Richard Seroter - SoCal BizTalk Musings
Blog featuring tips, code and guidance for BizTalk Server, Commerce Server and Host Integration Server from Microsoft's former Southern California BizTalk Technology Specialist. For new postings, check out https://seroter.wordpress.com.
I'm Out
Today's my last day here at Microsoft, and as of now, this blog is locked down. But, my BizTalk...
Date: 01/11/2007
BizTalk SQL Adapter Debatching and MessageBox Dos and Don'ts
I've posted a few things over to the new blog lately and thought I'd keep this blog in sync until it...
Date: 01/04/2007
Leaving Microsoft ...
Next Thursday, 1/11/07 will be my last day at Microsoft. I've decided to take an "Architect"...
Date: 01/02/2007
Using BizTalk Server For Email Alert Bus
Just recently I had a customer ask me if they could use their existing BizTalk infrastructure to...
Date: 12/28/2006
Versioning Strategy for BizTalk Assemblies
I spent a bit of time today reviewing some best practices for assembly version in BizTalk...
Date: 12/19/2006
Transactions and Compensation Using BizTalk Server
After reading Charles Young's fantastic post today on BizTalk transaction compensation, I was...
Date: 12/06/2006
Choosing the Right Integration Technology
Yesterday Irena Kennedy posted a great compilation of multiple sources which resulted in a big fat...
Date: 11/29/2006
MSDN Magazine Article on Custom BizTalk Adapters
Good article in this month's MSDN Magazine called Integrate E-Mail Processing Into Your Business...
Date: 11/17/2006
BizTalk Property Schemas Separated From Associated Schemas
I caught a glimpse of something in the BizTalk Server 2006 Help the other day that surprised me a...
Date: 11/17/2006
Using Only BizTalk Messaging With Request/Response On Both Ends
So is BizTalk really smart enough to allow me to do request/response operations on both sides of...
Date: 11/10/2006
Exposing BizTalk Web Services That Accept Generic Content
So what if I want to open up a BizTalk web services channel that accepts any XML message and then...
Date: 11/10/2006
Setting Promoted, Distinguished Fields on BizTalk Web Messages
Just finishing up a week-long 12-hour-a-day BizTalk workshop for my SoCal customers, and wanted to...
Date: 11/10/2006
BizTalk 2004 SP2, New BizTalk 2006 Books
So we've got BizTalk 2004 SP2 finally out today (hat tip: Tim Rayburn) and you can see what's...
Date: 10/26/2006
Advanced BizTalk 2006 Web Services, Part II
In Part I of this two post series, I began a look at some advanced concepts around BizTalk-generated...
Date: 10/23/2006
BizTalk 2006 Performance Metrics With SQL 2005
Useful report released by our partner Infosys showing performance improvements using SQL Server 2005...
Date: 10/19/2006
Managing BizTalk Business Rule Solutions With RuleBurst
While I'm a big fan of the Microsoft Business Rules Engine (BRE), our ruleset design and management...
Date: 10/12/2006
Windows Workflow Rules From Outside A Workflow, And Other Conference Demos
Had a great time presenting at the SOA and Business Process Conference and wanted to share some of...
Date: 10/07/2006
BizTalk 2006 Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Released
I knew we were releasing the BizTalk 2006 Dynamics CRM Adapter in September, and it looks like it...
Date: 09/30/2006
Session at Upcoming SOA/Business Process/BizTalk Conference
Next week we've got the SOA and Business Process conference in Redmond, and I'm fortunate enough to...
Date: 09/27/2006
New BizTalk Troubleshooting Guide Is Fantastic
My man Luke posted that the BizTalk Developer's Troubleshooting Guide has been posted online. I just...
Date: 09/13/2006
Troubleshooting "Internal Server Error" With BizTalk Web Services
There's virtually no BizTalk-related error that's more frustrating than exposing an orchestration as...
Date: 08/30/2006
Useful New BizTalk BAM Documents Released
We just released two great resources for BizTalk BAM aficionados. The first, BAM Frequently Asked...
Date: 08/17/2006
Storing HTML in BizTalk Schema for Use In InfoPath
During the same recent BizTalk POC I mentioned previously, I had the occasion to try and store rich...
Date: 08/14/2006
New Whitepaper Comparing BizTalk Adapter Perf in 2004 vs. 2006
Just noticed a brand new paper on Microsoft.com called BizTalk Server 2006 Comparative Adapter...
Date: 08/09/2006
Selectively "Eating" Messages in BizTalk Send Ports
This week I met with a healthcare customer who is using BizTalk to build a robust publish-subscribe...
Date: 07/28/2006
Processing Binary Documents Through BizTalk Via Web Services
Just finishing up a two-week BizTalk Proof of Concept where I demonstrated an easier way to manage...
Date: 07/21/2006
"Bloggers Guide to BizTalk" Refresh
I was searching around for something else this morning, but came across an updated edition of the...
Date: 07/14/2006
People Ready Process with BPM and BizTalk
"People-Ready Process Through Business Process Management (BPM)." That's our just-articulated vision...
Date: 07/12/2006
Set Dynamic Destination File Name With BizTalk Server 2006
I've been asked a couple times recently about generating message out of BizTalk Server with a...
Date: 07/05/2006
BizTalk Blogging Year In Review
Just a bit over a year since I started BizTalk blogging, so I thought I'd take 5 minutes and review...
Date: 06/23/2006
Commerce Server 2007 Site Updated
We've just refreshed the Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 page on the main site. You've got data...
Date: 06/20/2006
Business Rules Authorization Tool Updated, Funky Problem With Custom Promoted Property
Just finished up a week-long POC for one of my favorite accounts up in north LA. Now that I have 6...
Date: 06/16/2006
Upcoming BizTalk Related Webcasts
There are a couple upcoming MSDN webcasts coming up that should be interesting to BizTalk architects...
Date: 06/09/2006
Commerce Server 2007 Updated Docs Released
Commerce Server 2007 RC docs are online in MSDN now, and looking pretty good. Pretty comprehensive...
Date: 06/06/2006
BizTalk 2006 Business Rules Authorization Manager Tool
I was recently inspired to spend some time digging into artifact-level security in the Business...
Date: 06/06/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Announced Today
BizTalk 2006 R2 was announced this morning. This forthcoming update includes deep RFID support...
Date: 06/06/2006
Thoughts On Just-Completed BizTalk 2006 Beta Exam
Hopefully I don't get read the riot act, but I just finished taking the beta BizTalk 2006 exam and...
Date: 06/02/2006
SQL Server Setttings to NEVER Change for BizTalk Applications
Just finished up a week of teaching a deep BizTalk 2006 course for local customers, and, taking a...
Date: 06/01/2006
Virtual Machines, BizTalk Configuration and DTC Madness
Looks like an instance of my stupidly has actually positively impacted the BizTalk 2006...
Date: 05/19/2006
New BizTalk Server 2006 Whitepaper on Custom Adapters
Check out this brand spankin' new whitepaper from our BizTalk team called Developing a Transactional...
Date: 05/16/2006
BizTalk 2006 Beta Exam Prep Guide Available
The BizTalk 2006 exam is now in Beta. Check out the new preparation guide. Check out Bryant's blog...
Date: 05/12/2006
BizTalk Aggregation Pattern for Large Batches
There are a few instances of Aggregator patterns for BizTalk Server, but I recently had a customer...
Date: 05/08/2006
BizTalk 2006 Whitepaper on Clustered Solutions
There have been a few great posts about the new BizTalk TechCenter and Development Center, but I did...
Date: 05/04/2006