http://geekswithblogs.net/ajames/archive/2010/01/21/configuring-biztalk-2009-sharepoint-adapter-for-sharepoint-2010.aspx

http://geekswithblogs.net/bloesgen/archive/2007/06/24/113418.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/ahamza/archive/2007/03/07/is-there-a-way-to-configure-one-send-port-to-send-a-message-to-a-document-library-based-on-a-parameter.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/john_westworth/archive/2008/06/09/sharepoint-and-biztalk.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/wesleybakker/archive/2009/03/26/BizTalk-_2B00_-SharePoint_3A00_-1_2B00_1_3D00_3.aspx

 

http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrm/archive/2008/10/07/microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-0-biztalk-adapter-now-available.aspx

http://reddevnews.com/news/devnews/article.aspx?editorialsid=941

http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1454

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/sep07/09-10R2GAPR.mspx

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• BizTalk
• Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 - Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007
• Sistemi distribuiti in ambito Microsoft Framework .NET

 

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Free SaaS BizTalk Services over the Internet

http://connectedsystems.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!10E0A1CD60CAE1A9!248.entry

http://blogs.msdn.com/stevemar/archive/2007/04/24/have-services-got-feedback.aspx

http://www.dennispi.com/?p=110

http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2007/04/23/biztalk-services-on-labs-biztalk-net-will-live-tomorrow.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/archive/2007/04/24/biztalk-services-isb-debuts.aspx
http://labs.biztalk.net/
http://blogs.msdn.com/davidlem/archive/2007/04/25/w00t-biztalk-services-in-the-cloud.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/darrenj/archive/2007/04/24/professional-biztalk-server-2006-shipping.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/vbertocci/archive/2007/04/24/biztalk-services.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/clemensv/archive/2007/04/25/internet-service-bus.aspx

 

http://blogs.msdn.com/stevemar/archive/2007/03/29/biztalk-server-2006-r2-beta-2-available-today.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2007/04/03/public-beta-for-biztalk-2006-r2-has-released.aspx

Biztalk 2006 documentation PDF

http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2007/03/27/biztalk-server-2006-documentation-in-pdf-format.aspx

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/bursteg/archive/2007/03/20/10607.aspx

BizTalk 2006 will have better and more interop Workflow and Orchestration capabilities

http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2007/02/25/Microsoft-provides-BPEL-2.0-in-WF-_2D00_-BPEL-for-Windows-Workflow-Foundation-March-CTP.aspx

Agile BizTalk Development
Lately I was tasked to prepare a project plan for a BizTalk development.
Since the deadlines were very tight, but had no issues with budget/resourses, I had to parallelize everything as much as possible.
To make it I adopted an Agile/XP metodology with CRC cards:
I essentially created 2 matrix Word templates:
1) Overview Template: For each message I had an axis for field items and systems
2) Detailed View : For each message and each step in a BizTalk orchestration I have the field items, and 3 columns: the incoming filed values, the actions applied to it and the output values for the fields.
So by creating the matrices/CRC cards each single item can be analyzed as information becomes available, developed (schemas, code) and tested, Each of these CRC cards have additional info like Orchestration, Message, WorkFlow, Project Phase, Owner. And also, each document from these templates can be printed out.

FeedBack? What could be done better?

Other Agile BizTalk posts:
http://www.winterdom.com/weblog/2006/07/17/AgileBizTalkDevelopment.aspx
http://www.theagiledeveloper.com/articles/2006/03/02/biztalk-orchestration-to-bpel
http://codebetter.com/blogs/gregyoung/archive/2006/07/13/147347.aspx

Samples list at : BizTalk 2006 code samples

BizTalk e' fatto per SOA

Alcuni commentatori criticano le strategie SOA di Microsoft

sempre da definizione wikipedia di SOA:  "Sequencing services and providing additional logic to process data"

BizTalk usa la orchestration per avvolgere un servizio SOA con uno strato di logica e coordinamento sequenziale (workflow). In piu' Biztalk gestisce sia transazioni, persistenza dei dati, integrazione (tramite adapters), gestisce il processo stesso (con il modulo BPM) con alla base un ESB integrato.

Insomma alla fine e' un contenitore di servizi SOA aggiungendo un sacco di cose utili. Insomma alla fine si potrebbe pure chiamare Microsoft SOA Server.

SOA - Service Oriented Architecture

Tralasciando il materiale marketing su SOA (e chi cerca di rifilarvi del software SOA) e' essenzialmente un insieme di servizi - nel senso di codice che offre della funzionalita' - indipendenti, che collaborano per creare un flusso o processo aziendale, come gia' visto in DCOM e CORBA, ma che girano prevalentemente in ambienti webservice (WS*) o code (MSMSQ-Indigo).

Wikipedia dice questo.

Dal punto di vista pratico:

• 1 servizio = 1 progetto web services application (in Visual Studio) = 1 IIS VRoot
• >1 servizio = 1 applicazione SOA = Servizio(Webservice) A su macchina 1 chiama Servizio (Webservice) B su macchina 2

L'incarnazione Service Oriented Architecture di Microsoft comprende sia la spinta su webservices WS* adesso e Indigo (Windows Communication Foundation coi vari tipi di servizi) attualmente in beta ma disponibile l'anno prossimo , sia BizTalk che -oltre a EAI, BPM e B2B - permette di confezionare i flussi e/o processi aziendali logicamente in comode Orchestrations che fisicamente diventano applicazioni(eseguibili che possono esporre anche webservices volendo) a se stanti, ma gestite da BizTalk, il tutto sempre nello spirito SOA. 

altro post su SOA - Service Oriented Architecture: http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/carlop/archive/2003/11/14/635.aspx
http://blogs.devleap.com/marco/archive/2004/04/14/1107.aspx

SOA secondo Microsoft - SOA che fa senso

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/oct06/10-04SOA.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/oct06/10-04PragmaticSOAPR.mspx

Purtroppo ultimamente in Italia ho visto diverse grosse realta' comprare software per "imporre" SOA/ESB aziendali solo perche' fa figo, ma neanche in 20 anni riuscirebbero ad integrare tutte le applicazioni, dunque buttando qualche milionata al vento. Un esempio positivo pero' l'ho visto in Poste Italiane dove con BizTalk connettono sistemi anche non triviali man mano che nascono le esigenze, un approccio SOA molto pratico e di buon senso.