What a journey—more than two years! Writing a book through the pandemic and handling every detail was tough. I’m grateful to Tom Canter and Lex Hegt for walking this path with me, and to Kovai and Saravana for their support.
Today brought a surprise. The book went live on the same day I returned to the office, so I handed the first copy to my team—perfect timing. Thank you, Pedro Almeida and Diogo Formosinho, for your help and encouragement over the last few years.
And I also want to thank everyone who contributed to this book. Mandi Anez Ohlinder wrote a wonderful foreword, and Steve Lemkau and JoAnn Een reviewed the content with great care. I truly appreciate their work and support.
📝 One-Minute Brief
After more than two years of work, the Migrating to BizTalk Server 2020 book is now available. Co‑authored by Sandro Pereira, Tom Canter, and Lex Hegt, this comprehensive guide provides practical strategies, upgrade paths, best practices, and real‑world insights to help teams successfully migrate from older BizTalk versions to BizTalk Server 2020.
Migrating to BizTalk Server 2020
This book is intended to be a valuable resource for managers, architects, developers, testers, and administrators involved in migrating BizTalk Server platforms and solutions running on previous versions toward BizTalk Server 2020. It will provide practical recipes and strategies that will help them enhance and strengthen their knowledge in this sensitive and sometimes complicated upgrade process.
What the book covers
This book is a “mini” bible to migrate your BizTalk Server to the latest version of the product, covering almost all aspects of this topic
Overview of BizTalk Server 2020
Get a concise tour of BizTalk Server 2020. We explain the core components and features, what’s new, what Microsoft deprecated or removed, and the hardware/software requirements and supported versions. The goal: give you the context you need before you plan any change.
Migration drivers — why upgrade now
Many organizations postpone BizTalk upgrades because they seem complex and costly. This chapter lays out the business and technical reasons to move to BizTalk Server 2020, so you can justify the effort with clear benefits.
Preparing for your upgrade
Every migration is different, but the preparation pattern is similar. We use an Evaluate → Plan → Implement (EPI) approach to guide you through prerequisites, risk reduction, timelines, and decision points. You leave this chapter with a practical blueprint.
In‑place upgrade
An in‑place upgrade doesn’t fit every scenario and is usually not recommended for production. Still, it can be valid in specific cases. We outline when it makes sense, what to validate first, and which safeguards to apply if you choose this route.
Side‑by‑side migration
Side‑by‑side is the most common path. We walk through setting up the new platform, migrating applications, and running parallel environments safely. You’ll learn the steps, common pitfalls, and tips to keep the cutover smooth and low‑risk.
Migrating to Azure
Thinking about the cloud? This chapter highlights what to consider before moving BizTalk workloads to Azure IaaS—when you can, when you shouldn’t, and what you’ll need. We also touch on migrating solutions to Azure Integration Services, including feasibility, challenges, and patterns that make the shift simpler.
Where can I order the book?
For now, the book is available for you to order the book online at Shopify here:
I hope you enjoy it!
Finally, to my wife Fernanda and my children Leonor, Laura, and José, my life would be empty and meaningless without all your hugs, jokes, crying to demand attention, affection, and all our other crazy things. Thanks for being part of my life.
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Why I cannot buy the book in PDF format.
Many years ago I stopped buying books in paper format, they are big and heavy. All the documentation that I have bought in recent years is in electronic format, and I print some pages if I need in paper format.
unfortunately, there is not a PDF format or electronic format available, at least yet.