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BAM and SSIS notes worth repeating
11 October 09 01:45 AM | Johan Hedberg | with no comments

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is not a clustered resource . Connecting to SSIS generally means connecting to any of the SQL Server servers in your cluster environment directly, not to a virtual cluster address. Configuring SSIS for a named BAM...

Filed under: BizTalk, BAM, Configuration, Installation

Event log service is unavailable issue
21 December 08 01:50 PM | Johan Hedberg | 5 comment(s)

I thought I'd blog about this issue I had, since it was in the end so easy to solve, but I had a hard time finding a good description of both my specific problem and any resolution. I am a bit ashamed to say that I got quite creative before trying...

Filed under: General, Maintenance, Configuration, Monitoring

Q: Can I run BizTalk Server 2006 R2 on Windows Server 2008?
29 September 08 07:35 PM | Johan Hedberg | with no comments

Q: Can I (should I) run BizTalk Server 2006 R2 on Windows Server 2008? A: No. And these are the main resources I give customers who wants to see some kind of Microsoft reference to this: BizTalk Server 2006 R2, System Requirements -> http://www.microsoft...

Filed under: BizTalk, Configuration

BizTalk Administration Tutorials
27 April 08 11:47 PM | Johan Hedberg | with no comments

This post is for those of you who are administrators rather then developers, and don't keep track of the latest downloads around BizTalk . Microsoft has, at the same time that they released a revised version of the developer centric tutorials , released...

Filed under: BizTalk, Maintenance, Readings, Configuration, Monitoring, Learning, Administration

WCF issue after installing updates
17 April 08 09:32 PM | Johan Hedberg | 1 comment(s)

After installing updates this past night our webservers began exhibiting odd behaviour. All our Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services began returning 405 Method Not Allowed. I'm not sure which patch was responsible for causing this, but...

Filed under: Maintenance, WCF, Configuration

Linklist: BizTalk 64-bit
14 April 08 08:15 PM | Johan Hedberg | with no comments

I've read a few links lately that has to do with issues or gotchas around BizTalk and 64-bit computing. I decided to publish the list to make it more easily available for myself, and others. BizTalk Server 64-bit Support - Frequently asked questions...

Filed under: BizTalk, Readings, Configuration, Links, 64-bit

Delivery Notifications outside Orchestrations - a pure Messaging approach
31 March 08 08:11 PM | Johan Hedberg | 3 comment(s)

Scenario You have a pure messaging solution (no orchestrations) and you wan't to be able to keep track of messages delivered to their destination by send ports and adapters for internal logging purposes. That is, you want delivery notifications, or...

Filed under: BizTalk, Pipeline Components, Adapters, Configuration, Messaging

I've got 4GB, or do I?
27 March 08 09:29 PM | Johan Hedberg | 2 comment(s)

When installing Windows Vista SP1 for your 32-bit operating system you may be fooled into believing that you do in fact have more than 3GB of memory and that the operating system is taking advantage of that. In pre SP1 installs only 3GB will be detected...

Filed under: General, Performance, Configuration

BizTalk Server 2006 Configuration - Error loading data
02 March 08 09:35 PM | Johan Hedberg | with no comments

The other day I revisited the configuration screen for one of our production environments. When I selected BizTalk Runtime I was greated by the message "Error loading data. Please click on the icon to view details.". Clicking the icon didn't...

Filed under: BizTalk, Configuration