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...
View ArticleBizTalk 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...
View ArticleSaravana 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...
View ArticleWarning – 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’...
View ArticleBizTalk 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticlePowerShell 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...
View ArticleBizTalk 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....
View ArticleVisual 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...
View ArticleBTUG 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...
View ArticleReview: 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...
View ArticleSetting 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...
View ArticleArtikel 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...
View ArticleMonitor 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...
View ArticleReplacing 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...
View ArticleBizTalk 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
View ArticleBizTalk 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
View ArticleAnother 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...
View ArticleDo 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...
View ArticleWindows 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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