An Introduction To Biztalk Server
Matt Meleski, ObjectSharp Consulting
www.objectsharp.com
Today’s business world introduces many challenges for IT departments as they
are given the complicated task of integrating many applications that were
either purchased from a vendor, built in house or inherited from a company
merger. These applications almost invariably run on different platforms and
were built with different tool sets. BizTalk Server's main purpose is to
integrate these applications (in house or remote). B2B communications can
also be achieved with BizTalk Server.
The presentation concentrates on BizTalk server, but BizTalk exposes a number
of Com Objects and provides a number of Com interfaces to interact
with the server. Therefore the presentation has examples of the following
- how to programmatically submit Documents to BizTalk server using Visual Basic 6.0
- how to query the Suspended Queue using VB 6.0
- an example of an Application Integration Component written in VB.net
- an example of a VB.Net assembly called by a BizTalk Orchestration Schedule
- an example of a VBScript Component called by a BizTalk Orchestration Schedule
The presentation will also include a discussion of the following:
- when to use BizTalk Server and when not to use it
- how BizTalk Server works internally
- an overview of the graphical tools that BizTalk Server provides
- how to submit documents to BizTalk Server
- simple examples of documents flowing through BizTalk Server
- dehydration and rehydration of schedules in BizTalk Server
- COM component, .NET Assembly and scripting component usage in BizTalk Server
- application integration components Debugging tools in BizTalk Server
About Matt Meleski
Matt Meleski is a Senior Consultant with Object#. He is a technical leader with
over 9 years experience helping teams design and develop software projects. Matt
is skilled in the Architecture, Design and Development of Databases and
Distributed Applications, and is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator.