European BizTalk Conference AppFabric and Workflow 4 Session Slides and Code Downloads
In early September 2010, I got the honor to present three sessions on AppFabric and Workflow 4.0 to the BizTalk Users Group in Sweden at the European BizTalk Conference. While my sessions were not related to BizTalk, they are designed to show how easy it is for...
Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform Now Available on Amazon.com
I am pleased to announce my book is now available for immediate delivery on Amazon.com! The book is called “Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform” published by Packt Publishing. This book is a detailed scenario-driven approach to...
BizTalk Server 2010 Release Party in Sweden – September 8 & 9
I am pleased once again to be asked to present in Sweden by the Sweden BizTalk Server Users Group. This event is the “BizTalk Server 2010 Release Party” and will feature content and topics from my soon to be released book: Applied Architecture Patterns on the...
Update on My Upcoming Book – Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform
Looking back at some of my past blog posts, I realized it has been a long time since my last post. Wow - over 10 months to be exact. Let me give a little re-cap of what I have been doing in those 10 months. Went to India twice Went to United Arab Emirates...
Got a Great BizTalk Tip or Trick and You Could Win Richard Seroter’s SOA Patterns Book
Thanks to Packt Publishing, I am pleased to offer you the opportunity to win a copy of Richard Seroter’s book SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009 - a $60 value. I will even cover the shipping costs, via book mail, to any place in the world the US Postal...
Latest Windows Application Server Enhancement (Dublin) Videos On Channel 9
Recently I was asked to present at the BizTalk Users Group in Sweden. I had a great time and was welcomed nicely by my Swedish friends. I presented on the new enhancements to the Windows Application Server role code named Dublin. I presented two 35 minutes...
Windows Application Server Enhancements known as Dublin Presentation in Sweden
On Thursday June 4th I will be presenting in Sweden to the BizTalk Users Group. I am excited to be making the trip to Sweden and it will be great to see so many BizTalk enthusiasts all in one place. I will be presenting two sessions both on Microsoft's new...
Designing Services for Management & Scale with Dublin Video Online
A few months ago Kent Brown and I presented on Dublin (the new enhancements to Windows for Workflow Hosting, Monitoring, and Tracking) at the 2009 SOA and Business Process Conference in Seattle Washington. This session was recorded and is now online. You can...
Setting Up Continuous Integration, Automated Unit Tests, and MSI Packaging in BizTalk 2009
With BizTalk Server 2009, setting up integration with Team Foundation Server (TFS) has become much simpler. While setting up continuous integration, automated unit tests, and msi packaging was possible before BizTalk 2009 it was a huge pain. Below I will...
Follow-up on Enabling BizTalk Unit Testing for Schemas and Maps
This is a follow up to my post yesterday. I was setting up some automated unit tests for BizTalk 2009 in Release mode. I received the following errors. CIDemo.Schemas.InputSchema does not contain a definition for 'ValidateInstance' and no extension...
ValidateInstance Not Found When Setting Up BizTalk 2009 Unit Tests
Today I was setting up Unit Tests for BizTalk 2009 Schema and Maps. I was using the BizTalk Server 2009 help guide example as a reference. I ran into the following error message: <Class Name> does not contain a definition for 'ValidateInstance' and...
BizTalk Server 2009 Now on MSDN
The latest edition of BizTalk Server is now available on MSDN. The following editions are available for download (this may vary based on your MSDN subscription): Developer Edition Branch Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition I only see the x86 version of each...