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BizTalk Server 2010 Exam : How to prepare?

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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 schema’s, maps and pipelines); Debugging and Exception Handling (debug orchestrations, validate and test artefacts like schema’s, maps, pipelines); Integrating Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services (WCF Adapters); Implementing Extended Capabilities (this is the BAM, BRE, RFID and EDI part); Deploying, Tracking, and Supporting a BizTalk Solution (Installation in different kinds of scenario’s, deployment of applications, bindings). You can find a lot of resources that can help in preparation through BizTalk Development Center like the BizTalk tutorials for EA

BizTalk 2010 Exam is available

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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 a solid understanding of fundamental BizTalk concepts around the core messaging engine and building business processes using orchestrations. Candidates will have some exposure to larger-scale multi-server solutions and deployment/management familiarity. This core knowledge is required for BizTalk 2006 R2, 2009, and 2010.  In addition, core knowledge of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Electronic Data Interchange  (EDI) is also required. Candidates should also have at least two years’ experience developing, deploying, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging BizTalk Server 2006

BizTalk AppFabric Connect: WCF-Adapter Service Stored Procedure

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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 of Business (LOB) systems and BizTalk applications to cloud. To be able to bridge the capabilities of BizTalk Server and Windows Azure AppFabric you will need Biztalk Server 2010 Feature Pack . In this post I will show how to leverage BizTalk WCF-SQL Adapter to extend reach of stored procedure to the cloud. First I will create a service that will expose the stored-procedure. I create a VS Studio project and select WCF Adapter Service. Steps that follow are also described in an article called Exposing LOB Services on the Cloud Using AppFabric Connect for Services . I skip first page concern

WCF-SQL Adapter Stored Procedure : SQL Azure

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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 database in portal and click Create a new SQL Database . You will then go through set of steps (e.g. wizard), where you will have to select subscription and server, region (my case North Europe), credentials, firewall rules (I did not apply any), database name, edition (web), and size (1 Gb). So I now have a database in the cloud and I can access it through SQL management studio 2008 R2 on my machine. That’s what I thought, but I got the message below stating I need a firewall rule. This meant I had to go back to the portal and create a firewall rule for IP address of my laptop. I dropped th

Interview by Richard Seroter: MVP Summit

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.