In my previous post I blogged about release of Azure Service Bus EAI/EDI December 2011 CTP last Friday and now I like to demonstrate an EAI solution involving Oracle. First I discuss the installation, labs environment, then the solution setup, deployment and test. Installation Installation of Azure Service Bus EAI/EDI 2011 CTP requires attention as I found out the hard way and I advice to
Monday, 19 December 2011
Friday, 16 December 2011
Windows Azure Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs
Posted on 08:25 by Unknown
Microsoft today has put Windows Azure Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs on its Windows Azure Platform. These labs provides integration capabilities for the Windows Azure Platform to extend on-premises applications to the cloud, provides rich messaging endpoints on the cloud to process and transform the messages, and helps organizations integrate with disparate applications, both on cloud and
Monday, 12 December 2011
Wiki-Ninja's on Technology: BizTalk Server
Posted on 01:19 by Unknown
If you like to know what BizTalk resources are available on TechNet Wiki and what community and Microsoft is contributing see latest blog post Wiki-Ninja's on Technology: BizTalk Server.Cheers!
Friday, 9 December 2011
BizTalk Server 2010 R2: Continuing story….
Posted on 03:45 by Unknown
Last year communication of BizTalk has been a little cloudy. Will it be discontinued, will it be dead. Richard blogged on the BizTalk future story, and Tony kept discussion very lively with his talk on World Partner Conference this year. In the roadmap on Microsoft BizTalk site a vNext after 2010 was depicted. A new release has been announced through BizTalk Server Team Blog: BizTalk Server 2010
Thursday, 1 December 2011
BizTalk360 Another release more capabilities: Version 3.1
Posted on 13:06 by Unknown
BizTalk360 evolves to be a more and more mature product. In past I and other BizTalk MVP’s have written stories on this monitoring product (I used to call it a tool, but it has gone that stage it’s a product and a very good one). I have been impressed by it since the first time it almost a year ago. On Saravana’s blog you find a detailed overview what is new in this 3.1 release. On my VM I have
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010: Calling a View in SQL Azure
Posted on 13:32 by Unknown
I have posted a new sample on Code Gallery: BizTalk Server 2010 Adapter Pack: Call SQL Azure View.This is one of samples I have used in my talks on BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 Integration (A Lap Around BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010) I held in Stockholm for Swedish BizTalk User Group and in Nieuwegein for BizTalk User Group The Netherlands. Hopefully you experiment with it yourself. If you want to work
Friday, 25 November 2011
BizTalk Server 2010 Patterns Book: Win an eCopy
Posted on 06:43 by Unknown
Begin of September when I was staying in Toronto I posted a review on Dan Rosanova’s book BizTalk Server 2010 Patterns. Currently this book is on market now and I have the pleasure of giving this book in electronic format to three of my readers. To win eCopy of this book please send me an email (SteefJan@msn.com) with your details and why you want this book. Closing data will be end of the Friday
Monday, 21 November 2011
My First Ten TechNet Wiki Articles on BizTalk
Posted on 01:55 by Unknown
Last couple of week I written a few wiki article for TechNet Wiki a place, where content is generated by community about Microsoft technologies for the community. I very much like the concept and glad I was able to contribute (see my interview on Wiki). Below you will find a list of my ten completed wiki articles on BizTalk: First the featured article BizTalk Server 2010 and discusses BizTalk
BizTalk User Group Meeting 30 November 2011
Posted on 00:33 by Unknown
My company Ordina will host next Dutch BizTalk User Group Meeting. This event we will have four speakers and agenda will be: Steef-Jan Wiggers (Ordina) - "BizTalk Server Adapter 2010 Integration" Jeroen Boiten (GasUnie) – "BizTalk at Gas Unie" Jasper Defesche (Axon Olympus) - "BizTalk and Dynamics AX" Jeroen Hendriks (Axon Olympus) – "Robust BizTalk DTAP” It will be all Dutch talks and if you
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
My Code Gallery BizTalk Samples
Posted on 10:52 by Unknown
Past few weeks I have contributed the following samples to MSDN Code Gallery: BizTalk Table Operations - Messaging This sample will show how to perform simple table operations using WCF-SQL Adapter a part of BizTalk Server Adapter Pack. The Sample provided by Microsoft shows only Select statement operation. This sample will show all the other operations. It is based on the BizTalk Adapter Pack
Sunday, 30 October 2011
BizTalk Server 2010–Tools
Posted on 09:18 by Unknown
I have created an article for TechNet Wiki called BizTalk Server 2010 – Tools and it is a compilation of all tooling available through Codeplex or Microsoft Download Center. These tools are not provided out of box with BizTalk Server 2010, but can be of tremendous help in debugging, logging, testing, troubleshooting, documenting solution, and performing health checks and benchmarking of your
Sunday, 23 October 2011
BizTalk Server 2010 TechNet Wiki Articles
Posted on 11:53 by Unknown
The TechNet Wiki is a library of information about Microsoft technologies written by the community for the community. Through TechNet Wiki you will find the following BizTalk Server 2010 articles: Working with BizTalk AppFabric Connect Installing the BizTalk Server 2010 AppFabric Connect feature BizTalk + WF/WCF, Better Together BizTalk Server 2010 AppFabric Connect feature Frequently Asked
Thursday, 13 October 2011
BizTalk User Group Sweden : My debut as International Speaker
Posted on 06:03 by Unknown
Next week a new BizTalk User Group Meeting in Sweden is scheduled with two sessions: A Lap Around BizTalk Adapter Pack A Lap Around BizTalk360 The first session will be done by me and it will be first time I will do a session in English in another country. The other session is done by Saravana on BizTalk360. It will be second time both me and Saravana will share the same stage. Last time was
Monday, 10 October 2011
BizTalk360 new V2.5 release–Message Box Viewer Integration
Posted on 13:54 by Unknown
Saravana has released new version of BizTalk 360, a version 2.5 release with following important features/enhancements: Role Based Security Knowledge Base Repository Message Box Viewer Integration Message Detail (Content/Context) Alert/Notification Enhancements It shows that BizTalk360 has more monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities. In this blog post I will focus on troubleshooting
Thursday, 6 October 2011
BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 WCF-Custom with sqlBinding Table Operations through Messaging solution
Posted on 10:52 by Unknown
Last year I did a post on table operations using WCF-SQL Adapter as part of Adapter Pack 2.0. This post was targeted for BizTalk 2009 and I now like to do an update targeting BizTalk Server 2010. With BizTalk Server 2010 (DVD/ISO) comes the adapter pack that bundles old (non-WCF based) Enterprise Adapter for BizTalk with new (WCF-based) adapters to support compatibility with different versions of
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
BizTalk Server Unleashed 2010 Kindle version on my iPad
Posted on 02:48 by Unknown
Yesterday I have bought the BizTalk Server Unleashed 2010 Kindle Version for my iPad. Why? Well book contains a wealth of information on BizTalk Server 2010 and has 864 pages, which means is a heavy book to be carrying around. My iPad is a light device and I can have multiple books on it, so I can carry around a complete library of BizTalk and other related books (e.g. WCF) with me. The book
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Query Notification SQL Azure BizTalk WCF-SQL: Possible?
Posted on 08:29 by Unknown
In a previous post I discussed polling a SQL Azure Table using WCF-SQL Adapter. I got one comment back from Mikael Sand with question: Does SQL Azure support notifications? Well there is one way to find out and that is give it a try to find out if it is possible. As inspiration I looked at a post by Richard Seroter Query Notification Capability in WCF SQL Adapter and see if I can try a similar
Monday, 3 October 2011
BizTalk Operations Using a Web Console
Posted on 11:38 by Unknown
One of features that BizTalk lacks is a Web UI for operating BizTalk. There is a BizTalk Administration Console that enables BizTalk operators and Administrators to deploy and manage BizTalk Server applications and group(s). The console is basically a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) you can start from Server where BizTalk is installed or remotely on a different machine, but it is not web based
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Polling SQL Azure Database Table with WCF-SQL Adapter
Posted on 12:37 by Unknown
I have seen polling related questions sometimes on the BizTalk forums and I myself occasionally have come across a scenario’s where I had to use polling. In past I have read a couple of posts on polling like the one from Richard (TypedPolling) and Armen (Polling). Now with SQL Azure I wondered if it is possible to poll a SQL Azure Table. If you have an account with Windows Azure Portal than you
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Windows Azure Service Bus Topics and Queues
Posted on 05:56 by Unknown
A topic that I think BizTalk professional find appealing in Windows Azure is the Service Bus (part of Windows Azure AppFabric). Service Bus provides secure messaging and connectivity capabilities that enable building distributed and disconnected applications in the cloud, as well hybrid application across both on-premises and the cloud. One of new features is topics and queues. Clemens Vasters
Friday, 23 September 2011
Documenting BizTalk Environment and BizTalk Solution
Posted on 05:18 by Unknown
When it comes to documentation with BizTalk it can be challenging task. What do and what do I not document and how do I document it. In my view there are three types of documentation when it comes to BizTalk in my opinion. That is: BizTalk Environment (Design) document Functional Design of BizTalk Solution Technical (Design) of BizTalk Solution BizTalk Environment (design) documentation you can
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
BizTalk Server 2010 Patterns by Dan Rosanova
Posted on 16:47 by Unknown
Currently I am in Toronto staying at friend enjoying some free time before heading to San Francisco, and SoCal for the Windows Build Conference. Still I find some time to write this post, which I wanted to as BizTalk Server 2010 Patterns book is there for pre-order. A new BizTalk book written by Dan Rosanova, two time MVP BizTalk Server, and over a decade over of experience delivering solutions
Friday, 26 August 2011
What new Training Kit BizTalk 2010
Posted on 09:08 by Unknown
There is a new training kit for BizTalk 2010. It contains: Hands On Labs Creating BizTalk Maps with the new Mapper Consuming a WCF Service Publishing Schemas and Orchestrations as WCF Services Integrating with Microsoft SQL Server Integrating using the FTP Adapter Developers - Create a Role and Party-based Integration Solution Exploring the New Settings Dashboard Monitoring BizTalk
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
BizTalk RFID and StreamInsight Talk
Posted on 00:20 by Unknown
Coming Monday I will present together with my colleague Wouter on BizTalk RFID and StreamInsight (Complex Event Processing). It is what my company calls a “Innoveer jij mee sessie” and these talks are about innovation. I did similar talk a few months back on BizTalk AppFabric Connect. Talks are in Dutch and hosted at or Headquarters in Nieuwegein. It is open for public and you are free to
Thursday, 4 August 2011
BizTalk 2010 : Line of Business System Integration
Posted on 05:57 by Unknown
Packt Publishing has released another great BizTalk resource by title of Microsoft BizTalk 2010: Line of Business Integration. Authors have done an excellent job detailing integration with Dynamics (CRM,AX), SalesForce, SharePoint, and SAP. There was not much documentation on integration with Dynamics for instance and most it was out dated. Currently there a couple of BizTalk books out there
Thursday, 14 July 2011
The Future of Middleware and the BizTalk Roadmap
Posted on 12:59 by Unknown
If you interested in future of BizTalk watch the latest talk of Tony Meleg during WPC 2011 Los Angeles: AP03 - The Future of Middleware and the BizTalk Roadmap.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Calling Stored Procedure Oracle 11g Using WCF-Custom OracleDbBinding
Posted on 08:47 by Unknown
In this post I like to show how to call a stored procedure in Oracle 11g XE performing an insert and an update. To create a stored procedure in Oracle 11g I look for guidance and found at Oracle® Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference, and PSOUG Insert and Update. I created the following two procedures: create or replace procedure "INSERT_CUSTOMER"(customer_name IN VARCHAR2,customer_street
Using BTSHTTPReceive in x64 Environment
Posted on 04:18 by Unknown
I have a VM with BTS 2010 installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 x64. In this environment I wanted to find out how to work with HTTP Adapter. Fortunately there two samples found in :\Program Files(x86)\BizTalk Server 2010\SDK\Samples\AdapterUsage\HTTPRequestResponse or HTTPSolicitResponse (you will find them if you have selected the SDK feature during BizTalk Installation). Before
Monday, 11 July 2011
SQLExecute Oracle 11g XE using WCF OracleDbBinding
Posted on 07:05 by Unknown
In previous post I detailed polling an Oracle 11g XE (Express) database using OracleDbBinding in WCF-Custom Adapter. Now I like to share how I can perform SQL statements through SQLExecute operation. You can run parameterized SQL statement on an Oracle database through WCF-Custom with OracleDbBinding. This binding supports the SQLExecute operation, which acts on an input parameter block comprised
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Polling Oracle 11g XE with OracleDbBinding
Posted on 05:14 by Unknown
In previous post I detailed how to perform some table operations in Oracle 11g using OracleDbBinding (WCF). I now like to show how to do polling in Oracel 11g XE. You can download a number of BizTalk Server 2010 Adapter Pack samples and I will use the Polling an Oracle Database sample. What sample will do is configuring a polling transaction (query) that targets the .
Monday, 4 July 2011
Passed BizTalk 2010 exam (70-595)
Posted on 02:47 by Unknown
Today I passed the BizTalk 2010 exam and I am certified technology specialist again. In the past I passed the BizTalk 2006 (70-235) and BizTalk 2006 R2 (70-241), but both of them where retired just recently (30th of June 2011). I prepared my self using resources you will find in one of my previous posts. Having a virtual machine with BizTalk 2010 with a lot samples is a great help in preparing.
Friday, 1 July 2011
BizTalk Server MVP 2011
Posted on 07:23 by Unknown
Just now I have received an e-mail from Microsoft with exciting news that I’ve been re-awarded the MVP title. For me this is the second time to receive this award. The first year has been an tremendous experience, which gave me the opportunity to do great things and meet inspiring and very skilled people. I would like to thank: - my MVP leads William Jansen - Ed Hickey and all other Microsoft
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
BTUG: BizTalk integration with SalesForce
Posted on 04:25 by Unknown
At the upcoming BizTalk User Group (BTUG) meeting in Almere on June, 29th I will do a talk on integration between SalesForce and BizTalk. In past I have been involved in an integration project with SalesForce using BizTalk 2009 and have blogged about it: BizTalk, SalesForce and MSMQ – Part I BizTalk, SalesForce and MSMQ – Part II Also recently in Dutch .NET magazine an article has been
Friday, 27 May 2011
Second Visit to Stockholm : BizTalk User Group Sweden
Posted on 01:37 by Unknown
Next month I will attend the BizTalk User Group Sweden event: Top 10 Things to Know When Integrating with Line of Business Systems. Kent Weare and Richard Seroter will be coming to talk about Integrating with Line of Business Systems. They have written a book together with Thiago Almeida, Sergei Moukhnitski and Carl Darski called: Microsoft BizTalk 2010: Integrating with Line of Business Systems.
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Monitoring BizTalk Solutions – The Tools Part 5
Posted on 04:22 by Unknown
It has been a while ago I did a series of posts on monitoring tools for BizTalk solutions. Back then I discussed the following tools: BizMon now named Integration Platform Monitor (IPM); Minotaur currently it’s second release; Frends Helium. And now there is a new tool made by Saravana Kumar, who I met last MVP summit in person, called BizTalk360. During bus ride from summit back to hotel he
Monday, 18 April 2011
Table Operation on Oracle 11g XE with OracleDbBinding
Posted on 02:39 by Unknown
Last year I did a post on table operations on SQL Server Table with WCF-SQL Adapter from BizTalk on SQL. Now I like to do similar thing on table in Oracle 11g Express database using the Oracle Binding from BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010. Oracle 11g Express Edition is available through OTN. For downloading software you will need to have an account! It is important that when accessing Oracle you have
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
DevDays 2011
Posted on 05:35 by Unknown
This year 14th edition of Dutch DevDays will be organized. I have been attending these conference since I started in IT business since 2000. Thousands of professionals will gather this year again for two days to become fully informed of all current developments in their field. Azure, cloud, desktop / client, SQL Server, Visual Studio,. Net, Windows 7 Phone, Web, SharePoint and user experience
Thursday, 31 March 2011
BizTalk Server 2010 Exam : How to prepare?
Posted on 08:52 by Unknown
In previous post I yesterday I wrote that new BizTalk 2010 exam is out. And you may figure how to prepare as in preparation material nothing is mentioned.Let’s look at what skills are measured. In a nutshell these topics are: Configuring messaging architecture (setup, manage ports, configure adapters, implement messaging solutions); Developing BizTalk Artefacts (building orchestrations, create
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
BizTalk 2010 Exam is available
Posted on 08:54 by Unknown
Short blog post this time. As of now the BizTalk 2010 exam is now available. You can find details on the webpage for this exam 70-595 TS: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions by Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010. One of interesting skills measured are Implementing Extended Capabilities. This deals with RFID, EDI, BAM and BRE. I quoted from the overview: “Candidates should have
Thursday, 24 March 2011
BizTalk AppFabric Connect: WCF-Adapter Service Stored Procedure
Posted on 10:20 by Unknown
In a post yesterday I should a way to invoke a stored procedure in SQL Azure using WCF-SQL Adapter. There is another to invoke a stored procedure using AppFabric Connect for Services functionality in BizTalk Server 2010. This new feature feature brings together the capabilities of BizTalk Server and Windows Azure AppFabric thereby enabling enterprises to extend the reach of their on-premise Line
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
WCF-SQL Adapter Stored Procedure : SQL Azure
Posted on 14:24 by Unknown
In previous post I explained how call stored procedure using WCF-SQL Adapter from BizTalk. I now want to do same thing, but instead of calling a stored-procedure in SQL Server I will call a stored procedure in SQL-Azure. If you want to do you will need a Windows Azure Account. If you do than you can sign in through Azure Management Portal and if you do not have SQL Azure database you can go
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Interview by Richard Seroter: MVP Summit
Posted on 18:43 by Unknown
During MVP summit I was interviewed by my fellow MVP Richard Seroter. MVP summit was great and it was nice to be elected/nominated for diner with Soma. Thanks Richard for including me in the monthly interviews and the entertaining "Soma" diner together with Stephen. I enjoyed the conversations and laughs.
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
WCF-SQL Adapter Stored Procedure
Posted on 10:22 by Unknown
In this post I would like to show a different way to insert a record inside a SQL Table using a stored-procedure with WCF-SQL Adapter. Last year I wrote a post on WCF-SQL Table Operations, which was/is very useful for a lot BizTalk pro’s. For BizTalk 2010 you can find Adapter Pack Samples through BizTalk Server Development Center. On that page you can find a sample called SQL Adapter –> Using
Monday, 14 February 2011
Masterclass BizTalk and AppFabric
Posted on 08:34 by Unknown
Tomorrow I will be giving a master class around BizTalk and AppFabric at my company. It will be a Dutch presentation on BizTalk Server 2010, AppFabric Connect and Windows Azure/Server AppFabric. With AppFabric connect one can extend reach of BizTalk orchestrations and LoB applications to the cloud. Most of information I will be sharing is similar to what can be found in:TechEd Session BizTalk
Sunday, 23 January 2011
BizTalk Server 2010 Adapters
Posted on 13:24 by Unknown
If you wonder where all adapters for BizTalk are or which ones are available when you have install DVD in virtually in your hand. There are two directories on DVD (after you mount it with something like ISO mount). One called BizTalk accelerators and one named BizTalk Server. Both folders contain a setup and when you run it a splash screen will appear. In accelerators splash screen you find
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
BIA - The BizTalk Intelligence Agency
Posted on 02:37 by Unknown
Lex Hegt has been owner of blog called BIA – The BizTalk Intelligence Agency and it has been around since 2005. In past Randal was contributor in the past of this blog, now I and Charles are new contributors. It is sponsored by integration team of Ordina my current employer. I encourage you to visit this site as well as it contains valuable information. It can have some overlap with this blog
Monday, 10 January 2011
BizTalk Hotrod 11
Posted on 00:54 by Unknown
Rather short post this time. First of all a happy new year to everyone. BizTalk Hotrod 11 is out and can be obtained here. Go read…Technorati: biztalk server 2010
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