I’ve finally gotten around to publishing my source code for my SSO Configuration Data Store Tool. You can download both the runtime application and underlying source code from here. If you want to mess around with it, great, but please keep my name on there. Although I’m not finished with my “BizTalk + WCF” series […]
February 25, 2008
It’s just over a year ago that my company switched from their previous EAI platform to BizTalk Server 2006. Over that time, we’ve learned some best practices for setting up a brand new BizTalk program, and I thought I’d share my “Top 10″ recommendations for organizations getting started with BizTalk. The below recommendations aren’t in […]
February 21, 2008
A few interesting Microsoft Knowledge Base hotfixes for BizTalk Server 2006 were recently added and worthy of sharing. FIX: The Log Shipping feature may not restore database backup files in BizTalk Server 2006. Really?!? Seems kinda important. I love hotfix titles that are all nonchalant, but upon consideration, are pretty freaky. The article says that […]
February 20, 2008
UPDATE: I have since moved these articles to my own blog and they can be found here. I just posted another article for TopXML.com as part of my series on BizTalk + WCF. This post covers the various ways to expose WCF services and endpoints out of BizTalk itself. Topics include: exposing one-way services, working […]
February 14, 2008
I’ll admit to being fairly underwhelmed with the sample bits for the BizTalk Server 2006 LOB adapters. If was often trial and error to figure out how to get the Oracle adapter working right, or figuring out how to do something specific with the Siebel adapter. Very few details or examples were provided. That said, […]
February 13, 2008
UPDATE: I have since moved these articles to my own blog and they can be found here. I just posted the latest in my series of articles for TopXML.com on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 integration with WCF. The topic this time is SOAP attachments. I cover what MTOM is, and how BizTalk can consume and […]
February 8, 2008
UPDATE: I have since moved these articles to my own blog and they can be found here. I just posted my third article in a series about BizTalk Server 2006 R2 integration with Windows Communication Foundation. The topic of this piece is Transactions and how to create and consume WCF services using the WS-AtomicTransaction specification. […]
February 6, 2008
If you’re in the Los Angeles area, consider joining me at tomorrow’s Connected Systems User Group meeting. The topic is “BizTalk Development Best Practices” and the fearless speakers are Chris Romp from Microsoft and that character Brian Loesgen from Neudesic. Should be fun. Technorati Tags: BizTalk
February 4, 2008
UPDATE: I have since moved these articles to my own blog and they can be found here. My second article on integrating Windows Communication Foundation with BizTalk Server is now online. The one deals with all the various WCF security configurations and how BizTalk consumes each one. Specifically, I address message vs. transport security, certificates, […]
February 28, 2008
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