by Stephen W. Thomas | Jul 13, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts
I have put together a short 10 minute biztalk training video covering some of the different output options available using the Flat File Disassembler in Biztalk Server 2004. This video covers three different output options from the flat file disassembler. The three...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Jul 12, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts
Envelopes can be used with the Xml Disassembler in Biztalk 2004 to break up larger Xml messages into single messages. Another approach to message debatching is to use xpath in a loop inside an Orchestration. Both these approaches are covered in this Message Debatching...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Jul 7, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts
Jon Flanders has posted an excellent template wizard for implementing enterprise integration patters in BizTalk Server. Once installed, it will put a folder called Pattern Templates under your BizTalk Projects folder in Visual Studios. This wizard will walk you...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Jun 27, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts
What are Promoted Properties and why does BizTalk have them? Long and short of it: Property promotion is about getting easy and fast access to data. Easy: Because you typically do not have to know anything about your data to get access to it. Example: Message(some...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Jun 21, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts
Have you seen this error when installing BizTalk 2004? Failed to deploy BizTalk system assembly “C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004\Microsoft.BizTalk.GlobalPropertySchemas.dll”. Unspecified exception: An error occurred while enlisting in a...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Jun 16, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts
With the release of BizTalk 2006 Beta just around the corner, why not get a head start by seeing how to call a Receive Pipeline from within an Orchestration. For starter, why would you want to call a Receive Pipeline from within an Orchestration? I had to struggle for...
