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How to Get Message Context Values Inside a Map
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How To Use BizTalk Messaging for Grouping, Sorting, and Debatching
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BizTalk Server 2004 Rules Engine Deployment Tool
Find yourself running the Rules Engine Deployment Wizard over and over again to export and import policies and...
Working With Untyped Web Services in BizTalk Server
Creating an Untyped Web Service will allow you to easily submit Xml Documents into BizTalkthrough the web service....
How To Use SOAP to Submitt Xml Documents Into BizTalk Server
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Working With Start Orchestration Shapes, Self Correlated Ports, and Configured Port Parameters
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Using .Net Components and Long Term Facts With BizTalk Rules
Recently I have been working a lot with the BizTalk Rules Engine (BRE) that comes along with Biztalk Server 2004....
Failed To Load Error When Working With .Net Components In BizTalk Rules Engine
Over the course of the past few weeks, I found several different ways to completely break the Business Rules Engine....