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Writing about Big Data and Azure HDInsight, and everything you wanted to know about Microsoft's effort in this space. Have written about integration services (BizTalk Server and Azure BizTalk Services) in the past.
What’s New in Windows Azure BizTalk Services Feb 2014 Refresh
In the month of February, Windows Azure BizTalk Services was updated to add a bunch of new features...
Date: 03/04/2014
Hello World BizTalk Service Sample
If you want to understand pure basics of how to use a BizTalk Service sample, here’s a plain vanilla...
Date: 02/20/2014
Using BizTalk Services from a Windows 8 Application
We now have a tutorial and sample on how to send messages from a Windows 8 application to BizTalk...
Date: 01/27/2014
Tutorial and sample on Inserting Flat-file messages into On-Premise SQL Server Using BizTalk Bridges
We now have a new sample and tutorial that demonstrates how to insert a flat-file message into an...
Date: 01/19/2014
Migrating BizTalk Server Agreements to BizTalk Services
Trading Partner Management is one of the most important features offered by all versions of BizTalk...
Date: 12/01/2013
Migrating BizTalk Server Maps to BizTalk Services Transforms
BizTalk Server maps have a .btm extension. BizTalk Services maps (called “Transforms”) have a .trfm...
Date: 12/01/2013
Tutorial and Sample on Integrating BizTalk Services with SAP
One of the key value propositions of BizTalk Services is to expose operation on on-premises LOB...
Date: 09/03/2013
Sending Messages from BizTalk Services EDI Bridge to BizTalk Services EAI Bridge
Using BizTalk Services Preview, you can configure and deploy EAI and EDI Bridges on Windows Azure....
Date: 07/29/2013
Use BizTalk Service Bridges to Exchange Messages with Service Bus Relay Services
I have recently published a tutorial and a sample on how to use Bridges, provided with Windows Azure...
Date: 07/08/2013
Samples on Creating X12 and AS2 Agreements in BizTalk Services Using .NET
Windows Azure BizTalk Services provides a OData-based Trading Partner Management Object Model (TPM...
Date: 06/07/2013
Windows Azure BizTalk Services – Preview
Yes!! It’s here. Yesterday, Windows Azure BizTalk Services Preview lit up on the Azure Portal....
Date: 06/04/2013
Now Live!–Tutorial on Integrating BizTalk Server 2013 with Salesforce
[ This blog post follows up from my other blog post Coming Soon!–Tutorial on Integrating BizTalk...
Date: 04/26/2013
BizTalk Server 2013 now available on Windows Azure IaaS
This week, Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS) was made generally available to the...
Date: 04/18/2013
BizTalk Server 2013 - New Features Blog Series – WCF-BasicHttpRelay Adapter
BizTalk Server 2013 introduces few new adapters that enable out-of-the-box connectivity with...
Date: 04/11/2013
BizTalk Server 2013 Documentation Release Strategy
With BizTalk Server 2013 we wanted to adopt a documentation strategy of having the docs mostly...
Date: 04/04/2013
Coming Soon!–Tutorial on Integrating BizTalk Server 2013 with Salesforce
It’s finally about to arrive. The new WCF-BasicHttpRelay adapter in BizTalk Server 2013 makes it...
Date: 03/28/2013
BizTalk Server 2013 - New Features Blog Series - Dependency Tracking
In this blog series, I’ll try to go through the new features introduced in BizTalk Server 2013. I’ll...
Date: 03/27/2013
What are the XPIPELINE_MESSAGETYPE and XPIPELINE_REQUESTMESSAGETYPE properties
While working with Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs, both as part of the Enterprise Application...
Date: 12/05/2012
BizTalk Server 2013 Beta – What’s New?
In this post, I am going to list down the key new features introduced in BizTalk Server 2013 Beta...
Date: 11/14/2012
What do you want to see in the official documentation for BizTalk Server 2013 Beta and Service Bus EAI/EDI Labs?
I am reaching out to the BizTalk community to come up with a list a scenarios that you want to be...
Date: 11/14/2012
BizTalk Server 2010 R2 – July 2012 CTP!!
Exciting times !! After a gap of two years BizTalk Server is kicking back again, and it’s not just...
Date: 09/16/2012
Tutorial: Using EAI Bridges to Send/Receive Messages from Service Bus Relay Services
A new tutorial is uploaded to MSDN that demonstrates how to send XML messages with different schemas...
Date: 06/11/2012
Service Bus EAI/EDI Labs | Deciphering the Bridge Configuration Surface
When you install the Windows Azure EAI and EDI Labs SDK, it installs a Visual Studio project...
Date: 06/06/2012
Sample: Using EAI Bridges to Send/Receive Messages from Service Bus Relay Services
I have a new sample to share. This sample demonstrates how to send messages of different XML schemas...
Date: 06/04/2012
Tutorial on How to Use Service Bus EAI Bridges to do a SQL Azure Lookup
This post is in continuation to the blog post yesterday announcing a sample on how to do a SQL Azure...
Date: 05/25/2012
Sample: Using Service Bus EAI Bridges for SQL Azure Lookup
[ Link to the sample: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Using-EAI-Bridges-with-SQL-be2b5761] SQL Azure...
Date: 05/24/2012
Service Bus EAI EDI Labs | Transforms : How to Create an Empty Node in the Destination Schema Using the Map
In BizTalk one could use logical functoids, set it to a true value, and then attach it to an element...
Date: 04/26/2012
Asking for Scenarios for Using Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs
Hi !! I am looking to document some real-world business scenarios for using the Windows Azure...
Date: 04/23/2012
Some dough on the Tool for Migrating BizTalk Maps to Azure Transforms
We are already aware of the BTM Migration Tool that was made available through CodePlex a while...
Date: 04/16/2012
BizTalk Server Video!! X12 Message Exchange Between Two Trading Partners Using BizTalk
Well, this is slightly old as I had created these videos probably last year in 2011. But it won’t...
Date: 04/12/2012
Interesting!! Why Would I need an EDI Project (artifacts) Visual Studio Template installed by Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs SDK?
I install Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs SDK and I open Visual Studio to start creating an integration...
Date: 04/11/2012
Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs – A ‘living’ blog post of issues you might encounter while using Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs
Through this blog post, I am making an effort to collate some of the most common issues (and provide...
Date: 04/10/2012
Sending Messages from an FTP Server to an EAI Bridge Deployed on Azure Service Bus and Inserting into an on-premises SQL Server Database
This sounds like a perfect end-to-end scenario. I have a flat-file message which I wanted to be...
Date: 04/10/2012
What’s new in the April Refresh of Service Bus EAI/EDI Labs
There are a bunch of new features that are added to this refresh. Let’s go through a summary of...
Date: 04/10/2012
Windows Azure Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs April 2012 release is now live!!
The April refresh of the Azure Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs is now live. Here’s some dough that you...
Date: 04/09/2012
EDI Service on Azure refreshed
The EDI Service on Azure was recently refreshed to include some updates around agreements. You can...
Date: 03/18/2012
Tutorial on how to Integrate Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs with an On-Premise SAP Server
One of the key value propositions of Windows Azure Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs is the ability to...
Date: 03/18/2012
BizTalk Mapper to Service Bus Transforms–Mapping Tool now available
Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs provides the “integration” story on the cloud, much like what BizTalk...
Date: 02/08/2012
Understanding Route Actions in Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs
Route actions are a very important feature within Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs. That’s the piece...
Date: 02/07/2012
FAQs on Issues Related to Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs December 2011 CTP
Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs – December 2011 CTP is now out. You can download the bits from...
Date: 01/13/2012
Calling BizTalk Server Orchestrations in Different Hosts
Recently there was a question on this on BizTalk Server DLs. Here’s what got discussed on the...
Date: 06/08/2011
Things to Consider while Changing BizTalk Server to Run Under a Different User Account
Recently, I had to change a BizTalk Server setup to run under a different user account. I ran into...
Date: 04/21/2011
Changing an XML Response to an HTML output using a Map
Recently, I was working on a BizTalk Server solution where I received an XML response that...
Date: 04/04/2011
BizTalk Server and ReST
I have just finished uploading an article and a sample on how to have ReST work with BizTalk Server....
Date: 03/16/2011
TechNet Wiki Article on Sending an EDI Interchange over AS2 and Receiving MDN in a Two-machine scenario
I just finished posting an article on the TechNet Wiki for Sending an X12 Message over AS2 and...
Date: 02/28/2011
TechNet Wiki Article on Sending an EDI Interchange and Receiving Acks in a Two-machine scenario
I just finished posting an article on the TechNet Wiki for Sending an X12 Message and Receiving an...
Date: 02/14/2011
MSDTC Troubleshooting tips vis-à-vis BizTalk Server now on TechNet Wiki
We can think of TechNet wiki as the “open source” documentation platform from Microsoft. Through the...
Date: 01/04/2011
EDI Tutorial 5 Video :: BizTalk Server 2010 :: Test the Solution
The video is available at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/biztalk/video/gg153514 This is the fifth...
Date: 01/02/2011
EDI Tutorial 4 Video :: BizTalk Server 2010 :: Create Trading Partner Agreement
The video is available at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/biztalk/video/gg153513 This is the fourth...
Date: 01/02/2011
EDI Tutorial 3 Video :: BizTalk Server 2010 :: Create Send and Receive Ports
The video is available at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/biztalk/video/gg153512. This is the third...
Date: 01/02/2011