MSMQ from the plumber's mate
MSMQ is part of your business' IT plumbing which makes you the plumber and I'm your mate.
How long MSMQ queue names are displayed ... or not
A few companies pack huge amounts of useful information into their queue names so that it is very...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 05/01/2007
Performance Monitor has trouble showing over 4GB of MSMQ messages.
I have been testing my 64-bit MSMQ 3.0 server by chucking 1,000s of large messages at it to see how...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 05/01/2007
New kid on the blog
There seems to be a renaissance in MSMQ blogging at the moment with the arrival of Muhammed Ismail's...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 04/27/2007
Message Queuing 4.0 documentation now available on the web
Here is the documentation that we plan to publish for MSMQ 4.0. The content is on the beta site so...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 04/26/2007
MSMQ Messages stuck in the outgoing queue?
If you are sending transactional messages and they seem to get stuck in the outgoing queue then it...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 04/23/2007
MSMQ and MOM - what's happening?
The story for MSMQ and MOM is not great. There is a Message Queue Management Pack for MOM which...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 04/02/2007
How MSMQ prevents duplicate messages
First, before going into preventing duplicate messages, we need to investigate where they come from....
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 04/02/2007
Do you need a Triggers Admin tool for MSMQ 4.0 (Vista)?
The Triggers Admin utility (TrigAdm.exe) helps you manage MSMQ triggers from the command...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/29/2007
Xbox Elite on the way
It's nice to finally see Microsoft announce the latest addition to the Xbox 360 range - the Elite....
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/28/2007
Can I have 1,000s of MSMQ queues?
"Can I have 1,000s of MSMQ queues?" Yes, of course you can. "Is it a good idea to?" Maybe not. The...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/23/2007
Network Monitor free at last
For years it has been a pain to collect network traces for Microsoft PSS to analyse. Either it was...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/23/2007
Quick plug for the Newsgroups
If you have a question about MSMQ then you can't do much better than posting it on Microsoft's...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/18/2007
Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 is out!
Download today! I've had a quick look in the database to see what MSMQ fixes are "scheduled to be...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/14/2007
"How do I install MSMQ 4.0 on my Windows 2003 server?"
[[Updated 6th February, 2009]] Simple answer - you don't. MSMQ is part of the operating system so...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/14/2007
Hibernating Vista
Not MSMQ-related but something that has irritated me.When I upgraded my laptop last year to Vista, I...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/09/2007
"Insufficient Resources" and Symantec Enterprise Vault
This is an extension to last year's blog about Insufficient Resources. Item 6 covers when the MSMQ...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/08/2007
MSMQ on Windows Mobile Devices
I need to start investigating this technology as more and more of my customers are starting to...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 03/02/2007
So, what's the limit on connections to an MSMQ server?
I get this question now and then from customers who think it will help them work out how many...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 02/15/2007
Tracking down MSMQ registry documentation
MSMQ is a protocol that can benefit from the odd tweak to the registry. Unfortunately it is not...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 02/14/2007
MSMQ prefers to be unique
If you want to quickly create a few test machines or roll out dozens of branch offices, DON'T clone...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 02/06/2007
What editions of Vista have MSMQ?
Due to the decision to exclude MSMQ from Windows XP Home edition, there is obviously a question over...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 01/30/2007
Xbox 360 and 1080p
VGA Cable Component Cable HDMI Cable S-Video Cable Media Center Extender 1080p 1080p 1080p 480i...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 01/23/2007
MSMQ 3.0 too secure for you?
With lots of customers developing systems that use MSMQ across WANs, I find that I get a number of...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 01/15/2007
Windows 2003 service pack 0 approaching end of support
The holidays are behind us so now is a good time to mention that support for Windows 2003 sans...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 01/04/2007
Season's Greetings from Microsoft Limited
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 12/18/2006
Click, Boom...
MSMQ is a very robust product and people expect it to be able to look after data no matter what. To...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 12/13/2006
MSMQ messages using HTTP just won't get delivered #2
After a long while trying to work out what was going wrong with another customer's system, I finally...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 11/02/2006
Insufficient Resources? Run away, run away!
What is the MSMQ problem that you are most likely to encounter? The dreaded "Insufficient Resources"...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 09/18/2006
MSMQ messages using HTTP just won't get delivered
I'm starting off the blog with a discussion of an unusual problem that has hit a couple of my...
Author: John Breakwell ex-MSFT Date: 09/15/2006