BizTalk Server 2006: Development and Adapters Joe Sharp DAT314 Software Architect Microsoft Corporation

2 Agenda BizTalk Server overview Developing using new features New adapters: SharePoint, Executing pipelines from orchestration i.e. Outbound Batching Programmatic handling of application errors Business activity monitoring API BizTalk Server & Windows Communication Foundation BizTalk Server & Windows Workflow Foundation

3 ReceivePort ReceiveAdapter ReceivePipeline SendPort SendAdapter SendPipeline MessageBox Persistent Store HostHost Host MessageMessage RulesInferenceEngine Orchestration BizTalk Server Overview Highly Scalable Event Driven Architecture Mainframe Line of Business Service HeterogeneousConnectivity Effective Process Implementation Modifiable Business Rules HumanWorkflow Business Activity Monitoring

4 MMC for Enterprise Management Single View for Operations and Monitoring Application-level Management Engine and Infrastructure Investments Comprehensive Management and Operations Windows 64-bit (x86) SQL Server 2005 Support Visual Studio 2005/.NET 2.0 Virtual Server 2005 Windows Server System Integration Real-time BAM Alerting and Notification BAM Portal and reusable web components SharePoint Adapter for deeper WSS integration Business User Empowerment Simplified Setup Tools for Enterprise Application Deployments Seamless upgrade from BizTalk Server 2004 Setup, Upgrade and Deployment BizTalk Server 2006 What’s New

5 New And Updated Adapters New adapters to enable new integration scenarios Windows SharePoint Services adapter receive (POP3 adapter) More adapters MSMQMQSeries Enhancements to existing adapters Performance counters for adapter troubleshooting composing in SMTP adapter Usability improvements PeoplesoftOracleJDESiebel TibcoClarify

6 SharePoint And adapters

7 Failed message routing Instead of being suspended, failed message gets routed along with error details Orchestration or send port can subscribe to failed messages using the following properties on ErrorReport namespace Configuration setting on receive and send port Resuming of suspended messages Suspended messages can be resumed on both inbound and outbound sides Error Handling ErrorType ErrorType MessageType MessageType InboundTransportLocation InboundTransportLocation FailureCode FailureCode ReceivePortName ReceivePortName OutboundTransportLocation OutboundTransportLocation Description Description ReceivePortName ReceivePortName RoutingFailureReportID RoutingFailureReportID

8 Message Aggregation BizTalk Server XMLInterchange Send pipeline

9 Messaging Improvements

10 API For Pipeline Execution When to use it? Data aggregation Outbound batching How to use it? Create and deploy a pipeline Call helper API from expression shape Use XmlDocument type for type agnostic messages

11 BAM Event Observation BE1BE2 BE3 BE4 BE5 BAM Configuration API BAM Dynamic Infrastructure BAM Definition XML Event Buffering Database Direct Event Stream (Managed class) Buffered Event Stream (Managed class) Event Stream NT Service BE1BE2 BE3 BE4 BE5 Business Process BE1 BE2 BE3 BE4 BE5 BAM Interceptor (Managed Class) BE3 BE Events PayloadFilters Your apps can generate events too!

12 Using BAM API

13 Key Usage Considerations Synchronous DirectEventStream Simplest Processing blocked till commit Asynchronous BufferedEventStream High Performance More complicated Hard-coded events (Direct & Buffered) Simplest Suited for static well- known events One-time instrumentation (Interceptor) Configurable AgilityPerformance

14 WCF and BizTalk Server Together Flexibility in Building a Broad Range of Connected Systems WCF services can be used with or without a brokered intermediary Works in concert with BizTalk Server for additional business process and integration server capabilities OrderPlacement BidEvaluation OrderReceiving JobCosting CapacityPlanning BizTalkServer

15 Windows Communications Foundation & BizTalk Server

16 BizTalk And The Windows Communication Foundation WCF is a framework for building services Interoperable web service development Distributed application development stack unified based on Enterprise Services, Remoting, ASMX & MSMQ technologies Delivered in the platform BizTalk Server is a business process & integration server Brokered Application to Application integration Business to Business integration with complex mapping and communication tools Business Process Automation that integrates applications, trading partners and touches employees Deployment, management and monitoring tools for the IT Professional Real time business process visibility for the Information Worker

17 BizTalk Server Picks Up Where WCF Leaves Off & Vise Versa WCF will be the platform for building services on Windows BizTalk Server is the infrastructure for orchestrating and extending WCF services BizTalk Server is a Standards based Integration and Business Process Management Server for Windows WCF supplies Standard communication protocols for services on Windows

18 Workflow And BizTalk Server Messaging DesignTools BusinessActivityMonitorAndAdminTools Orchestration Transformation Adapters BizTalk Server Accelerators Premium BPM server Distinct server product Use in B2B, EAI, BPM scenarios Deployable solutions Manageability, Scale-out Workflow Future version will migrate to Windows Workflow Foundation for orchestration WinFX Visual Studio Designer Windows Workflow Foundation Workflow framework Exposed via WinFX Broad set of scenarios Used to build solutions Enables manageability and scale- out in solutions Use for building workflow into apps or workflow enabled servers

19 Windows Workflow Foundation & BizTalk Server

20 BizTalk Server provides workflow across existing applications and between trading partners as part of its business process and integration feature set “If you are integrating multiple applications with some interaction that involves system workflow you should use BizTalk Server” “If you want runtime scalability, fault tolerance and administration tools you should use BizTalk Server” Windows Workflow Foundation is a framework for adding workflow inside a custom application “If you are building a complete application that includes workflow you should use Windows Workflow Foundation” BizTalkServer2006 Windows Workflow Foundation How to Choose? BizTalk Server or Workflow Foundation

21 Takeaways BizTalk is open and extensible BizTalk fits well with WCF / WWF Training program defined BizTalk Server 2006 Beta available Vibrant Community

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23 PatternsWizard FunctoidWizard Pipeline Component Wizard Adapter Wizard Blogger’s Guide to BizTalk BizUnit Some Key Contributions Admin / Mgmt Tool BizTalk Community Documenter

24 BizTalk Server Resources “Jon’s Blog” //masteringbiztalk.com/blogs/Jon/ “Luke’s Blog” (PowerToys) //blogs.msdn.com/luke/articles/ aspx/ “Scott’s Blog” //blogs.msdn.com/scottwoo/ NewsgroupsNewsgroups //microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/ CommunityCommunity //gotdotnet.com/team/wsservers/ Virtual Lab //msdn.demoservers.com/ Developer Center //msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk/

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