Historically, when Microsoft announces a “platform alignment” for BizTalk Server, it typically signifies the release of a new product version. These updates ensure compatibility with the latest technologies and operating environments. For example: Each version also brings enhancements, bug fixes, and sometimes new features, though the primary focus is often on ensuring the product can… Read More »

Another session I realized I had never mentioned in my blog post—something that I’m fixing now—occurred almost two years ago when I delivered a session at INTEGRATE 2022 about Building a Hybrid Integration Solution with BizTalk Server 2020. Once again, this topic is still very relevant despite being an old technology in the eyes of… Read More »

Almost three years ago, I delivered a session at INTEGRATE 2021 about what you should and should not do while migrating your solutions to BizTalk Server 2020. Just now, I realized I had never mentioned this session and event in my blog post—something that I’m fixing now. And despite this is a old technology, this… Read More »

I wish I never had to use this adapter again, but what I desire is often not reality, and I found myself needing to install once again the old legacy SQL Adapter that has been deprecated since BizTalk Server 2006 R2 – 17 years ago! Sometimes, I regret asking Microsoft to make the Legacy SQL… Read More »

Today, after almost 3 years since I did the last update on the package, I updated it with a new suite of functoids that are now part of the BizTalk Mapper Extensions UtilityPack project available for BizTalk Server 2020: DateTime Functoids. DateTime Functoids This library includes a suite of functoids to perform several DateTime operations… Read More »

Oracle Database (commonly referred to as Oracle DBMS or simply as Oracle) is a multi-model database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation. It is a database commonly used for running online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing (DW), and mixed (OLTP & DW) database workloads. One of the most common scenarios we face in… Read More »

The role of an adapter is to enable communications between BizTalk Server and external systems and trading partners. Users configure adapters by creating send ports and receive locations that define the properties for given instances of the adapter. Most adapters support both send and receive operations, whereas other adapters support communication in only one direction.… Read More »

There are many things to consider when planning this type of installation. This whitepaper will explain in detail – a step-by-step guideline – how to install and configure Microsoft BizTalk Server 2020 on a basic multi-computer environment using Windows Server 2019, i.e., installation of BizTalk Server with a remote SQL Server (1 SQL Server and… Read More »

There was a lot of inconsistent and incorrect information about the BizTalk WCF-SAP Adapter installation process and how it works, especially in old versions of the adapter where there was a need to use the classic RFC library to connect to SAP. Fortunately for us, this process is now simpler and more direct, and this… Read More »

Wow… what a 2+ years journey. Writing a book during the pandemic phase and dealing with all aspects of the book was a challenger, and for that, I have to say thank you to Tom Canter and Lex Hegt for taking this journey with me and thank you Kovai and Saravana for supporting us! I… Read More »