Chris Romp
Microsoft Technology Specialist for BizTalk, SOA and Process Platform in Northern California
BizTalk Server 2009
It looks like the next release of BizTalk Server will be Version 2009 instead of 2006 R3, as...
Date: 09/05/2008
Stacking Maps in BizTalk Server
Scenario: I have a need to process two transformations back-to-back. For example, I have...
Date: 08/07/2008
Muenchian Grouping and Sorting in BizTalk Maps
Update many years later... Check out this improved approach:...
Date: 07/31/2008
BizTalk Self-Study
It seems I keep putting this list together again and again, so I think it deserves a...
Date: 07/28/2008
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Hyper-V Guide
The BizTalk Customer Advisory Team and BizTalk UE team are pleased to announce the first edition of...
Date: 07/22/2008
SF Bay Area Connected Systems
San Francisco Bay Area Connected Systems User Group On June 26, 2008, please join us for the next...
Date: 05/27/2008
Reading Data from XML Strings in BizTalk Server
Recently I was working with a customer and giving a quick overview of how to retrieve data from SQL...
Date: 05/14/2008
BizTalk Server 2006 R3
A number of you (my customers) have asked about the support of BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and the 2008...
Date: 04/23/2008
Using WMI to Monitor Send Ports and Receive Locations in BizTalk Server
The question has come up more than a couple of times: How do I monitor my Send Ports or Receive...
Date: 04/03/2008
BizTalk Operations Guide
God help you if you rely on my blog as your only source of BizTalk information. =) I'm a bit behind,...
Date: 03/26/2008
Got BizTalk Skills?
I've heard about the possibility of another BizTalk TS position (my job) opening in SoCal sometime...
Date: 02/29/2008
Using BizTalk vs. Rolling Your Own
A customer and former coworker of mine recently sent me a link to this blog post, whose author asks...
Date: 02/15/2008
LA Connected Systems Group Thursday
To all three of you who read this blog (hi, mom!), if you're in the Los Angeles area tomorrow night...
Date: 02/06/2008
New BizTalk Poster: Scaling Out
A new BizTalk poster is available, in case you're collecting the series. [via] This one covers...
Date: 01/30/2008
BizTalk Hotrod Volume 3
BizTalk Hotrod just published a third volume. This one has fixed a lot of the readability...
Date: 01/06/2008
Visual Studio 2008 RTM
Visual Studio 2008 RTM'd today. If you're an MSDN subscriber, you can download it here. Free express...
Date: 11/20/2007
Application Lifecycle Management/SOA Roundtable
December 4, 2007 -- Real-world Perspectives: Delivering Business Value using SOA and Application...
Date: 11/10/2007
ESB Guidance for BizTalk Server 2006 R2
The ESB Guidance for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 has been released and is now available here on the...
Date: 11/09/2007
SoCal Connected Systems User Groups
Three connected systems user groups have formed in Southern California around Connected Systems...
Date: 10/30/2007
Los Angeles Connected Systems User Group
The Los Angeles Connected Systems User Group is having its first meeting on Thursday, November 8...
Date: 10/25/2007
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Available on MSDN
Those of you with MSDN subscriptions can now get your hands on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Developer...
Date: 09/27/2007
Store Configuration Data in SSO - The Easy Way!
Hopefully you've heard about the wonders of securely storing configuration data in Enterprise Single...
Date: 09/26/2007
Microsoft SOA and BPI Conference
If my blog is the only BizTalk-related blog you read, then you're woefully out of date because I'm...
Date: 08/10/2007
ESB Guidance August 2007 (CTP3) Release
The third CTP release of the ESB Guidance has been posted to CodePlex. From Marty Wasznicky's email,...
Date: 08/07/2007
SQL 2000 End of Life and BizTalk Server 2004
Recently I've noticed that Microsoft has announced the discontinuation of mainstream support for SQL...
Date: 07/20/2007
Host WF Inside of BizTalk 2006
Okay this is interesting. It seems that we've worked out a way to build workflow models inside of...
Date: 06/05/2007
BizTalk Posters
If you happen to have a massive poster printer sitting idle in your office, download and print out...
Date: 05/31/2007
To Be, Or Logical Not To Be: If-Then-Else in BizTalk Maps
Stumbling around various BizTalk-related blogs, there appears to be a common scenario which is...
Date: 05/29/2007
ESB Guidance Public CTP
It just figures the day I bother to download the 3.5 GB virtual machine for the ESB guidance is the...
Date: 05/22/2007
Everyone Loves Sushi
Everyone loves sushi (well, maybe not everyone -- I took some MBS guys from Fargo to sushi once and...
Date: 05/19/2007
More on BizTalk Services
[Cross-post from old blog.] Richard found this new eWeek article discussing BizTalk Services....
Date: 04/25/2007
BizTalk Services Now Live
[Cross-post from old blog.] Over the past year, Microsoft has been working on a series of services...
Date: 04/24/2007
Remote Deployment, GAC with PSExec
[Cross-post from old blog.] Recently a customer needed a way to deploy BizTalk applications to a...
Date: 04/23/2007
MSDTC and BizTalk 2006 Deployment Issues
[Cross-post from old blog.] This is an issue on which I've been chasing my own tail for some time,...
Date: 03/06/2007
BizTalk Tools
[Cross-post from old blog.] Amit Rohilla has compiled a good list of BizTalk Server tools. Check 'em...
Date: 01/25/2007
Using Failed Message Routing in BizTalk Server 2006
[Cross-post from old blog.] Here's a great blog post at Matt Meleski's blog regarding failed message...
Date: 01/11/2007
Calling eConnect.dll from BizTalk Server 2006
[Cross-post from old blog.] eConnect is a great tool for integrating with Dynamics GP; however I am...
Date: 01/08/2007