Richard Seroter - SoCal BizTalk Musings
Blog featuring tips, code and guidance for BizTalk Server, Commerce Server and Host Integration Server from Microsoft's former Southern California BizTalk Technology Specialist. For new postings, check out https://seroter.wordpress.com.
BizTalk Correlation of Untyped Messages
I received a great BizTalk question from a customer the other day, and wanted to build out the...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 05/01/2006
Compelling Article on Ray Ozzie and Microsoft Strategy
Not integration-related from a BizTalk sense, but this article in Fortune about Ray Ozzie and the...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 04/19/2006
Host Integration, BizTalk Adapters CTP Now Available
Very nice job by the Host Integration Server team for getting both the HIS 2006 CTP and BizTalk...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 04/15/2006
New Virtual Lab Express for BizTalk 2006
Check out the brand new Virtual Lab Express offering, and most importantly, the new BizTalk one....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 04/03/2006
Virtual Server 2005 R2 Now Free (And Supporting Linux)
Nice! We announced today (see HERE and HERE and HERE) that Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a free...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 04/03/2006
BizTalk 2006 ODBA, MOM Pack; 2004 SAP Adapter SP1 Available
Was looking for something else, and just saw we released a couple BizTalk 2006 downloads and a...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/29/2006
Capturing BizTalk 2006 BAM Data On Looping Process
While working on a BizTalk POC last week, I needed to track Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) data...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/29/2006
BizTalk 2006 Officially Released, Demo of Pipeline Feature
Wow, we just announced today that BizTalk Server 2006 released (press release, also see Virtual...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/27/2006
Programming Updates
Couple updates. First, I'm now delivering another MSDN webcast next week. I've been suckered into...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/21/2006
Windows Workflow in ASP.NET Apps
Very very nice article in this month's MSDN Magazine that goes into great depth explaining how to...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/19/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 ODBC Adapter Available
The community-based BizTalk ODBC adapter has been updated for the upcoming BizTalk 2006 edition....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/14/2006
Using Business Rules Engine "Update" for Forward Chaining
Fitting that my 100th post is on the same topic as one of my first, the Business Rules Engine. The...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/13/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Updated Documentation Available
If you didn't notice, Luke Nyswonger, lead programmer writer for BizTalk, just updated the...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/08/2006
March is BizTalk Webcast Month
So March is apparently "BizTalk Webcast Month" in celebration of the upcoming BizTalk 2006 release....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/06/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 Certification Exam
Just saw the BizTalk Server 2006 certification site today on Microsoft.com. Not sure if Microsoft...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 03/02/2006
Microsoft RFID Platform Offering Explained
We just published a paper on the upcoming Microsoft RFID offering, and it's actually fairly...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/26/2006
Updated "About BizTalk" Whitepaper Online
Just FYI, we've recently updated our Understand BizTalk whitepaper to include BizTalk 2006...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/22/2006
Windows Workflow + SharePoint 2003 + BizTalk Scenario Built Out
So I had a use case from a customer to build a sample using BizTalk Server, Windows Workflow...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/17/2006
Nice Free AJAX Library from Yahoo!
This has nothing to do with BizTalk, but I'm just really impressed with the new, free collection of...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/15/2006
Gotcha When Programatically Sending Email to BizTalk
So here's an obscure one, but odds are it'll help some poor sap a year from now. I was...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/14/2006
Free BizTalk "First Look" Clinics In Your Town
So, you want to see BizTalk Server 2006 in person? We've recently launched the BizTalk First Look...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/07/2006
BizTalk Server 2006 POP3 Adapter Usage
Spent a bit of time recently with the new POP3 adapter for BizTalk, and wanted to share some notes...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 02/03/2006
Digging Into BizTalk Server LoadGen Tool
Got the chance to spend a bit of time on the recently released BizTalk Server 2004 Load Generation...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/30/2006
BizTalk 2004 Load Testing Tool Re-Released
Two good things if you haven't noticed. First, the BizTalk Server 2004 load testing tool, LoadGen is...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/25/2006
Analyst View On Microsoft Business Rules Engine
I'm a big fan of the Microsoft Business Rules Engine, and now we see that Forrester Research thinks...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/23/2006
Commerce Server 2006 Starter Site Beta Now Available
It's here, the long wait is over. We've just made a drop of the Commerce Server 2006 Starter Site...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/19/2006
New BizTalk/WF Webcast Series On MSDN
Are you aware that we recently started a weekly BPI and Workflow Webcast Series that covers some...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/16/2006
More Commerce Server 2006 Features
Attended a great session a couple days ago on Commerce Server 2006 by Ryan Donovan at our...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/13/2006
Differences Between WF Rules Engine and the BRE Included With BizTalk
Got to spend some time here at TechReady reviewing Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/12/2006
New Commerce Server Case Studies Posted
So just saw that we published three major new case studies for Commerce Server 2002. Check out the...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/12/2006
Useful Whitepapers on BizTalk 2004 Performance Using HP Hardware
Wanted to share a couple BizTalk performance whitepapers by HP I had bookmarked a ways back and...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/04/2006
Good Luck Scott
Well, we are definitely going to miss having Scott Woodgate on the BizTalk team. He did some really...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 01/01/2006
Commerce Server 2006 Tidbits
I got Commerce Server 2006 installed a couple days ago, and must say, it has clearly the best...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/30/2005
Commerce Server 2006 Beta Out, BizTalk Deployment Post Followup
So, indeed we got the Commerce Server Beta1 out the door before Christmas. I'm pulling it down right...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/21/2005
How To Package and Deploy BizTalk 2006 Applications
Packaging and deploying your BizTalk applications has been made significantly easier in BizTalk...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/16/2005
BizTalk Server 2006 SAP Adapter CTP Released
The BizTalk Server 2006 Beta adapters keep coming. Today's you'll find the Tech Preview of the MySAP...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/08/2005
BizTalk Server 2006 Beta Accelerators Available
Looks like we've released all of the Beta BizTalk Accelerators for review on BetaPlace. So if you're...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/07/2005
Launch Event in SoCal Tomorrow
Tomorrow's the Southern California launch event for Visual Studio.NET/SQL/BizTalk and if you're at...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 12/05/2005
BizTalk Beta2 MOM Pack Available, and Beta2 Install Experience
Looks like the BizTalk Beta2 MOM Pack is available on BetaPlace. Good stuff for you MOM folks out...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/29/2005
Interesting Community BizTalk Adapter
Just noticed a new community-developed BizTalk adapter, and thought I'd pass the word on. The...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/28/2005
BizTalk SQL Adapter Advice Requested
So I may be demonstrating my SQL Server ignorance, but I need some advice from you all. Let's say I...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/22/2005
BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 Released!
Look at us, coming out earlier than we thought with BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2. Naturally I just got...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/21/2005
BizTalk Article in December MSDN Magazine
In December's issue of MSDN magazine, we find Part II of Aaron Skonnard's look at BizTalk Server....
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/18/2005
Upcoming BizTalk 2006 Webcasts (December)
There's a couple good BizTalk webcasts coming up that you might want to mark on your calendar. The...
Author: Richard Seroter Date: 11/17/2005