by lunch.....but not all of us have work experience kids) The answer to this is relatively complex - as you'll need know things like: Services......

60 of 148 | Writing BizTalk context properties to a message from a WCF service using behaviors - The new WCF adapter in BizTalk 2006 R2 offers a lot of new possibilities. One of those is to write data to the BizTalk Message context properties directly from an exposed WCF Service. A practical use of this technic could be to write the username from...(read more)...

61 of 148 | BizTalk 2006 (incl. R2) Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 Released - Looks like the BizTalk 2006 & BizTalk 2006 R2 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 has been released and is available in the Management Pack Catalog. To quote the catalogue entry, the management pack: …is a entirely new … providing...(read more)...

62 of 148 | Microsoft ESB Guidance: Getting Started & Installation - We're looking at using Microsoft's ESB Guidance package to implement a message bus. The bus will be the core of the client's planned Service Oriented Infrastructure, and all existing apps will route communication through ESB. There'll be a few posts coming up covering what it provides, how to use it and some simple walkthroughs, but I'll start with a basic overview and installation tips. Overview Ignore the name - ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) Guidance is not a set of documents giving you best-practice guidance. It's a Microsoft-coded framework which sits on top of BizTalk 2006 R2 and provides services typically seen in custom service bus solutions (dynamic endpoint resolution, namespace......

63 of 148 | INT05 and INT06 @ TechDays 2008 - SlideDecks - A few days back I delivered a presentation on Microsoft's ESB Guidance Package at TechDays 2008 in Lisbon. The session included demos of the ESB and BizTalk 2006 R2. The slide decks (mostly in portuguese) are avaliable at my skydrive: INT05 and INT06...(read more)...

64 of 148 | BizTalk 2006 R2 with PeopleSoft Integration & MicroSoft BizTalk PeopleSoft Adapter Overview - BizTalk 2006 R2 with PeopleSoft Integration & MicroSoft BizTalk PeopleSoft Adapter Overview...

65 of 148 | Biztalk Configuration Error: Cloned Machines - I recently ran into an error attempting to configure a Biztalk 2006 R2 instance on a virtual machine.  I had a virtual services box (where Biztalk was installed) and another virtual SQL box (where the Biztalk configuration was kept).  However, I kept getting an error during the configuration deployment step: Exception of type 'System.EnterpriseServices.TransactionProxyException' was thrown. After googling for a bit, I ran into an excellent article by Wade Wegner explaining that the two virtual machines appeared to have the same CID value (basically, a unique machine identifier for MSDTC).  This can occur when a virtual machine is a clone of another and the CID value isn't made unique ......

66 of 148 | BTSUG - on This Wednesday! BAM + XBOX-ing - Happy Easter, It's user group week and this Wednesday we're going to look at BAM (as well as playing some xbox!) Wow another month has gone by and there’s been some great work done in the land of BizTalk. There’s been a BizTalk Operations guide released and a whole swag of BizTalk whitepapers/articles published also – keep an eye on my blog (Main link, and the BizTalk Specific Info Link) for all of these and more. If you haven’t checked out the BizTalk Adapter Pack V1.0 then it will be available from MSDN Downloads from April 1 (no April fools joke) – US Date, April 2 for us. So what’s coming up in March I hear you ask.......

67 of 148 | BizTalk 2006 R2 Branch Edition - What's the go? - I get alot of questions about this - for those of you who have been mentally scarred with early editions of BizTalk (haven't we come along way since then :-) there was a BizTalk Partner Edition (lower priced for hub/spoke type implementations) which was limited in some way with the number of Orchestrations/Tradining Partners etc etc. (like 10 Orchs, 2 partners from memory). With BizTalk 2006 R2 we have the Branch Edition which retails for approx USD$1500 and it gives you........ - BizTalk Business Rules Engine (alot of people are wanting to use the BRE as a centralised rule store in a cost effective manner, until now it was BizTalk Standard a......

68 of 148 | Expose an orchestration as a web service difference between BizTalk 2004 and BizTalk 2006 - Another issue we ran into while upgrading a client’s BizTalk 2004 solution to BizTalk 2006 R2 is related to exposing an orchestration as a web service. Our client has a website that calls a web service exposed orchestration. The website sends to BizTalk...(read more)...

69 of 148 | Commerce Server Orders Adapter on 64-bit BizTalk in a 64-bit Host - Recently I have spent a lot of time working with the Commerce Server 2007 Orders Adapters for BizTalk.  Getting it set-up and running on a single machine with BizTalk and Commerce Server together was not too hard (although anyone who thought BizTalk 2004 was hard to install should try installing Commerce Server).  Getting everything to work correctly on a 64-bit BizTalk Server installation was another story. I was running BizTalk 2006 R2 64-bit with a 64-bit process Host.  I was setting up the Commerce Server Order Receive Adapter just like I had many times, only to receive the following two errors: 90% of the time: Access to the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software......

70 of 148 | Commerce Server Orders Receive Adapter: Search clause factory failed - Sometimes getting BizTalk to communicate successfully with Commerce Server 2007 using the provided Orders Adapter can be tricky. Here is a quick tip when initially setting up the Orders Receive Adapter in BizTalk 2006 R2. If you receive the following error: Creating the search clause factory failed for Commerce Server Orders Receive Adapter.  Message You are not authorized to perform the requested operation.  Make sure the user the BizTalk Host is running under is added to the Commerce Server Order Web Service using azman (I made the user an Orders Admin) and that anonymous access is disabled on the site hosting the web services. If you are on the same domain and Windows Authenti......

71 of 148 | SOA and BPM Conference 2007 Recordings on TechNet Spotlight - A set of video recordings of sessions from the SOA & BP conference are posted on the Spotlight! sight. This is a fantastic channel for IT Pros to get access to key content from MS events worldwide. Please see the list of sessions below including the event keynote.     SOA and Business Process issues reach across the entire organization from developer service enabling existing investments to architects recommending IT standards to business analysts optimizing processes and business owners investing in their IT portfolios. The Microsoft 2007 SOA and Business Process Conference provides guidance across this spectrum and go over Microsoft's current portfoli......

72 of 148 | Where has all the thinking gone! - As Microsoft readies Windows 2008 for launch coupled with SQL server 2008 launch and the re-launch of Visual Studio 2008 ?? I am left feeling a little uneasy... When Visual Studio 2008 hit the streets it quickly became apparent that it was incompatible with a number of other products not least BizTalk 2006 R2 on recently launched!!! It is now also clear that Microsoft aren't supporting BizTalk 2006 R2 on Windows Serve 2008 either and of course it goes without saying that BizTalk will not support SQL 2008 or is it SQL 2008 will not support BizTalk. So with a sweep of arrogance all the good work done around BizTalk is swept aside. Do Microsoft expect customers to really wait until 'Oslo' gr......

73 of 148 | Resharper 4 in Two Weeks? - The good folks at JetBrains have recently announced that Resharper 4.0 Early Access Program will be available in two weeks.  It's like one of those long awaited things like Duke Nukem Forever, but it looks like R# will beat it to the punch, fortunately for me.  For those like me, I can honestly say I haven't been as productive in Visual Studio 2008 as I can say I have been without it.  Many people will use the workaround as stated many times around the blogs, but I've just stayed away until they can get it working just right.  Instead, I've been happy using it with Visual Studio 2005 in the mean time. The only thing now that keeps me with the Visual Studio 2005 sitting around continues t......

74 of 148 | Dynamic WCF Step for BizUnit - Ive recently put together a WCF step for BizUnit to help us with predominantly with projects using BizTalk 2006 R2.  However remember that BizUnit can be used without BizTalk Anyway this article will provide some information about the how this is implemented.  There is also a link to the sample application at the bottom.  In the sample I demonstrate how to call the service in a normal test, then how to use dynamic code and reflection to execute the same test.  This dynamic code is basically what is implemented inside the custom BizUnit step.  The third test demonstrates how to call BizUnit and allow it to execute your test. Aim The aim of the step is to recreate the standard SoapRequest......

75 of 148 | MsBuild Task for WCF Service Publishing for BizTalk - A number of months ago I did a couple of posts about how we integrated the Soap and WSE web service publishing wizards into our build process as MsBuild tasks.  These posts are located at the following url's: Soap Adapter: http://geekswithblogs.net/michaelstephenson/archive/2006/09/16/91369.aspx WSE 2 Adapter: http://geekswithblogs.net/michaelstephenson/archive/2006/09/16/91371.aspx Now that BizTalk 2006 R2 is around I want to have the same approach for the WCF Publishing Wizard. Before I get into the details of this, it is important to note that WCF provides a hosting model that means you do not need to host services in IIS and they can be hosted by In Process BizTalk hosts.  Although ......

76 of 148 | RFID - Where are the innovative solutions? - I've been involved/interested in RFID for over 3 years now and even with BizTalk 2006 R2 + RFID server I am still looking forthe really innovative solution, the jaw dropper, the one you want to tell everyone about. At the moment I find most customers are still stuck in the 'tag and reader' world without cottoning on to the bigger picture. If anyone out there knows differently please let me know.... ...

77 of 148 | BizTalk 2006 R2 Posters - For all of those stuck in the BizTalk 2006 R2 world as I am constantly, Microsoft has released two new posters with the BizTalk 2006 R2 Architecture.  These are rather large PDF files that you could print out if so desired through a plotter.  Each of these are about 5-6MB, but make a great reference.  Download each at your leisure: BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Database Infrastructure Poster BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Runtime Architecture Poster Get them while they're hot! ...

78 of 148 | Interactive BizTalk 2006 R2 Poster - This is a great use of Silverlight! Take the BizTalk 2006 R2 capabilities poster, add Silverlight and tons of info and what we have is qan excellent technical resource! Go here now ...

79 of 148 | BizTalk Downloads - New BizTalkGuru downloads: First Look at the WCF Adapter Video - BizTalk 2006 R2 Multiple Binding Files in an Application - BizTalk 2006 Splitting POP3 Email Attachments - BizTalk 2006 Building and Deploying with MSBuild - BizTalk 2006 ...

80 of 148 | BizTalk 2006 / R2 Publishing Throttling State #2 (imbalanced message publishing rate, input rate exceeds output rate) - BizTalk 2006 / R2 Publishing Throttling State #2 (imbalanced message publishing rate, input rate exceeds output rate)...

81 of 148 | BizTalk 2006 R2 - Throttling - Perfmon Parameters - My Experience - BizTalk 2006 R2 - Throttling - Perfmon Parameters - My Experience...

82 of 148 | BizTalk EDI Book - Pro EDI in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: Electronic Document Interchange Solutions (Pro) by Mark Beckner Read more about this book...   Review by Brennan Oreilly: While EDI is straight forward in concept to understand it can be difficult to implement. This book is targeted towards the developer and architect tasked with crafting a B2B EDI solution and does a great job at detailing what needs to happen to make this task possible on the BizTalk 2006 R2 platform. This book does not focus on the business specifics around EDI, but rather immediately jumps into detailed and concrete examples that can easily be extended into the real wor......

83 of 148 | Monitoring BizTalk 2006 R2 with SCOM 2007... - I believe there is a problem with the "pre-converted" (from MOM 2005) management pack that is offered for BizTalk 2006 on the SCOM 2007 management pack download page. I believe the conversion started with the BizTalk 2006 (flat) MOM 2005 management pack, rather than the BizTalk 2006 R2 version.  The latter is available here. Assuming you have already installed the MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility Management Pack, version 6.0.5000.12, you should be able to import the 2006 R2 version (via the Operations Manager Migration Wizard.) The reason this is important is because the computer attribute that the (older) management pack is looking for i......

84 of 148 | Free BizTalk Skills Assessment Quiz from Quick Learn - As with any certification one of the hardest things is deciding if and when you are ready to sit the exam. The BizTalk 2006 exam will test you on general BizTalk development, deployment, BAM and business rules and you will have to have quite a bit of real world hands-on experience to get a good score. If you want to measure up your skills, Quick Learn has a free practice test on their site. The test was developed so that students can assess their skills and see if they have the experience required to take the advanced BizTalk Deep Dive course. The practice test is focused on general development, so you will still need to know about rules, BAM, and deployment and maintenance. But if you......

85 of 148 | BizTalk RFID Services - Sydney - Microsoft Partner Readiness Training - One of my technology passions is RFID. This is an opportunity for partners to join me in learning more about integrating RFID with existing and new business processes. Price: $790 ex GST Date: 28-29th Feb 2008 Venue: Sydney The aim of this 2 day hands-on course is to take the student from the “nuts and bolts” of BizTalk RFID to enriching and utilizing BizTalk RFID information streams as part of Business Intelligence. The course also teaches the students how to integrate with external systems, create and call Business Rules, as well as put in place proactive monitoring around the end-to-end solution. As part of the ‘student pack’ for this course, each student is ......

86 of 148 | HL7 Accelerator installation on a 64 bit machine - If you are installing the HL7 accelerator on a 64 bit development environment, make sure that you install both BizTalk 2006 R2 and the HL7 components in the \Program Files (x86)\ folder. If you don't the HL7 projects (BTAHL72X Common, ...) will not...(read more)...

87 of 148 | Microsoft Provides Full Release of ESB/SOA Guidance Kit based on BizTalk 2006 R2 - Microsoft has announced the first full release of our ESB/SOA guidance kit.  The Microsoft ESB Guidance extends the functionality of BizTalk Server 2006 R2 to provide a range of new capabilities focused on building robust, connected, service-oriented applications that incorporate itinerary-based service invocation for lightweight service composition, dynamic resolution of endpoints and maps, Web service and WS-* integration, fault management and reporting, and integration with third-party SOA governance solutions.  The ESB/SOA guidance kit is a great and quick way to get started with your SOA proof-of-concept, HIPAA re-architecture projects, or other opportunities to continue to e......

88 of 148 | BizTalk RFID training now available for partners and customers - Via Chris Vidotto's great blog on BizTalk and Application Platform: "https://www.local.microsoft.com.au/australia/events/register/home.aspx?levent=250304&linvitation https://www.local.microsoft.com.au/australia/events/register/home.aspx?levent=250304&linvitation BizTalk RFID Workshop – End-to-End This aim of this 2 day hands-on course is to take the student from the “nuts and bolts” of BizTalk RFID to enriching and utilizing BizTalk RFID information streams as part of Business Intelligence. The course also teaches the students how to integrate with external systems, create and call Business Rules, as well as put in place proactive monitoring around the end-to-end solution. As part ......

89 of 148 | Biztalk ESB Guidance - Part 1 - Well, finally we have managed to grab some time and start playing with the Enterprise Service Bus Guidance. Biztalk ESB Guidance provides architecture and a set of Biztalk Server and .NET components to assist in the development of an ESB on the Microsoft platform. You can download the bits and documentation at codeplex here The guidance is well documented, but installation can be a little bumpy if you don't follow instructions carefully. You will need Biztalk 2006 R2 installed and Dundas Web Chart (http://www.dundas.com/Downloads/index.aspx ) be sure to install Enterprise Edition.   _qacct="p-03-ZsKAm7O3lI";quantserve(); ...

90 of 148 | Visual Studio 2005 & Visual Studio 2008 Side by Side - Greetings from snowy, beautiful Washington, DC where it takes the average person three hours to get into work.  Seems that when people come across frozen bridges, the first idea people get is to step on the brakes.  WHY???  Anyhow, that's a rant for another day.  The here and now focus is Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. With the projects I've been doing lately, I haven't had the luxury to completely switch over to Visual Studio 2008 just yet.  There are a few things holding me back: BizTalk 2006 R2 integration SharePoint 2007 Web Part Projects Resharper .NET 3.5 C# intellisense doesn't work Performance concerns about some tests with WF workflow performance using while ......

91 of 148 | PRO EDI in BizTalk 2006 R2 Book Now Available - I just noticed Amazon.com has a new BizTalk book available.  It is called PRO EDI in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 by Mark Beckner.  I have not had a chance to look at this book myself, but with the new EDI changes in BizTalk 2006 R2 I'm sure this book would be a valuable resource - if you had to do EDI.... Please post any comments if you have read or reviewed this book and let us know what you think about it. ...

92 of 148 | Capital Area Connected Systems User Group meeting tonight 11/19/2007 (Reston, VA) - Tonight is the monthly meeting of the Capital Area Microsoft Integration and Connected Systems User Group (MICSUG).  It's tonight 11/19/2007 at 7PM at the Microsoft Reston office. Location: 12012 Sunset Hills Rd. Reston, VA 20191 Below is the information about the event.  I hope to see a good crowd there: Combining Windows Workflow Foundation with BizTalk Server Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is Microsoft’s rich new platform for building business process management solutions. BizTalk Server is Microsoft’s integration broker for connecting enterprise applications. You have likely come across many  articles/blog posts  comparing and contrasting BizTalk capabilities with Workfl......

93 of 148 | BizTalk RFID Training is about to hit the planet! - If you're thinking of getting into RFID then you can't go past Microsoft BizTalk RFID Services. Low cost standard, scalable solution - it's brilliant. You can get it as part of the BizTalk 2006 R2 Branch edition. As far as training goes and a course to suit your needs...myself and my team have been working hard to develop not just 'a course' but a fantastic course that takes you from the low layers in RFID to integration and implementation. During the course - the student will get their OWN 'developer' RFID device to play with on the course AND take home!!!! (I'm the sort of person that learns by doing - so I needed that) ......

94 of 148 | Is BizTalk Dead? - Ok, so I have a theme going and thought I might as well run with it.  I promise this is the last "Is x Dead?" post.  Of course BizTalk isn't dead.  But it is going to change in the next couple of years.  What I am talking about here is "Oslo", the recently announced, next-generation distributed computing vision from Microsoft. Oslo takes SOA to the Internet I was out at the SOA conference last week where Microsoft first publicly shared the vision that they are code-naming Oslo.  There is a great story here and I can tell you from meeting with people on the product team that this is real - there are large numbers of people in the Connected Systems division at Microsoft already working ......

95 of 148 | BizTalk 2006 R2 Posters available! - Here is the full list of available posters and where to get hold of their soft copies: · BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Capabilities PosterThis poster lists the BizTalk Server 2006 capabilities bucketed in eight categories and is designed to provide both high level and detailed view of the capabilities and features that are included in the product (to enable technical discussions). Download the poster here · BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Runtime Architecture PosterThis poster is designed to provide high level view of the BizTalk modules and the way they interact with each other at runtime. It is also aimed to illustrate components within these modules and the way they messages and data flow between these ......

96 of 148 | New Whitepaper on BizTalk + WCF - Just finished reading the excellent new whitepaper from Aaron Skonnard (hat tip: Jesus) entitled Windows Communication Foundation Adapters in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2. Very well written and it provides an exceptionally useful dissection of the BizTalk 2006 R2 usage of WCF. Can’t recommend it enough. That said, I still have yet to entirely “jump into the pool” on WCF yet. It’s like a delicious, plump steak (WCF) when all I’m really want is a hamburger (SOAP Basic Profile). My shop is very SOAP-over-HTTP focused for services, so the choice of channel bindings is a non-starter for me. Security for us is handled by SOA Software, so I really don’t need an elaborate services secur......

97 of 148 | Twittering the Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference - I'm at the Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference this week, and presenting on Friday on BizTalk 2006 R2 and HIPAA Transactions. Starting bright and early on Monday morning, I'll be Twittering my progress through the day, any big announcements...(read more)...

98 of 148 | Where to access BizTalk 2006 R2 code samples? - You can access the code samples at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/biztalk/bb264601.aspx. All BizTalk RFID Code samples are under Technology Samples directory. Let me know if you would like any additional samples. Cheers....

99 of 148 | Dallas and Houston BizTalk 2006 R2 Launch Events - If you attended either of the launch events in Dallas or Houston this week for BizTalk 2006 R2 and you'd like the slides for the content presented there, then you can find those here which contains content from: Dustin Hicks of Microsoft presenting an...(read more)...

100 of 148 | Custom PropPages in Adapter Configuration - OK, time to post some technical content again If you've used BizTalk server 2004/2006, you've probably seen the configuration dialog where you enter the adapter-specific settings on a send port or receive location. Have you noticed how some adapters simply have a property grid with values, while others have a full-blown set of custom property pages with custom dialogs? Ever wondered why? The standard property-grid based settings dialog is provided by the BizTalk Adapter Framework by default, all you need to do have your adapter's MgmtClass provide the proper XML Schema (XSD) that defines the adapter options. In a lot of ways this is very good, as it makes adding d......