How to Configure the Party Resolution Pipeline Component

The Party Resolution pipeline component is used to map the user security ID and the certificate subject for the client to a BizTalk Server party. The mapping is used to enforce authentication of the parties who send messages to BizTalk Server. For more information about partner management, seeCreate an Agreement.

Note

To enable the Party Resolution pipeline component to validate a Windows user, you must add the WindowsUser alias to a party. For more information, see Party Resolution Pipeline Component.

To configure the properties for the Party Resolution pipeline component

1. Drag the Party Resolution pipeline component into the ResolveParty stage of a receive pipeline.

2. In the Properties window, in the Pipeline Component Properties section, do the following.

   Use this	To do this
   Resolve Party By Certificate	Set to True if you want to enable party resolution based on the thumbprint of the signature certificate from the party from where the messages are received. Default value: True
   Resolve Party By SID	Set to True if you want to enable party resolution based on the security identifier (SID) of the sender account. If both properties are set to True, the Resolve Party By Certificate property takes precedence over the Resolve Party By SID property, meaning that if both the certificate and the SID are available, the certificate subject is used. If the party cannot be resolved by using the certificate subject, the component does not fall back to the Resolve Party By SID property, and the default value (s-1-5-7) is stamped for BTS.SourcePartyID. Default value: True

Note

If you use the BizTalk Message Queuing adapter and want to resolve the party based on user name, set Resolve Party By Certificate to False and Resolve Party By SID to True.

See Also

Party Resolution Pipeline Component
Configuring Native Pipeline Components
Custom Party Resolution (BizTalk Server Sample)