by Stephen W. Thomas | Aug 29, 2006 | Azure Integration Thoughts
Tired of having to go into BizTalk Server Admin and terminate any suspended Orchestration instance before you want to redeploy? Scripting this task is very simple using WMI. Just create a file called Terminate.vb and copy in this code: TerminateAllOrchsSub...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Aug 29, 2006 | Azure Integration Thoughts
Working with helper .net classes with BizTalk is a common task. Sometimes it can be easy to forget to GAC the latest version of the code when you go to test the solution on your local development box. With a simple Post Build Event, you can have your code...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Aug 15, 2006 | Azure Integration Thoughts
Recently I was testing a BizTalk map inside Visual Studios. The input schema was auto generated using the SQL Adapter and the output was a simple text file. I was using a sample file provided to me from a past generation from the schema (or so I thought) to test the...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Aug 8, 2006 | Azure Integration Thoughts
This was a question (paraphrased) on the BizTalkGurus.com Forum: “How can I take email attachments and put them as is into a folder?” When using the POP3 Receive Adapter, you have the ability to receive multiple items as attachments and the adapter will...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Aug 6, 2006 | Azure Integration Thoughts
MSBuild is the new build platform for Visual Studios. It allows great flexibility, customization (through creating custom Tasks), and integration with unit tests. While MSBuild doesn’t directly support building BizTalk solutions, tasks are available to call the...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Jul 26, 2006 | Azure Integration Thoughts
AppDev Training is offering a free CD Training Class! They have many great courses to pick from including a new Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 course called “Exploring BizTalk Server 2006”. If you are new to BizTalk 2006, this looks like it would be an...
