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The BizTalk Hotrod is a quarterly(ish) magazine published with lots of interesting articles about BizTalk.

Yossi Dahan has written an excellent paper on how to (and why) develop a custom streaming pipeline component. A must read for pipeline component developers.

This paper provides a deep, low-level review of how BAM works and how BAM can be extended. It reviews BAM basics, shows ways in which BAM data can be collected, discusses the BAM infrastructure, demonstrates methods for collecting BAM data, and shows how BAM can be extended to non-Microsoft technologies.

The BizTalk Server 2009 Performance Optimization Guide contains prescriptive guidance for optimizing BizTalk Server performance, based upon hands-on experience of IT professionals who have worked extensively with BizTalk Server. This guide contains four main sections: Finding and Eliminating Bottlenecks, Optimizing Performance, Scaling a Production BizTalk Server Environment, and BizTalk Server Performance Testing Methodology.

This paper details techniques for optimizing the infrastructure of a BizTalk Server system. The goal is to increase the throughput and reduce the latency of the system, maximizing return on invested hardware and software capital.

This document provides developers with techniques for designing, developing, and deploying solutions within Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2006 R2 in conjunction with Team Foundation Server. This paper was based on "Developing Integration Solutions with BizTalk Server" by Angus Foreman and Andy Nash and updated for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and Team Foundation Server. Also provided is a sample solution that leverages TeamBuild to compile, deploy and package the solution through TeamBuild 2008.

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Guidance for optimizing performance, based upon hands-on experience of IT professionals that have worked extensively with BizTalk Server.

Guidance based on real-world experience. The idea for the guide originated with Microsoft field representatives, partner organizations, and customers who plan, deploy, and maintain BizTalk Server installations. This group of IT professionals has accumulated extensive hands-on experience with a diverse range of BizTalk solutions. As they gained experience they created checklists, best practices, and presentations to guide future BizTalk Server operations. Microsoft collected and organized this information to create the guide. Key portions of this guide are new; however, a considerable portion consists of documentation taken from BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Help, white papers, Knowledge Base articles, and other sources. It has been carefully reviewed and vetted by experts from the community of BizTalk Server IT professionals and members of the product development team. Microsoft believes that the information presented here will help BizTalk Server users solve, and above all, avoid many of the common problems that can occur while deploying and maintaining a BizTalk Server installation.

This white paper describes how to use a Windows Server cluster to provide high availability for key BizTalk Server components and BizTalk Server dependencies. This white paper is intended to provide guidance to information technology (IT) professionals for the correct configuration of various BizTalk Server components and dependencies in a Windows Server cluster environment. It does not describe how to set up a cluster.

This document discusses improvements made to BizTalk Server. Enhanced capabilities and streamlined processes are illustrated using hypothetical business situations.

This document identifies and explains common events, issues, and warnings that you may encounter when using Business Activity Monitoring (BAM). Basic BAM database functions are also discussed. The extensive use of links throughout the document enhances the depth of information covered.

This document defines the WS-Addressing Helper, explains its function, and describes how to utilize it. Installation instructions for the WS-A Helper are also provided. Sample coding is shown in the Appendices.

This document illustrates and identifies ways in which to test and evaluate servers before going live in a business setting. Step-by-step testing protocol is emphasized and demonstrated. Checklists and resource lists/links provide additional direction. Multiple scenarios are explored and illustrated.

This document reports the results of tests performed on various adapters. Test criteria, procedures, adapter configurations, and results are presented. The data can help the reader determine which adapter configuration is best-suited for their specific business requirements.

This document demonstrates the potential increase in efficiency through scaled-up server and adapter combinations. Tests were performed on various combinations of BizTalk Servers and SQL Servers. Test criteria, procedures, server and adapter configurations, and results are presented. The data can help the reader determine which configuration best-suits their existing or anticipated business requirements.

This whitepaper answers some frequently asked questions about orchestrations in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 and BizTalk Server 2006.

This paper details techniques for optimizing the infrastructure of a BizTalk Server system. The goal is to increase the throughput and reduce the latency of the system, maximizing return on invested hardware and software capital.

This white paper describes a solution for improving the ordered delivery of messages in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 during concurrent processing by BizTalk orchestrations when used to implement business processes.

This white paper provides step-by-step instructions for creating and configuring a highly available BizTalk RFID setup using Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003.

This white paper provides implementation guidelines for Microsoft® BizTalk® RFID using data points in the various phases of implementation—planning, design and development, and post-deployment. It gives you ideas of the types of questions that you need to consider during implementation. You can use this white paper as a tool to help you successfully implement BizTalk RFID solutions.

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This document has two parts. The first part describes the requirements before installing each adapter. The second part describes how to install each adapter.

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The purpose of this paper is to serve as a guide for the developer who is building HL7 v2 solutions with Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2006. The paper addresses common development concerns that are encountered when processing HL7 v2–formatted data through BizTalk Server 2006 using BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 v2.0 (HL7 Accelerator). A working knowledge of the HL7 v2.x message structure and messaging protocols is presumed. Since the focus is on the deveopment of HL7 v2 solutions, topics such as HL7 v2 to HL7 v3 interoperability and HL7 v2 solution architectural patterns and design are covered separately.

This document provides an overview of Health Level 7 (HL7) v3.

Microsoft® BizTalk® Server has long supported Web services as a primary communication technique but the support has been fairly limited to date. For example, developers working with BizTalk Server 2006 can use the built-in SOAP adapter to achieve “basic profile” service integration or the downloadable Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 adapter when support for the various WS-Security specifications is required. But that’s as far as these existing adapters can take you in today’s maturing service-oriented landscape. Developers working in more modern service-oriented environments, which build on the various WS-* protocols, have been unable to fully utilize BizTalk Server 2006 in such environments since the product lacked support for Windows® Communication Foundation (WCF) within the messaging layer. Fortunately, with the release of BizTalk Server 2006 R2, developers will find a set of new WCF adapters that offer full integration with the advanced WS-* specifications supported by the WCF runtime. These adapters target the most common WCF communication scenarios and make them easy to tackle. As with the earlier SOAP/WSE adapters, developers can use the tools provided with the WCF adapters to publish WCF services from orchestrations or schemas and to consume external services using a variety of different transport, encoding, and protocol options, offering unparalleled service-oriented flexibility. The remainder of this white paper provides in-depth coverage on using the new WCF adapters.

This white paper addresses problem areas related to configuration and design, and other known issues involving the use of the SQL adapter. It provides best practices and workarounds for the IT Professional who deploys the SQL adapter in a production environment.

This white paper describes how to track failed messages in Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2006 by using Business Activity Monitoring (BAM). It contains steps for creating a basic solution for tracking failed messages. It also provides tips for variations to track different types of failed messages.

This article explores the details of designing and building Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2004 and BizTalk Server 2006 custom pipeline components that use design-time properties. Full source code for a sample custom pipeline with design-time properties is included.

This document describes how to deploy and configure the sample HL7 Management Pack (MOM Pack). It also describes the integration of Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 (BTAHL7) 1.0 Windows Performance Counters and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) events with Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (MOM). (10 pages)

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 provides a scalable, manageable platform for building message-based and business process-oriented applications. With this latest version, BizTalk Server provides many improvements in terms of architecture, design, performance, manageability, and scalability. In order to fully take advantage of the platform, many architects and developers need more detailed knowledge about how the platform works. This paper is intended to provide detailed information about the messaging infrastructure of BizTalk Server and about other key areas of the product where customers have typically struggled to gain an understanding. The goal in providing this information is that it will help customers to design, create, and debug their applications to better take advantage of the BizTalk Server 2004 platform.

This document introduces the BAM features in BizTalk Server 2004. The first two sections of this paper address the need for BAM and the desired user experience. These sections are intended primarily for business decision makers (managers, analysts, information workers, etc.) as well as more technical audiences that need a better understanding of the value proposition to the business. The last two sections of this paper go into deeper technical detail about how BAM works, and are intended for technical readers (architects, developers, system administrators, etc.) looking to deploy, manage, and extend BAM for their organization. (16 printed pages)

This white paper discusses how Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 supports the use of Web services in building solutions. (15 printed pages)

This paper discusses examples of business scenarios that require convoy message processing, explains convoy theory and messaging, and reviews each included sample. (13 printed pages).

This document describes sizing considerations for the Tracking (DTA) database in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. It explains how to use equations and message variables to determine how large the DTA database will become over a given period of time, and provides specific examples of how to apply the equations. "Use Message Variables to Determine DTA Size" provides an overview of the entire process. "Track Message Bodies" explains how to account for the size of message bodies in calculations. The remaining topics provide specific instructions for calculating DTA size in different scenarios.

The BizTalk Server 2004 Deployment Guide for Security contains information to help architects and information technology (IT) professionals design and deploy a secure implementation of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 in a multi-computer environment. (66 printed pages)

This document describes tools and techniques for monitoring a Microsoft BizTalk Server system on a recurring basis. It also provides general troubleshooting techniques for when you find an anomaly, error, or other destructive behavior in the system. (21 printed pages)

This document provides information about the performance characteristics of key Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 configurations and components, such as messaging, pipeline, and orchestration. (52 printed pages)

This document describes performance tuning for low latency messaging. It explains how to achieve the lowest latency possible for a messaging-only scenario using the HTTP adapter for sending and receiving. It provides details about the software and hardware configurations. (64 printed pages)

This paper provides detailed information about how to configure your BizTalk Server environment to use certificates for encryption, signing, and party resolution. (66 printed pages)

The BizTalk Server 2004 Technical Guide for High Availability contains information to help you understand, plan, and implement a highly available BizTalk Server 2004 environment. (25 printed pages)

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This document describes how to enable Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet (BTARN) 3.0 to connect to the Elemica Exchange Server Provider (ESP). (4 printed pages)

"Developing Integration Solutions with BizTalk Server 2004" provides developers with techniques for designing, developing, and deploying solutions within Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2004. (88 printed pages)

The How to Trigger a BizTalk Orchestration from SAP document describes the various processes, technologies, and tools involved in exchanging data between SAP and multiple applications. Detailed configuration scenarios are also provided. (6 printed pages)

The Implementing Service Contracts with BizTalk Server 2004 document discusses some of the issues surrounding BizTalk Server's support for Web services, while providing helpful guidance and some practical techniques for implementing existing WSDL contracts in your BizTalk orchestrations. (11 printed pages)

This paper presents the concepts behind Siebel UAN and discusses the details of how BizTalk Server 2004 orchestrates the integration between the Siebel CRM application and SAP R/3 to create an order by using the CME_ProcessOrder business process. (12 printed pages)

This document provides a brief overview of the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category and clarifies Microsoft's position. BizTalk Server 2004 and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) are introduced as a solution for both large and small customers. (5 printed pages)

"Risk Scoring with BizTalk Server 2004 and the Business Rules Framework" presents an example BizTalk solution in which an insurance company uses the Business Rules Framework to create a risk profile for qualifying applicants. (21 printed pages)

This document presents a sample that shows how to integrate a RosettaNet PIP with an SAP system using a Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 solution. In particular, this document shows how the 3A4 Purchase Order Request integrates with the SAP ORDERS05 IDoc. (11 printed pages)

Details transactional characteristics of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 and how they apply across components, such as messaging, pipeline, and orchestration. Describes how to construct business processes to guarantee message delivery. (25 printed pages)

BizTalk Server 2004, an integration server, lets you to develop, deploy, and manage integrated business processes and XML-based Web services. This version of BizTalk provides integration between messaging and orchestration and enhanced security and support for industry standards. (11 printed pages)

This document provides scenarios for Microsoft integration solutions. By having an understanding of the options available, you can simplify the process of choosing the best Microsoft technologies for your company. (13 printed pages)

"Using XML Schemas in BizTalk Server 2004" discusses the basic concepts of XML schemas and explains how they are used in BizTalk Server 2004. (30 printed pages)

This document provides general knowledge about the Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for SQL Server. It gives suggestions about when to use the SQL transport and how to retrieve, insert, update, and delete data. It also includes code samples. (30 printed pages)

The Writing Effective BizTalk Server Adapters document contains information to help you understand the issues you may encounter when writing Microsoft® BizTalk Server® adapters, and provides guidelines for resolving these issues. (32 printed pages)

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Discover a solution pattern for enterprise application integration (EAI) using Microsoft technology. The architecture of this pattern is built around the Microsoft Pattern Reference Model. (108 pages)

This article illustrates how you can leverage SQL Server Analysis Services to analyze the BizTalk Server’s document processing. By creating a cube using the BizTalk Server’s document tracking database, you can aggregate the number and sizes of interchanges by source, destination, document type, transport type, and time. Using the PivotTable Office Web Component, you can easily browse this cube and analyze your BizTalk Server’s document throughput as well.

How to use WMI programming techniques for BizTalk Server 2002 in the Microsoft .NET Framework. (24 printed pages)

Covers design and implementation of a scalable BizTalk automated business process application using BizTalk Server 2002, Visual Studio .NET, and SQL Server 2000. (61 printed pages)

This document uses two example projects to help you master all aspects of Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for Web Services. It also describes how to test the BizTalk Adapter for Web Services solutions that you create. (2 printed pages)

How to integrate BizTalk Server 2002 with databases in general, and with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in particular, and how to process XML into and out of a database. (39 printed pages)

Learn how to design and deploy a highly available implementation of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 using the Cluster service component of Microsoft Windows 2000. (45 printed pages)

This technical article provides background information for RosettaNet-centric exchanges. It also defines the framework for an organization to fulfill its implementation scenarios using BizTalk Server and BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet. It does not address the core capabilities of any particular organization or legacy integration required between an organization and other affected systems. The latter is assumed complete as part of other related and independent projects.

Learn how the Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for MQSeries will allow you to incorporate BizTalk Server into a system that is using IBM's MQSeries enterprise integration messaging standard. (41 pages

Describes the fail fast process in which Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 shuts down a schedule instance even if it is not completed. In order track schedule instances, the authors provide an Application Integration Component (AIC) that will check if all instances were completed, and re-try instances that were not completed. (1 printed page, plus a link to additional documentation and sample code)

How to deploy scalable, highly available XML Web services using BizTalk Orchestration and the .NET Framework. (33 printed pages)

Learn a solution that you can use to process large XML or Comma Separated Value (CSV) files submitted to Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 for processing. This paper describes how to split documents into manageable chunks, submit the document chunks to BizTalk Server, and then how to reassemble the document chunks in their original order after processing. (1 printed page)

How to understand and use the BizTalk 2002 Publish-Subscribe Toolkit. (21 printed pages)

Learn how Microsoft BizTalk Server can help both large businesses that are currently using EDI and smaller businesses that do not use EDI but that want to trade with larger businesses. (19 printed pages)

Download code, and learn how to write a pair of custom parser and serializer components using Visual C#. (2 printed pages)

Learn about the improvements to the XML tools BizTalk Editor and BizTalk Mapper in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002. (27 printed pages)

BizTalk Server 2000 includes interfaces that allow developers to add proprietary parsers and serializers for specialize incoming and outgoing file formats. This article discusses and defines custom BizTalk Server 2000 parsers and serializers, the purposes they serve, and the interfaces required to implement them. It also walks you through a simple parser and serializer pair implementation. (50 printed pages)

This white paper will show an example of how to use BizTalk Orchestration and COM+ to solve a common real-world business requirement. (13 printed pages)

This article examines the transactional support available in Microsoft BizTalk Orchestration Services and looks at how to use the transactions and exception-handling support to handle errors that might occur in schedules. In addition, it looks at how to debug schedules and components in schedules. This article is targeted at designers and developers implementing long-running business processes using BizTalk Orchestration Services. (22 printed pages)

Learn how to plan, design, and deploy a highly available implementation of Microsoft BizTalk Server using the Cluster service component of Microsoft Windows 2000. This article is intended for customers who have stringent requirements for system uptime and guaranteed data delivery.

Learning BizTalk is a set of lessons and code samples that are designed to get a new user up to speed with Microsoft® BizTalk™ Server 2000. Unlike the BizTalk Tutorial that ships in the BizTalk Server 2000 box, these lessons follow the principle of learn by decomposition. Install the first lesson, understand the business problem and immediately run the entire scenario, which features two orchestration schedules and BizTalk Messaging services passing XML documents. Next, understand each element of the overall scenario by working through lessons that explain how to use the BizTalk Editor, Mapper, Messaging Manager, Administrator, and Orchestration Designer.

This article discusses the integration of existing legacy systems using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000. It is intended as an introduction to a range of concepts associated with BizTalk Server 2000 and is suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences who might be working with BizTalk Server for the first time. Specifically, this paper provides an overview of the BizTalk Server tools that enable you to create the required components to interface to legacy systems. This includes a scenario with three phases that demonstrates integration by using industry-standard XML and EDI file formats as well as delimited and positional files. (28 printed pages)

This article discusses the business process orchestration features of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000. (16 printed pages)

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 provides the infrastructure to enable solutions for business-to-business electronic commerce and enterprise application integration (EAI). This article describes deployment configurations, explains why you might decide to implement each configuration, and offers guidelines for building them. (31 printed pages)

This article describes the concepts, tasks, and administrative issues a system administrator needs to know to operate and maintain a Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 installation. An overview of the BizTalk Messaging Services and BizTalk Orchestration Services concepts relevant to administering BizTalk Server 2000 is provided. Additionally, this article outlines the administrative tasks and issues that system administrators might encounter. Anyone reading this article should also read the "Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Deployment Considerations" article, which contains important background information for this topic. (33 printed pages)

This article shows how Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 adds value to companies that use electronic data interchange (EDI). It also shows how BizTalk Server adds value to smaller companies that don’t use EDI, but want to interoperate with companies that use EDI. The relative strengths and limitations of BizTalk Server and EDI are shown, and the article ends with a description of BizTalk Server limitations in its support of EDI in comparison with an EDI server. (14 printed pages)

This white paper shows you how Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 can be used with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to manage Administration objects and consume events. BizTalk Server's implementation of WMI is discussed along with an example of a temporary event consumer. The schema classes are documented and the white paper ends with a library of code examples that provide solutions to common tasks encountered when using BizTalk Server with WMI. (94 printed pages)