Distilled Thoughts (IoT, Integration & Cloud)
Sharing the defining moments
Virtual Power Plant - Solving renewable energy challenges with the Azure IoT
Did you know that Hawaii has a plan to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2045? The challenge...
Date: 07/10/2016
Connected Coffee machines - raising the Beverage Service to new heights using Azure IoT
BUNN’s makes all kinds of coffee products from home brewer machines to a line of commercial...
Date: 07/10/2016
Saving millions of dollars with Azure IoT powered Smart Lighting
Controlling the lighting, as our retailers know it well, and supplying only ON DEMAND is key to...
Date: 07/10/2016
GOJO, the inventors of PURELL, measures hand hygiene compliance through Microsoft Azure IoT services
Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are a major epidemic in our Health Care Industry today. One in...
Date: 11/25/2015
Take your first steps with Azure IoT Suite
For Enterprises, large & small looking at an IoT initiative, now is the time to take the first...
Date: 10/30/2015
Transforming the Elevator Industry with IoT
ThyssenKrupp was a late entry in the world of 150-year-old elevator industry, they started only 40...
Date: 10/30/2015
Using IoT to keep customers’ machinery powered and ready 24x7!
The Power Management company, ABT, saw a real value in automating the collection and analysis of...
Date: 07/26/2015
Starting the blogs again with new role!
About 5 months ago, I took the role of IoT Commercial Lead in US and I can say that I absolutely...
Date: 07/26/2015
want to learn javascript self-paced?
Try - https://www.codecademy.com/ (my colleague, Mark Brown from the Azure team pointed this out) -...
Date: 08/24/2011
Hybrid Reference Implementation Using BizTalk Server, Windows Azure & SQL Azure
G'day folks, The following reference implementation came out of our CAT team (Field experts). This...
Date: 08/15/2011
Renderman software will reside on Win Azure!
RenderMan software (of Lord of the Rings & Avatar fame) will reside on the Windows Azure - this...
Date: 08/12/2011
Intuit doubling down on tighter integration with Win Azure platform
Click here to see what the Intuit Partner Platform team has to say about this partnership.
Date: 08/12/2011
New role at Redmond with Win Azure!
G'day folks, As some of you would know the theme for the Roadshows we had last year was "Begin Your...
Date: 08/02/2011
Now available (free download) - BizTalk Server 2010 Developer Training Kit
This training kit contains a complete set of materials that will enable you to learn the core...
Date: 06/14/2011
AppFabric Courses available over the web
The AppFabric courses that we announced earlier are now available over the web. Please take sometime...
Date: 11/03/2010
BizTalk Hands on day in Australia & NZ!
The BizTalk Saturday, a great initiative from our Partner & VTS community in Australia & NZ...
Date: 09/27/2010
What's New in BizTalk 2010 Training Kit!
Folks, The BizTalk Server 2010 training kit is out and includes labs and training videos to help you...
Date: 09/26/2010
BizTalk 2010 has RTM-ed
Folks, today we've formally announced the RTM of BizTalk 2010 & GA on Oct 1st 2010! Click here...
Date: 09/23/2010
AppFabric CAT Team Blog
Folks, the AppFabric Server CAT team has begun blogging about some of the technical guidance &...
Date: 08/30/2010
BizTalk Mapper Test works but fails when deployed
Check your Receive pipeline - Pass Through Receive will not work, change it to XML Receive and...
Date: 07/12/2010
Getting BizTalk Deployment error: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)?
Folks, I've been asked by a lot of guys in the field that they've reinstalled BizTalk & Visual...
Date: 06/03/2010
SharePoint & BizTalk better together from Motion10
Folks, Wesley & Tomasso from Motion10 recently did a fantastic presentation & demo for...
Date: 04/14/2010
AppFabric Deep Dive Training in Europe arranged by CODit
Folks, Just got an email from Sam Vanhoutte (one of our V-TS partners in EU) that Jon Flanders is...
Date: 04/14/2010
Learn more about ESB, HL7, BizTalk adapter pack, Powershell for BizTalk in this month's Hotrod magazine
Click here
Date: 12/23/2009
Moving to Redmond...
Folks, The arrival of the New Year coincides with my move to Redmond - yes, I've taken up a new job...
Date: 12/20/2009
ebXML adapters from Covast
Folks, Covast, now have an ebXML message service adapter for BizTalk that can talk ebXML messages....
Date: 11/03/2009
Business Integration Roadshow in Feb 2010
Folks, We are planning to have the Business Integration Roadshow in Sydney & Melbourne in Feb...
Date: 10/27/2009
Host Integration Server team blog links
Folks, Often I get asked about the blogs on HIS - just got a mail from Charles Ezzell who sent me...
Date: 10/27/2009
Quoc starts his blogs!
Folks, Our BizTalk Ranger for AsiaPacific & Snr. Program Manager, Quoc Bui, has finally started...
Date: 10/25/2009
Partners are hiring BizTalk consultants in Australia
Folks, in the last week I've got quite a few calls from Sydney & Melbourne based partners asking...
Date: 10/24/2009
pushallconfiguration error in SSO for BizTalk ESB
Folks, one of the nasty errors you may get while incorrectly configuring the SSO in the ESB toolkit...
Date: 10/01/2009
Third anniversary at Microsoft!
3 years at Microsoft - without any shadow of doubt this has been the most exciting journey that I've...
Date: 09/26/2009
Using READPAST with Order By clause in SQL Server with and without Index
Folks, I recently ran into this and decided to share this with the larger community... If you wanted...
Date: 09/24/2009
BizTalk management pack for SCOM 2007 released!
We have just announced the release of the BizTalk Server Management Pack for System Center...
Date: 08/31/2009
HL7 End-to-end Tutorial - sample ADT (Admission Discharge & Transfer) System message
Folks, When you run the BizTalk HL7 end-to-end tutorial, you may not get the desired output if the...
Date: 08/25/2009
Installing MLLP Test tools for HL7 accelerator
If you are playing with HL7 tutorials and cannot find the C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk 2009...
Date: 08/25/2009
Trouble installing HL7 Accelerator on BizTalk 2009?
Folks, If you are installing an earlier version of HL7 Accelerator on BizTalk 2009, you will...
Date: 08/18/2009
Some great articles in this edition of BizTalk HotRod
Hi Folks, If you want some guidance on Unit Testing Schemas & Maps in BizTalk 2009, manage...
Date: 08/05/2009
BizTalk 2009 webcast series - Light & Easy
Folks, Mick has connected with his fellow BizTalk experts from across the oceans to come out with...
Date: 07/29/2009
cannot create BizTalk 2009 projects in Visual Studio 2008?
I got a query from another customer with regards to this - this has nothing to do with BizTalk 2009...
Date: 06/30/2009
BAM_DM_ResendJournalActivity error on BizTalk 2009 Re-install?
Remove the 2 DTS packages: EDIReportingActivityDefs & AS2ReportingActivityDefs from the bm.exe...
Date: 06/29/2009
SOA & BizTalk book
Folks, I have been getting a fair few queries regarding books on SOA & BizTalk. Richard Seroter...
Date: 06/28/2009
Farpoint releases BizTalk 2009 compliant Excel adapter
Folks, Just heard from Farpoint that their Excel adapter now supports BizTalk 2009 & VS 2008:...
Date: 06/28/2009
Oslo 101 - Building your first 'Hello World' in "Oslo"
Folks, now that we have the "Oslo" May CTP (you can download them here), let’s get started on this...
Date: 06/27/2009
Useful "Oslo" links - including May CTP download
Folks, there are some excellent resources (now public) on this website. This is where we are heading...
Date: 06/21/2009
BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.0 Lands!
Folks, This has just been released today so go get this and start playing... The brand new BizTalk...
Date: 06/09/2009
QuickLearn's BizTalk Course on 15th June in Melbourne
Hi Folks, Just got an email from Bill Chesnut confirming that the 5-day instructor led hands-on...
Date: 06/04/2009
BizTalk 2009 Hyper-V Guide
Folks, I have to say that our local BizTalk legend, Chris Vidotto, is on fire as he pointed out yet...
Date: 06/01/2009
TechEd 2009
Folks, this year's TechEd is in Gold Coast from Sep 8-11. Hope to see you all there. Click here for...
Date: 05/22/2009