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Updated sample for my article ‘Dealing with base64 encoded XML documents in...
Almost a year ago I published my article on a possible way to deal with base64 embedded documents in XML messages. Since then I received a lot of emails and comments from people that where unable to...
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Introducing the BizTalk PowerShell Provider
Maxime wrote a nice post to introduce our PowerShell Provider for BizTalk. You can find it here. There is also a link to a great presentation that they (Michel and Maxime) did at the French BizTalk...
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ExpressionMaximizer
A bigger expression shape window is a feature that almost always appears on “next version of BizTalk wish lists”. Every time Microsoft releases a new version of BizTalk we are all very disappointed...
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PowerShell Provider 1.0 (Beta) released
After a couple of months of hard work (mainly in the evenings ) we are very proud to announce the beta release of the PowerShell provider for BizTalk. The setup (and source) can be downloaded from...
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PowerShell provider for BizTalk getting started guide
For people interested in both PowerShell and BizTalk, I just finished a getting started guide to introduce the basics of the PowerShell provider for BizTalk (version 1.0 beta). The guide can be...
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Cleaning your BizTalk development box with PowerShell
This is the first in a series of posts where I want to show some more advanced scripts and things you can do with the PowerShell provider for BizTalk. I usually do a lot of tryouts and proof of...
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BizTalk remote administration
Every application needs management. Ideally an application should provide two ways of management. First an administrator needs a (graphical) console to be able to do single or ad-hoc actions like...
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Untyped messages and Business Rules Engine
This blogpost has been superseded by a new version. See: http://biztalkmessages.vansplunteren.net/2010/03/04/untyped-messages-and-business-rules-engine-part-2/ The other day one of my BizTalk buddies...
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Copying your host configuration
Moving your host configuration from one server to another can be daunting and time consuming task. This usually needs to be done when you hand over stuff from development to test, or from test to...
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Empowering BizTalk in HotRod Magazine
Yesterday the new issue of BizTalk HotRod Magazine was published. Besides other nice content it contains an article on our PowerShell Provider for BizTalk. Tagged: BizTalk, PowerShell
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Awarded MVP BizTalk Server 2010
I had a great start of this new year. On January, 1st I received the ‘Congratulations 2010 Microsoft MVP!’ email from Microsoft. I almost missed it because it was delivered to the junk mail folder. I...
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Retrieve the BTSNTSvc.exe PID with PowerShell
Again another post in the series of more advanced things you can do with the PowerShell provider for BizTalk. When debugging BizTalk solutions you find yourself many times in a situation where you need...
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PowerShell Provider 1.0 Beta (hotfix)
A couple of people have reported a nasty bug in the PowerShell Provider version 1.0 Beta. The provider doesn’t seem to work when SQL Server (hosting the BizTalk management database) is on a remote SQL...
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Determine BizTalk version using PowerShell
I wrote a very simple PowerShell script which allows you to easily determine the installed BizTalk version and service pack level. You cannot just look at the version number anymore because it seems...
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BizTalk 2006 R2 version number not updated after applying SP 1
In the past I have published overview tables of BizTalk version numbers. I used to publish a new table whenever a new version or service pack of BizTalk server was released. I wanted to do the same...
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Untyped messages and Business Rules Engine (part 2)
This is a follow up post to my previous post on this topic. The method described in that post doesn’t seem to work when the policy is called from an orchestration. For more background information see...
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More on untyped messages and Business Rules Engine
I a previous post I described a way to deal with untyped messages in the Business Rule Engine. This allows for flexibility in scenarios where you want to use a single set of rules (lets call it an...
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PowerShell provider supports BRE deployments
Just a quick link to a post on Maxime’s blog: http://maxime-labelle.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!D8D9369449D177DA!236.entry Maxime added support for deploying vocabularies and policies to the PowerShell...
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Orchestration Expression Window Sizeable in BizTalk 2010
The text below is based on the beta release of BizTalk 2010. It might not (completely) apply to the RTM release. So what is the greatest new feature in BizTalk 2010? For me it is by far sizeable code...
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (part 8) – Search support
The text below is based on the beta release of BizTalk 2010. It might not (completely) apply to the RTM release. This blog post is part of a series of blog posts about my favorite new features in the...
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (part 7) – Bringing...
The text below is based on the beta release of BizTalk 2010. It might not (completely) apply to the RTM release. This blog post is part of a series of blog posts about my favorite new features in the...
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (part 6) – Highlighting...
The text below is based on the beta release of BizTalk 2010. It might not (completely) apply to the RTM release. This blog post is part of a series of blog posts about my favorite new features in the...
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (part 5) – Optimized...
The text below is based on the beta release of BizTalk 2010. It might not (completely) apply to the RTM release. This blog post is part of a series of blog posts about my favorite new features in the...
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (part 4) – Suggestive Matching
The text below is based on the beta release of BizTalk 2010. It might not (completely) apply to the RTM release. This blog post is part of a series of blog posts about my favorite new features in the...
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (part 3) – Relevance View
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (part 1) – Intelligent Linking
The text below is based on the beta release of BizTalk 2010. It might not (completely) apply to the RTM release. This blog post is part of a series of blog posts about my favorite new features in the...
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (part 2) – Functoid...
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Mapping in BizTalk 2010: My favorite new features (overview)
The text below is based on the beta release of BizTalk 2010. It might not (completely) apply to the RTM release. No doubt that, of all the new and changed BizTalk 2010 features, the enhancements to the...
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BizTalk version overview updated
I updated the BizTalk version overview table. The table now also shows BizTalk 2010 information. I also updated the corresponding PowerShell script. Mainly for my own needs I moved the table to a place...
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BizTalk Standard Edition Application Limit
As you might know the standard edition of BizTalk Server has a limit for the number of applications you can deploy. The BizTalk licensing FAQ states: “BizTalk Server 2009 STD may be the best option;...
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Windows Server AppFabric CAT blog
This post is for everyone reading my blog but not Yossi’s blog, Richard’s blog, Dan’s blog, or Steef-Jan’s blog. (I know, very small chance ). The AppFabric Customer Advisory Team (CAT) (formerly known...
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Do you know this BizTalk Admin Console feature?
This is probably not my most ‘appealing’ post but I thought I mention it anyway. I recently discovered the ‘Hide property schemas’ feature in the BizTalk Administration Console. You can right click in...
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Another indication on the BizTalk 2010 release date?
You can find a number of rumours and indications on the internet on the RTM date of BizTalk 2010. Today I found another one: Seems like we will have to wait a couple of weeks more . Or maybe it will be...
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BizTalk 2010 RTM
It is there! For more information see this link and this link. There is also a FREE developer edition now, which is great news! Tagged: BizTalk, BizTalk 2010
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BizTalk version number table updated for BizTalk 2010
The BizTalk version number table has been updated with the latest BizTalk release. Thanks to Imre Zolnai for triggering me to update it. Tagged: BizTalk, BizTalk 2010
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Replacing functoids in BizTalk 2009
A BizTalk developer recently learned me a great trick to replace funtoids in a map. It looks like a lot of BizTalkers, like me, are unaware of this handy feature. When you accidentally used the wrong...
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Monitor BizTalk Server Job in BizTalk 2010
When looking a the new features of BizTalk 2010 I noticed that the set of SQL Server Agent jobs has been extended. There is new job called ‘Monitor BizTalk Server’. This job is especially good news for...
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Artikel over BizTalk en PowerShell
Dick Dijkstra en ik hebben een artikel geschreven over BizTalk en PowerShell. Het artikel is recent gepubliceerd in de gedrukte versie van TechNet magazine. Het artikel is helaas nog niet online...
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Setting the filename in send port (post number:1023054)
This is probably the most blogged topic in the BizTalk community but I hope my attempt still adds something. Let’s start with some simple questions: Question1: What syntax do you need to use to access...
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Review: Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform
Recently the book ‘Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform’ was released. The book is written by Richard Seroter, Stephen Thomas, Ewan Fairweather, Mike Sexton and Rama Ramani. Yossi...
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BTUG meeting 2 december: BizTalk 2010
Op 2 december a.s. geef ik samen met Steef-Jan Wiggers een presentatie over BizTalk Server 2010. Wil je weten wat er allemaal nieuw is in BizTalk 2010 kom dan naar de BTUG meeting op 2 december. Naast...
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Visual 2010 BizTalk project woes
I sometimes find myself in a situation where I need to make direct modifications to the XML code of an orchestration, map or pipeline. In Visual Studio you can do this easily by opening the file with...
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BizTalk Server MVP 2011
Great start of 2011 for me. Today I received an e-mail from Microsoft telling me that I’ve been re-awarded the MVP title. This is the second time for me. The first year has been an awesome experience....
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PowerShell provider 1.2.0.1 released
A short post to let the users of the PowerShell provider for BizTalk know we have released a new version. In the previous versions in some circumstances the provider (and PowerShell runtime) crashed...
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How to survive the XmlDisassembler
The XmlDisassembler pipeline component in BizTalk Server basically does three things: promoting properties (including the message type) validating incoming documents (if turned on) disassemble batches...
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BizTalk 360
I assume anybody in the BizTalk space would have known BizTalk 360 by this time. I though I’ll just give my view of the product here. BizTalk 360 tries to address some of the real challenges we face on...
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Warning – Cannot resolve the ‘schemaLocation’ attribute
I always take compiler warnings seriously and at least investigate them before releasing. In one of the solutions I work on I consequently received the warning ‘Cannot resolve the ‘schemaLocation’...
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Saravana Kumar at the Dutch BTUG
I’m very happy to announce that Saravana Kumar has accepted my invitation to speak at the upcoming BizTalk User Group (BTUG) meeting in Almere on June, 29th. Saravana will talk about and demo BizTalk...
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BizTalk Server 2010 unleashed book
Back in the days when I was working with BizTalk 2004 I always had the book ‘Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed‘ close by on my desk. Later on, when BizTalk 2006 was released the same was the case...
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BizTalk Server MVP 2012
Great news for me. Yesterday I received an e-mail from Microsoft telling me that I’ve been re-awarded the MVP title. I would like to thank: – my MVP leads William Jansen and Jacqueline de Jong – other...
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