Microsoft Biztalk Server 2004 Unleashed

Written by the BizTalk product manager and one of the pioneers of XML technology, this book documents the power of BizTalk like no other. Woodgate and Mohr offer full case studies of corporations using BizTalk for B2B and B2C applications as they provide complete coverage of system architecture, application integration, messaging, and more.

""Microsoft Biz Talk Server 2004: Unleashed"" is your tool to unleash the power of Microsoft's Biz Talk Server 2004. Learn how to use the server as an enterprise application integration tool and how to exploit its key strengths to orchestrate e-commerce business processes in B2B and B2C environments. Providing complete coverage of system architecture, application integration, messaging and migration, ""Unleashed"" also illustrates practical application of the server through an entire section dedicated to real-world case studies of businesses using Biz Talk Server 2004 on a daily basis. As seen.

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Annotation BizTalk is an integral part of the Microsoft .NET. The administrator and developer both will find this book a comprehensive source to help them understand, and problem solve wherever they are exploring BizTalk. Two high profile BizTalk spokespersons--John Matranga and Microsoft's BizTalk trainer Susie Adams. Explanations of what every portion of BizTalk is, what it does and how it fits together. Includes multiple examples then moves to debugging and troubleshooting. The authors spend significant time on tackling the "gotchas" (the things that can inevitably go wrong with any complex new, cutting-edge technology). Real-world scenarios, code examples and simulations for every major topic area. BizTalk Unleashed explains systems, terms and interactions, give code examples and business scenarios and regular de-bugging tips and troubleshooting schema for each chapter and section. Part One: Structure of the book--a pyramid book organization beginning at the base. Part Two: Purposes, goals and major components of BizTalk--the fundamental BizTalk markup technologies are covered: XML, Soap and the BizTalk Framework. Part Three: BizTalk Administration--installation, hardware requirements, scalability, security, team management issues, Backup. Part Four: Modeling Business Documents--Using the BizTalk Editor and the BizTalk Mapper. Part Five: BizTalk Messaging--the engine and understanding how BizTalk Messaging routes messages; using the BizTalk Messaging Manager; document tracking and activity monitoring; performance analysis. Part Six: BizTalk Process Orchestration--Using the BizTalk Designer; XLANG orchestration engine; interaction of BizTalk messaging and orchestration. Part Seven: Extending BizTalk Server 2000--application interaction components; types and when to use them; custom serializers, parsers and functoids; the administration object model. Part Eight: Integrating the BizTalk Server and Commerce Server. Part Nine: Appendices. John Matranga Chief Technology Officer, Omicron, has been with Omicron for 11 years. Omicron is a vendor for Microsoft and has been very involved in the creation of the BizTalk Orchestration as XML experts. He is a frequent conference speaker on XML, Web Services and Microsoft .NET. Susie Adams, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation, has been with Microsoft and the BizTalk product for two years (since the BizTalk alpha). She has taught on the BizTalk product at Microsoft Tech Ed 2000, Dev Days, Microsoft technology briefings and leads ongoing internal BizTalk trainings for other MS consultants.

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Unleashed is your tool to unleash the power of Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2006. Learn how to use the server as an enterprise application integration tool and how to exploit its key strengths. The authors explain how BizTalk Server Studio can work in conjunction with Visual Studio to orchestrate business processes and create integrated business systems. Numerous examples are provided with detailed, step-by-step configuration instructions. Discussion of programming interfaces explains and amplifies Microsoft documentation rather than just repeating what is available in the online product documentation.

Written by a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and a Certified Solutions Developer Based on the needs of the BizTalk developer community Includes examples of real-world implementations

This book is your most complete source for in-depth information about Microsoft Operations Manager 2005! Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Unleashedprovides a comprehensive guide to Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. MOM is a tool that helps implement operations management, but it is not a piece of software that you can simply install and instantly have working. This book provides reference material that will guide you through the steps to design, deploy, and configure MOM within your environment. You learn how to tune your MOM environment and tackle common challenges, such as managing your Microsoft operating systems, directory services, messaging platforms, and databases. Inside you will find comprehensive information on how to develop your own reports and management packs for your MOM environment as well as practical real-world examples, based on hands-on MOM experience. · Plan your MOM deployment · Architect MOM for performance, redundancy, and security · Install or upgrade to MOM 2005 · Back up important MOM components · Implement, troubleshoot, deploy, and manage management packs · Work with rules and tune them · Manage different aspects of your environment, including the Windows operating system, directory services, Exchange email, and SQL Server · Extend MOM using connectors and third-party management packs · Develop management packs, reports, and scripts · Prepare for the next version of Operations Manager CD–ROM includes · Microsoft’s MOM 2005 Resource Kit and MOM 2005 Sizer · MOM Agent Monitor · Management packs and scripts written or customized for this book · Live Links—more than 100 (clickable) hypertext links and references to materials and sites related to Operations Manager Contents About the Authors xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction 1 Part I Operations Management Overview and Concepts Chapter 1 Operations Management Basics 7 Chapter 2 What’s New 41 Chapter 3 How Does It Work? 57 Part II Planning and Installation Chapter 4 Planning Your MOM Deployment 99 Chapter 5 Planning Complex Configurations 151 Chapter 6 Installing MOM 2005 173 Chapter 7 Upgrading to MOM 2005 211 Part III Deploying MOM Chapter 8 Post-Installation Tasks 237 Chapter 9 Installing and Configuring Agents 267 Chapter 10 Complex and High Performance Configurations 297 Chapter 11 Securing MOM 329 Part IV Administering MOM Chapter 12 Backup and Recovery 365 Chapter 13 Administering Management Packs 395 Chapter 14 Monitoring with MOM 423 Part V Managing with MOM Chapter 15 Managing the Operating System 487 Chapter 16 Managing Directory Services 527 Chapter 17 Managing Microsoft Messaging 565 Chapter 18 Database Management 595 Part VI Moving Beyond MOM 2005 Chapter 19 Interoperability 625 Chapter 20 Developing Management Packs 661 Chapter 21 Using and Developing Reports 719 Chapter 22 Using and Developing Scripts 777 Chapter 23 Touring Operations Manager 2007 825 Part VII Appendixes Appendix A MOM Internals 865 Appendix B Registry Settings 887 Appendix C Performance Counters 895 Appendix D Database Views 901 Appendix E Reference URLs 907 Appendix F On the CD 917 Index 919