BizTalk 2004 recovery: Works well, but beware of HAT!

During recent testing, BizTalk Server 2004 recovered well from power outages and other tests. However, we did have an issue with HAT...

Posted On Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:54 PM

BizTalk Super Efficient and Effective Deployment

When BizTalk Server 2002 introduced SEED package technology, I spent quite some time trying to find out what 'SEED' stood for.   A couple of years later, I have at long last got the answer...and I don't believe it!!   See the title of this post for more info :-)

Posted On Monday, July 5, 2004 12:54 PM

Two BizTalk blogs to watch...

Check out two really excellent blog articles direct from Microsoft BizTalk devs. Kevin Smith has published a part 1 of an article on BizTalk ACKS and NACKS. Having fairly recently discovered the delights of NACK SOAP fault messages, this really filled in some of the gaps in my knowledge. Lee Graber has also published an article on Zombies. Again, a really relevant subject. I remember the 'Completed with Discarded Messages' status of suspended services really confused me when I first saw it. It's ......

Posted On Sunday, July 4, 2004 10:28 PM

Quick Tip: How to control XML encoding in BizTalk Server 2004

You don't use schemas to control XML encoding in BizTalk. You use Assembler components an message properties.

Posted On Sunday, July 4, 2004 9:55 PM