Gilles' WebLog
Not actually a Blog
WF 4.0 Tracking on .NET Endpoint
Vikram has a very nice acticle on tracking in WF 4.0. Worth reading it at:...
Date: 06/11/2009
The J-POP saga continues: SweetS - Love Like Candy Floss
In the past, I have outlined some of the most famous J-POP artists: EXILE or DREAM. Today, let me...
Date: 11/15/2007
Hosting a WCF service in Windows Sharepoint Services v3.0
With ASP.NET AJAX Extensions being baked into the .NET Framework 3.5 and the improvements to WCF to...
Date: 09/17/2007
BizTalk Decompiler for Reflector 5 on CodePlex
My BizTalk Decompiler only works with Reflector 4. The updated version for Reflector 5 has been...
Date: 06/27/2007
Date/Time tracked with BAM must be expressed in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
All date/time tracked by BAM must be expressed in UTC. BAM depends on this to provide accurate...
Date: 07/18/2006
BAM Portal Activity Search: "This action cannot be performed because one or more database(s) appears corrupted"
When using the BAM Portal Activity Search feature, you may be directed to an error page with the...
Date: 07/12/2006
BAM is not supported when SQL Server is set to Mixed Authentication Mode
Tiho has a good entry on why it is that way and how to fix it. He also explains how to diagnose the...
Date: 06/20/2006
BizTalk Addin for Reflector
This is an addin for Reflector that allows you to list all BizTalk artifacts contained in an...
Date: 06/09/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Best Practices Analyzer has shipped!
The BizTalk Server 2006 Best Practices Analyzer automatically examines a BizTalk Server 2006...
Date: 06/01/2006
BAM Query Service: What is it and how can I use it?
If you have installed BAM (BizTalk Server 2004 or BizTalk Server 2006), you may have noticed that a...
Date: 05/31/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 runs great under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2!
Today, Microsoft announced that Virtual Server 2005 R2 can be downloaded free of charges. BizTalk...
Date: 04/03/2006
I am not working for Microsoft Japan, but thanks a lot Jeff!
In a recent entry, Jeff noticed my Debugger Visualizer for MessageContext and mentioned that I am...
Date: 03/29/2006
BisTalk Server 2006 Released Today!
You probably know this already. You can find an overview of BizTalk Server 2006 features here. Now...
Date: 03/27/2006
BizTalk Server Team Product Management has a Blog!
Visit it here. Kris, Steve, Michael and Mark share product updates, links to training materials and...
Date: 03/21/2006
Debugger Visualizer for BizTalk 2006: MessageContext
Visual Studio 2005 added support for Debugger Visualizers. With debugger visualizers, developers can...
Date: 03/20/2006
BizTalk BAM Portal 2006: Activity Search
In a previous post, I described the home page of the new BAM Portal. Today, let's take a look at the...
Date: 06/15/2005
BizTalk Server 2006: What is new with Business Activity Monitoring?
You probably already read Scott's document on what is new in Business Activity Monitoring...
Date: 06/14/2005
Get ready for TechEd 2005 in Orlando!
Make sure you pick up a copy of BizTalk Server 2006 CTP (Community Technology Preview). Starting...
Date: 06/04/2005
Download BizTalk 2004 Service Pack 1 today!
BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1 was released today. You can download it at...
Date: 01/26/2005
Is BizTalk supported when running under Virtual PC / Virtual Server?
Since Virtual Server has been released, I got asked the question several times so I figured I'd put...
Date: 09/28/2004
[KB838454] Access tracked messages in the BizTalk 2004 message box
Knowledge Base Article 838454 describes the new Microsoft.BizTalk.MessageBoxOM.MessageArchive object...
Date: 09/28/2004
How do I work around "Empty choice is unsatisfiable if minOccurs not equal to 0. An error occured at file://[some path to XSD]"?
You might have received this error message if you followed these steps: Install BizTalk 2004 on a...
Date: 09/24/2004
Why does BizTalk display "Status unavailable" for Isolated Hosts?
Yet another frequently asked question. When using the BizTalk 2004 Administration Console, isolated...
Date: 09/23/2004
Format of BizTalk 2004 assemblies: Pipelines
Today, we continue our deep dive into the undocumented and unsupported bowels of the BizTalk...
Date: 09/22/2004
How do I reuse BizTalk 2004 maps outside of BizTalk?
Recently, I shed some light on how Maps are compiled to .NET assemblies. Perhaps one of the most...
Date: 09/21/2004
Format of BizTalk 2004 assemblies: Maps
Today, we dive deeply into the undocumented and unsupported bowels of the BizTalk artifacts compiler...
Date: 09/21/2004
Format of BizTalk 2004 assemblies: How do artifacts get compiled to .NET assemblies
Today, we explore some undocumented (and therefore not supported) internal parts of BizTalk 2004....
Date: 09/20/2004
In a pipeline component, some streams are not seekable: Improvements to the Archiver
A while back, I presented my Archiver Component. It archives messages as they enter a receive...
Date: 09/17/2004
HTTP response split attacks, HttpWebRequest and the NET Framework 1.1 SP1
The .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 shipped recently and was pushed to Windows Update so you probably were...
Date: 09/05/2004
Pipeline Component Wizard for Visual Studio
Martijn has a very nice pipeline component wizard for Visual Studio .NET 2003. You can download it...
Date: 08/23/2004
Selecting the flat file disassembling schema dynamically
Sometimes, business applications encode their data by specifying a message type in the file's...
Date: 08/19/2004
Wireless Networking and Security
Yesterday, I did put the last touch to my home wireless network. Thanks to my D-LINK DI-624 and a...
Date: 08/19/2004
Blue Angels at SEAFAIR 2004
This weekend, the SEAFAIR took place in Seattle, WA. I enjoyed the performance of the Blue Angels...
Date: 08/10/2004
Very few posts recently ... Well, I have been working on the future of BizTalk
I have not been able to post as much as I wanted to recently. I have been working on the future of...
Date: 08/06/2004
O-Zone, Dragostea Din Tei is PHAT 1 this week on Seattle C89.5
Adrian, one of my co-worker, pointed out a few weeks ago that Seattle C89.5 (Official web page)...
Date: 08/05/2004
The eXcel Files: Using the OLEDB provider to manipulate Excel/Access/Project files
In a previous post, I outlined the reasons why using the Office Object Model on the server is a bad...
Date: 08/02/2004
PPPoE and Verizon DSL
I have been very busy working on the future of BizTalk. Currently, this is mostly attending meetings...
Date: 07/29/2004
Per instance configuration for Custom Pipeline Components
As many of you already know, your custom pipeline component can expose properties by implementing...
Date: 07/16/2004
Commercials from Japan Part I: Candies for your throat
I have mentioned previously that many famous Japanese songs are used in commercials. Well, more than...
Date: 07/14/2004
Need to archive messages when they enter BizTalk 2004? Use the archiving pipeline component!
Regularly, in microsoft.public.biztalk newsgroups, folks would like to archive messages as they are...
Date: 07/12/2004
Custom disassembling and orchestration: Could not find a matching subscription for the message?
Ah, believe it or not, my mailbox fills up with requests for help! Oh, well. Today, some folks which...
Date: 07/09/2004
The flat file will never surrender: pre-processing before using the flat file disassembler?
I sometimes receive e-mails from BizTalk developers asking me to solve their specific problem....
Date: 07/08/2004
Spot the defect (2/2): Custom Pipeline Component Sample "FixMsg" can fail without any apparent reason
Part 1 Part 2In part 1, I pointed out that the FixMsg sample has some issues. I am sure you all...
Date: 07/07/2004
Spot the defect (1/2): Custom Pipeline Component Sample "FixMsg" can fail without any apparent reason
Part 1 Part 2 Last week, I was trying to help Matthew with his custom pipeline component (see this...
Date: 07/06/2004
How to debug a BizTalk 2004 pipeline: tips and tricks
BizTalk server 2004 allows you to send and receive pretty much any kind of message. This is achieved...
Date: 07/01/2004
The J-POP bands story continues: EXILE - Choo Choo Train
EXILE (official web site in Japanese) is currently a very popular band. They have produced a limited...
Date: 06/29/2004
The eXcel files: Do not use Office Object Model when processing Office documents with BizTalk 2004
Every once in a while, someone posts on microsoft.public.biztalk a question about processing Office...
Date: 06/28/2004
I love Dream World: The story of J-POP band Dream
Dream is a Japanese POP band. It first appeared on January 1st, 2000 when the large Japanese record...
Date: 06/25/2004
The flat file strikes back: BizTalk 2004 parsing positional records
In a previous entry, I outlined how flat files with delimited records can be parsed by the flat file...
Date: 06/25/2004
Want cash? Use a cutting machine at the office to make bundles the size of 10,000 yen notes!
This article on mainichi left me speechless...
Date: 06/22/2004