HL7 Accelerator on my BizTalk Server 2009 Sandbox Machine

There is a project opportunity for me for BizTalk Server and HL7 implementation. I therefore am trying to get familiar with HL7 accelerator. There is a webcast BizTalk Light and Easy about HL7 by Mark Brimble, which was a excellent starting point for me. I have a sandbox with BizTalk Server 2009, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 installed on it (all x86). Accelerator can be found through your MSDN account (en_biztalk_server_2009_accelerators_enterprise_edition_x86_and_x64_cd_x15-48264.iso; named BizTalk Server 2009 Accelerators), if you wonder how to get your hands on it.

Installation is pretty straight forward, though installation has to be done with an account that is member of BizTalk Administrators Group. Below are some screenshots that matter and give you an idea what to expect.

Select features you want; I selected them all.

Account for logging service; I choose my administrator account.

Summary of features that are installed on my Sandbox.

Database for logging; here you can test connection to your database. In the end you will a have fully configured HL7 Accelerator in your Sandbox.

I have got my environment now setup complete and time has come to star experimenting and figure out how it works.

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Pro BizTalk Server 2009 Book

New BizTalk Server 2009 Pro is out. I am currently reading it and it’s a good read and does have some overlap with its predecessor, which was a big success. Updated book for BizTalk Server 2009 is based upon real feedback from BizTalk developers. It is written by recognized experts George Dunphy and Sergei Moukhnitski, backed by a team of top-notch coauthors. In the book the authors share their experiences and expertise to teach readers the art of creating a BizTalk solution using the right tools from the BizTalk 2009 toolbox.

• Fully updated to cover the latest developments in BizTalk 2009
• Focuses on the art of creating a BizTalk solution by helping readers choose the right tool from the BizTalk toolbox for the task at hand
• Based upon the real–life experience of authors with many years of practice implementing BizTalk solutions for large enterprises.

Technical editor of this book is Richard Seroter, who has written excellent SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009. Read his post about the book. I know many of you out there will have this book and/or the new BizTalk Pro book, if not get. It easy to get hold of through Amazon for instance, it is not expensive and above all worth the investment!

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BizTalk Server 2009 Pattern Wizard

Jon Flanders released a new update for Pattern Wizard for BizTalk Server 2009. I downloaded the wizard from Codeplex and tried it out VPC running BizTalk Server 2009 on Standard Windows 2008 OS (x86), SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition and VSTS 2008. I created a project called BizTalkAsyncAggPatternWizardTest and tried Wizard out.

It works like a charm and it is helpful in learning/mastering some BizTalk Patterns as in implementing them in your solutions.

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A busy man with BizTalk challenges

From time to time I read interesting blog posts about BizTalk. I found a few that are interesting:

- Notification when Receive Locations/Send Ports change

- Configuring BizTalk Backup for Disaster Recovery – Part 2

- BizTalk Orchestration – Orchestration debugging inside Visual Studio

- SCOM pack for BizTalk Server 2009

A lot is happening out there in BizTalk community and hopefully I have somethings to add in the near future.

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