This week, I installed on a BizTalk Server 2016 environment Host Integration Server 2016 (HIS), and to my surprise, I was receiving this quite unusual and annoying error: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
Each time I try to open the HIS Configuration Console.
Nevertheless, this error did not occur the first time I ran the configuration console; in other words, after I installed the HIS, the first time I executed the Configuration console, everything worked ok. Even if I closed and opened again, everything was still working fine. The problem only occurred once I actually configured something.
This error only occurred if:
- I configure, let’s say, all the HIS features.
- Close the HIS Configuration console.
- And then try to open the Configuration console again.
📝 One-Minute Brief
Explains how to fix the “String was not recognized as a valid DateTime” error when opening the Host Integration Server Configuration Console, usually caused by regional or date format settings.
Cause
As far as I know, there is no other reason; this is a bug!
Solution
The solution is very simple:
- Install Host Integration Server Cumulative Update 1
- FIX: The Host Configuration Utility fails to start after you use it to configure Host Integration Server
- Cumulative update 1 for Host Integration Server 2016
But in fact, there is already Host Integration Server Cumulative Update 2 available, so I recommend that you install this one instead:
After installing HIS CU2, everything worked as expected.
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