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Even with all the time I have spent with BizTalk 2004 and 2006, there is one thing that I will occasionally get tripped on - the fact that exported Bindings and Configuration files do not contain passwords.
For security purposes, BizTalk never shows the existing values of any passwords - whether those passwords are entered during configuration, setting up [...]

I wrote this “How To” article for my company back in the spring, but thought it might be helpful to developers new to BizTalk. For me, troubleshooting schemas is always a pain point; this mostly due to all of the whacky file formats that are out there.
HOW-TO: Troubleshooting Schemas
One of the biggest frustrations about working [...]

If you are pulling your hair out wondering why you followed the tutorial to the letter and yet things aren’t working as it should be, here is Lisa’s Blog site that provides the latest updates to the tutorial. Please make sure you download the latest tutorial from MSDN site instead of using the out-of-dated one [...]

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This tool examines a BizTalk Server 2006 deployment and generates a list of best practices issues it discovers. I haven’t tried, but it should be very useful if it works as advertised.

Microsoft just released a new document to help developers with programming issues within a BizTalk application.
It contains 120 (!) pages of useful info about every aspect of BizTalk - including best practices. Additional info about the document is available here and here.
After scanning it over, I found several topics that are still missing. I guess that’s OK as [...]

I am a late bloomer to blogging, but have realized that I do in fact have something to say on such subjects as BizTalk Server and SharePoint Technologies - and how to make these things work. So, if you share an interest - stay tuned.
However, not all blog entries need be original, right? So let’s [...]

Recently, a client of ours was running into a problem with our SQL Receive Locations being automatically disabled by BizTalk 2006. This happened whenever the IT admins took down the SQL 2000 servers and/or the network for maintenance.
Some background: BizTalk 2K6 is used in an integration solution that requires querying a SQL 2K database for new records. Due to requirements of the system, [...]

It’s that time of the year again where we get to help clients understand what BizTalk Server can do for them. As part of the Tallan Fall Seminars series (http://www.tallan.com/fallseminars/) we will be giving seminars on SOA and BizTalk Server 2006 at Microsoft’s Manhattan offices on Oct. 17 and a TBD venue in Hartford on Oct. 19. The seminars [...]

If you want use a desktop tool to read and publish blogs, I highly recommend the follwing tools.
RSS Bandit, a very neat blog reading tool. It is open-source and written in C#.
w.bloggar, a very popular blog authoring tool. It can be launched standalone, or from RSS Bandit context menu. I am creating this post [...]

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