BizUnit Resources

Introduction

This article provides you as developer all the resource available regarding BizUnit.

• BizUnit home page is now on GitHub: https://github.com/BizUnit/BizUnit 
• The packages are now available via nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/BizUnit4
• Old home page: https://bizunit.codeplex.com/

Resources

• Michael Stephenson blog - Testing Series

• Charlie Mott blog - BizUnit Articles

• Lex Hegt - Getting started with NUnit and BizUnit

• 3.1

  • Book: Professional BizTalk Server 2006 chapter 8.
  • BizUnit Intro = http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/BizUnit2006.asp
  • BizUnit Context = http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/BizUnitContext.asp
  • BizUnit GUI Tool

  4.0

  • Kevin B Smith blog
  • Introduction Tutorial - http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/243970/BizUnit-4-0-and-BizTalk-2010
  • Book: BizTalk Server 2010 Cookbook - Chapter 9: Testing BizTalk Artefacts

Stubs \ Mocks

• Michael Stephenson - Testing Guidance -  Dealing with External Systems
• Using Alternative Bindings through BizTalk Deployment Framework
• Generic WCF service - receive\return any xml driven\validated by BizUnit.
• TransMock - Mock\Stub framework for BizTalk (working with BTDF) with associated BizUnit steps
• Dynamics AX9 Stub Example - Using property demotion to enable testing of Soap header properties.   

Out-of-the-box Test Steps

• All version 3.1 steps are deprecated in version 4 of the framework.

Category	3.1	4.0
Time	DelayStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.Time.DelayStep
	WaitOnFileStep
File	CreateDirectory	BizUnit.TestSteps.File.CreateDirectoryStep
	RenameDirectoryStep
	FileCreateStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.File.CreateStep
	FileDeleteMultipleStep
	FileDeleteStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.File.DeleteStep
	FileMoveStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.File.MoveStep
	FileMultiValidateStep
	FilesExistStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.File.ExistsStep
	FilesMoveStep
		BizUnit.TestSteps.File.FileReadMultipleStep
Database	DatabaseDeleteStep
	DatabaseRowCountStep
	DBExecuteNonQueryStep
	DBQueryReturnXmlStep
	DBQueryStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.Sql.DbQueryStep
DataSet	ExportDBDataToDataSetStep
	ImportDatasetToDBStep
SOAP	SOAPHTTPRequestResponseStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.Soap.WebServiceStep
HTTP	HttpPostStep
	.HttpRequestResponseStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.Http.HttpRequestResponseStep
Email	CheckPop3MailStep
	OutlookReadStep
Event Log	EventLogCheckStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.EventLog.EventLogCheckStep
	EventLogClearStep
	EventLogSaveStep
Perfmon	PerfMonCounterMonitorStep
Command	ExecuteCommandStep
.NET	DotNetObjectInvokerStep
Context	ContextManipulatorStep
BizTalk - Host	HostConductorStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Host. HostConductorStep
BizTalk - Port	ReceiveLocationEnabledStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Port. ReceiveLocationEnabledStep
	ReceivePortConductorStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Port. ReceivePortConductorStep
BizTalk - BAM	BAMDeploymentStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Bam. Deploy
BizTalk - BRE	FactBasedRuleEngineStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Bre. FactBasedRuleEngineStep
BizTalk - Xref	CrossReferenceDataVerificationStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.CrossReference. CrossReferenceDataVerificationStep
	CrossReferenceSeedClearStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.CrossReference. CrossReferenceSeedClearStep
	CrossReferenceSeedLoadStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.CrossReference. CrossReferenceSeedLoadStep
BizTalk - Pipeline	ExecuteReceivePipelineStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Pipeline. ExecuteReceivePipelineStep
	ExecuteSendPipelineStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Pipeline. ExecuteSendPipelineStep
BizTalk - Map	ExecuteMapStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Map. ExecuteMapStep
BizTalk - Orchestration	OrchestrationConductorStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.BizTalk.Orchestration. OrchestrationConductorStep
SSIS		BizUnit.TestSteps.Ssis.SsisPackageExecuterStep
MSMQ	MSMQCreateQueueStep
	MSMQDeleteQueueStep
	MSMQQueuePurgeStep
	MSMQReadStep
	MSMQWriteStep
MQSeries	MQSeriesClearQueueStep
	MQSeriesGetStep
	MQSeriesPutStep
Load Gen	LoadGenExecuteStep
Validation Steps (SubStepBase)	FileValidateStep
	BinaryValidationStep
	CodeValidationStep
	ContextValidationStep
	RegExValidationStep
	XmlValidationStep	BizUnit.TestSteps.ValidationSteps.Xml. XmlValidationStep
	XmlValidationStepEx

List of Custom BizUnit Test Steps

Product	Category	Test Steps	3.1	4.0
BizUnit Extensions	File	FileDeleteEx	x
		WaitOnFileEx	x
	Oracle	OracleDBQuery	x
	EntLib	DbDelete	x
		DbRowCount	x
		DbExecuteNonQuery	x
		DbQuery	x
		DbDataToDataSet	x
	XML	XmlPoke	x
		XmlValidateWithAltova	x
	BizTalk Map	MapExecuting	x
	BizTalk Orchestration	OrchestrationConductorEx	x
	BizTalk Engine	ReceivePortConductorEx	x
		SendPortConductor	x
		SendPortStarted	x
	Strings	StringFormatterMultiple	x
		StringFormatter	x
	.NET	DotNetObjectInvokerEx	x
Codeplex Source Patches	Soap Client	SoapXmlHttpRequestResponseStep	x
	Validation	XmlValidationStep	x
	BizTalk	StopBtsSendPortStep CreateBtsSendPortStep StartBtsSendGroupStep StartBtsReceiveLocationStep StartBtsSendPortStep StopBtsReceiveLocationStep StopBtsSendGroupStep	x
	Event Log	EventLogCheckStep (multiple machines)	x
	Validation	BinaryValidationStep (refactored)	x
Michael Stephenson	File	Delay Before Check Steps	x
	Event Log	Delay Before Check Steps	x
	WCF	WCFRequestResponseStep	x	Johann Cooper
	BizTalk HAT	OrchestrationCompletedQuery	x
Business Rule Engine BizUnit Test Steps	BRE	BREExecuteStep	x
		ESBToolkitResolutionValidationStep	x
Fredrik Arenhag	BizUnitCompare	XmlCompare	x
		FlatfileCompare	x
Himanshu Thawait	MQSC	MQSCGetStepHT		x
StealFocus.BizUnitExtensions	MSMQ			nuget
	XPath			nuget
Johann Cooper	AS2	AS2SendTestStep		x
TransMock	TransMock	MockReceiveStep		x
		MockSendStep		x
		MockRequestResponseStep		x
		MockSolicitResponseStep		x

See Also

Another important place to find an extensive amount of BizTalk related articles is the TechNet Wiki itself. The best entry point is BizTalk Server Resources on the TechNet Wiki.