Blog Post: BizTalk Admin only installation bug : Failed to create WCF-SQL...
Recently we received a support call from one of our BizTalk360 customer saying, they were able to control all the send port/receive locations using BizTalk360 but whenever they try to start/stop send...
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Blog Post: BTS2013 features explained: XslCompiledTransform
In a previous post we announced the release of the new BizTalk 2013, listing all of the new features it will bring. In the upcoming posts I would like to explain in more detail some of these features,...
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Blog Post: ESB Toolkit 2.1 Installation Checklists
Overview One of the biggest barriers to ESB Toolkit adoption I have come across is the installation and configuration overhead. This is a genuine concern, especially when you need to deviate from the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Block vs. Inline Elements: The very basics
A lot of confusion surrounds the concept of block and inline elements, and its not unusual for this confusion to persist indefinitely. I’m hopefully going to clarify this tiny but influential...
View ArticleBlog Post: Attribute value templates in XSLT - an example
Create dynamic attributes and elements in XSLT in a dynamic way by using attribute value templates. A great way to loop through elements and create attributes.
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Blog Post: Could not find server 'servername' in sys.servers after running...
After I provisioned a Windows Azure Virtual Machine, which was based on the BizTalk Server 2013 Beta image from the Gallery, I configured the BizTalk Backup job.Normally it is enough to just apply the...
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Blog Post: BizTalk Server 2013 will provide Cumulative Updates using...
The product team doesn’t stop surprising in these last two months! After announcing a month ago the latest version of the product: BizTalk Server 2013 and many new features and improvements available...
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Blog Post: Azure: Getting started with Azure Backup Services
Recently Microsoft added Backup Services (Preview) in which you can invoke the cloud as part of your backup strategy, whether it be offsite secondaries etc. You may have heard of Microsoft’s...
View ArticleBlog Post: CU1 for BizTalk 2013... using Microsoft Update!
The Microsoft Team has just announced the release of the very first Cumulative Update For BizTalk 2013.But an even more surprising news is that it is available using Microsoft Update!... This is the...
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Blog Post: First Cumulative Update for BizTalk 2013… available through...
The Microsoft Team has just announced the release of the very first Cumulative Update For BizTalk 2013. But an even more surprising news is that it is available using Microsoft Update!… This is the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Guide to a BizTalk High Availability Server Environment
I just discovered a series of blog post that I just had to share with all of you... It's a complete guide to set up a High available BizTalk environment. A perfect walthrough from start to finish to...
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Blog Post: BizTalk Stars again–our case study is now up on Microsoft.com
There’s a great Centrebet case study http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Windows-Azure/Centrebet/Microsoft-Windows-Azure-a-safe-bet-for-sports-bookmaker-s-website/710000000390 Blog Post by: Mick...
View ArticleBlog Post: Microsoft BizTalk Boot Camp May 6-7th
Microsoft is hosting a huge BizTalk event in Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s over two days and there will be a lot of juicy information including some NDA stuff! I’ll do my Throttling and thresholds...
View ArticleBlog Post: An Overview of BizTalk Server 2013
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 was recently released and it includes many new features that make developing and deploying for BizTalk considerably more effecient. There are also many new features which...
View ArticleBlog Post: BizTalk tracking data lost?
I have in several of my blog posts focused on statistics. And I’ve gotten a few mails regarding the sudden loss of this data. So what really is the problem. When I refer to statistics I’m aiming for...
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Blog Post: BTS2013 features explained: Improvements in dynamic send ports
In a previous post, I started a series on explaining some of the new features of BizTalk 2013 in more detail. We started with a more detailed explanation on why BizTalk 2013 will be using the...
View ArticleBlog Post: A major milestone for Windows Azure : Infrastructure Services is...
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally there. Windows Azure Infrastructure Services reached the General Availability milestone today. Read more in this blog post.
View ArticleBlog Post: Windows Server 2012, switching between full, min shell and server...
For those of you don’t know Windows Server 2012 can be run in 4 different modes. The standard one is the full UI version (Full and Full with Desktop experience), which we all used to. There are couple...
View ArticleBlog Post: Missing performance data for orchestration hosts
Did you know that you have to define what performance data you want to log. If you followed best practice for BizTalk hosts and split up the work between them, so that you get one for receiving,...
View ArticleBlog Post: Introducing BizTalk360 Product Specialist
BizTalk360 is becoming more and more mainstream when it comes to Microsoft BizTalk server administrations, operations and monitoring. We started to hear feedbacks like employers are looking for...
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