Blog Post: BizTalk 2013 Licensing – cheaper? Maybe, maybe not!
Note this is not the official Licensing document for BizTalk Server! Please consult Microsoft before making any purchase decisions. Overview With the BizTalk 2013 (english locale) SKUs hitting the...
View ArticleBlog Post: BizTalk Community Series: Introducing Mitch VanHelden
The BizTalk community is awesome. I get to spend time with many of them during my travels abroad when speaking to them. A week ago I had the opportunity to speak in Porto during the Oporto BizTalk...
View ArticleBlog Post: BizTalk 2013: Breeze is ready to help you
With the launch of BizTalk 2013 coming to a city near you from next month, Breeze is across all the new features and has the expertise to get it done right - the first time. (Watch this space - we will...
View ArticleBlog Post: The Evolution of BizTalk Server
Last week Microsoft announced the release of BizTalk Server 2013 RTM, there are enough materials out there showcasing the new capabilities that’s been added to the product. We blogged in detail about...
View ArticleBlog Post: Problem while adding custom database to the BizTalk Backup Job
BizTalk provides out-of-the-box functionality to include your custom BizTalk database in the standard backup procedure. Lately, I've encountered an issue with this setup.
View ArticleBlog Post: Parameters not available in Call Rules shape
I had developed a simple Rule Policy in the Business Rule Composer, and was attempting to include it in an Orchestration using the Call Rules shape. The Policy was correctly Published and Deployed, and...
View ArticleBlog Post: TechNet Wiki Article: List of BizTalk Errors and Warnings, Causes...
I know that in the past I already wrote about this article but I just love it… The “List of BizTalk Errors and Warnings, Causes and Solutions” article is intended to be a knowledge base of all Errors...
View ArticleBlog Post: Error: Party 'PartyName' enlisted under role...
Small post on troubleshooting the error "Party 'PartyName' enlisted under role 'Provider(Codit.MyRoleLinkType)' has not bound all the operations of role link port types". It seems you need to remove...
View ArticleBlog Post: My first contributions on TechNet Wiki in 2013: “BizTalk Server:...
Due to lot of work and a presentations mainly on BizTalk Innovation day events, I still had not managed to create new articles on TechNet Wiki this year, despite having lots of ideas and ongoing...
View ArticleBlog Post: Visibility: hidden vs. Display: none
During a recent project I kept coming up against strange issues with layout. It was in a windows 8 store app, and therefore using some advanced CSS3 techniques, so I assumed I was just having issues...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to: Select box colors in Windows 8 store apps (HTML/JS)
Normally I don’t advocate for trying to style form controls in web browsers, but Windows 8 apps have some really offensive colors by default. Figuring out just how to overwrite some of the defaults of...
View ArticleBlog Post: Sandboxing – Declarative Object Provisioning and Threads
So you say you can't populate a list declaratively in SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed solutions? Blog Post by: Duke
View ArticleBlog Post: Troubleshooting SSL client certificate issue on IIS
Some months ago, I was asked for an intervention regarding a SSL client certificate issue. There was a problem related to the setup of transport security (SSL) of a WCF service hosted in IIS 7.0, using...
View ArticleBlog Post: BizTalk Monitoring Whitepaper is now available
For the past month and half, in my spare time, I have been working on a whitepaper that compares and contrasts System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and BizTalk360. I have used both products...
View ArticleBlog Post: Windows Azure IaaS and Creating a New Azure Virtual Machine Video
I have put together a quick 10 minute video that introduced Windows Azure IaaS and walks you through creating your first Windows Azure Virtual Machine! I put a lot of time into adding cool animations...
View ArticleBlog Post: BizTalk Monitoring Solutions (SCOM vs BizTalk360) white paper by...
BizTalk Server being a middleware platform, most of your important business transactions will start to flow through your BizTalk environments. It will soon become a no brainer, to start monitoring the...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to configure SQL Server Network Protocols in the SQL Server...
Today is a special day for me, it’s my birthday, and I will continue the tradition of giving something to the community on this day (I started this tradition last year)… In the past I wrote a series of...
View ArticleBlog Post: Moving the BizTalk databases (part 2)
Skipping ahead a bitAfter some feedback about the last article (thanks everyone) you all seem to know how to follow instructions from Microsoft. You all told me to skip to the part about the...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to install Hadoop on Windows Azure Linux virtual machines
Windows Azure HDInsight is the simplest option to get a Hadoop cluster up and running very quickly in a Windows Azure environment. Among other numerous advantages, this service allows to use Windows...
View ArticleBlog Post: ESB Toolkit 2.1 Core Standalone Installation
Environment The environment configuration covered under this checklist is as follows: 1 x 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition BizTalk Server 2010 Developer Edition SQL Server 2008 R2...
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