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BizTalk

BizTalk 2016 Feature Pack 1

Today the BizTalk team released the first Feature Pack for BizTalk Server 2016. You can find more information on the following page [http://biztalkfp1.azurewebsites.net/]. In the picture below you can also find the different features. Be aware that you can only use it on BizTalk Server 2016 Developer

BizTalk

CU5 For BizTalk 2013 R2 Available

For everyone, you can find the new Cumulative Update 5 for BizTalk 2013 R2 on the following location. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/2016/11/14/availability-of-cumulative-update-package-5-for-biztalk-server-2013-r2/ Have fun with it. :)

BizTalk

Logic App Adapter

The logic App adapter for BizTalk 2016 is now available for you. You can find it on the following location. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt787163.aspx

BizTalk Server 2016 is RTM

Today is an important day. Microsoft has given their BizTalk Server 2016 the RTM status. This is the 10th version of BizTalk, making it a very stable Middleware System. Why upgrade to BizTalk Server 2016: * Hybrid connectivity * Integration with the latest MS products * SQL Server 2016 Always On Availability Groups

[BTUG.be] October 6 - EDI Logic Apps vs BizTalk and Digital transformation with Azure API Management

At October 6 we will host a new BTUG.be session in Belgium. We have 2 nice speakers Steven Van Eycken & Massimo Crippa. They will talk about EDI Logic Apps vs Microsoft BizTalk Server & Accelerate the digital transformation with Azure API Management. You can find more information on http://btug.

Azure

Azure Logic Apps General Available

Today the Logic Apps team announced that the Azure Logics Apps will be General Available. They also announced the preview release for the Azure Logic Apps Visual Studio designer. Where you can design, manage, deploy your Logic App. You can find more information on: * Azure Logic Apps Team site [https:

BizTalk

BizTalk Server 2016 CTP2 on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5

Last week I tried to install BizTalk Server 2016 CTP2 on a Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 system. First I installed SQL Server 2016 (Developer Edition) without any problem. Then I tried to install BizTalk Server 2016 CTP2. As you can see below. That didn't work. The first step

btugbe

[BTUG.be] June 30 - Integrate 2016 Recap & Integration and IoT

This month at June 30 we will host a new BTUG.be session in Belgium. We have 2 nice speakers Pieter Vandenheede & Eldert Grootenboer. They will talk about Integrate 2016 Recap & Integration and IoT. You can find more information on http://btug.be/events

BizTalk

[BTUG.be] March 30 - ALM for BizTalk Solutions & API Management Security

Next month at March 30 we will host a new BTUG.be session in Belgium. We have 2 nice speakers Toon Vanhoutte & Guy Crets. They will talk about ALM for BizTalk Solutions & API Management Security. You can find more information on http://btug.be/events

BizTalk 2013R2 CU2 Release

A couple weeks ago the Cumulative Update 2 for BizTalk 2013R2 was released. Steven Van Eycken had some problems with the BizTalk mappings. See his Blog Post [http://www.bizzybloggers.com/2016/01/biztalk-2013-r2-cu2-failure-has-occurred-while-loading-a-type/] for more information Today Microsoft released the new CU2 package with a fix for this problem.

Azure

Create Partner Error with "Trading Partner Management" API App

A couple days ago I was working on some EDI case with the Logic Apps. As you already know you need a "Trading Partner Management" API App to use AS2, EDIFACT, ... So I created a Trading Partner Management API App. Then I tried to add a Partner in the "Partners

Azure

How-To: Analyze data from an Event Hub with Stream Analytics

In this How-To I will explain how you can use Stream Analytics to analyze data from an Event Hub. We will use the information we used in my other BlogPost [https://www.svenvandenbrande.be/2015/11/02/how-to-write-data-to-event-hubs/]. First we will create our “Stream Analytics Job”. You need to click

Azure

How-To: Write data to Event Hubs

In this How-To we will work with Event-Hubs. You can find more information on the following place [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/event-hubs/]. First we go to the Azure Portal [https://portal.azure.com] Then we click on the “New” button. Then we click on “Data + Analytics”and then

How-to: Deploy your API App to Microsoft Azure

In my previous blog post [https://www.svenvandenbrande.be/2015/06/28/how-to-create-an-api-app-with-visual-studio/] I created a new API App. In this blog post we will deploy it to Microsoft Azure. In the solution explorer, right-click on the project and click “Publish”. Click the Profile tab and click on “Microsoft Azure

How-to: Create an API App with Visual Studio

In this how-to I will explain how you can create an API App for your Logic App with Visual Studio. First we need to install the Microsoft Azure SDK. You need at least version 2.5.1. In this how-to I will install version 2.6 As always I use

Integration Day 2015 "Recap"

It’s not a real recap for the Integration Day from 2 weeks ago. But below you can find all the presentations. 08:00 – Registration 08:45 – Keynote [http://btugbelgium.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BTUG-Integration-Day-Keynote.pptx] (Jan Tielens [https://twitter.com/jantielens]) 09:30 – BizTalk Server Deep Dive

Integration Day 2015

After multiple successful user group evening events we decided to organize a full day event. This will be the biggest integration focused event organized in Belgium. You can find more information on this page: http://www.btug.be/integration-day-2015 Registration at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/integration-day-2015-tickets-16602865618 I hope to

Use RabbitMQ on a Windows Machine

In this blogpost i will explain how we can use RabbitMQ on our Windows Machine so you have a nice message queuing framework. RabbitMQ needs the Erlang [http://www.erlang.org] runtime. Install Erlang runtime So we first need to donwload the latest version of the Erlang runtime [http://www.

How-to: Create a Logic App

In this how-to i will explain how you can create a Logic App. Add API Connectors First we need to get our connectors that we will use. We can do this by clicking on the “Marketplace” Then we click on “API Apps” We just select the “Twitter Connector” (if needed,

BizTalk Summit 2015 - London

This week i attended the BizTalk Summit in London. The people of BizTalk360 [http://www.biztalk360.com/] did a great job to put everything together. 330 attendees from 20 different countries, 161 different companies all in one room. I will try to give you an overview of all the sessions.

What is Machine Learning (Azure ML Service)

Since 3 weeks Microsoft made the Azure Machine Learning [http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/machine-learning/] generally available. But what is Machine Learning? In this blog post i try to explain what you can do with it. Machine learning is a method of teaching computers to make and improve predictions

How-to: Send Message to an Azure Queue with BizTalk 2013

After the previous How-to [https://www.svenvandenbrande.be/2015/02/how-to-receive-message-from-an-azure-queue-with-biztalk-2013/] about receiving a message from an Azure Queue (Servicebus), I will now talk about sending a message to an Azure Queue. We will work further with the Application from the other how-to. So we have a “full” flow. You

How-to: Receive message from an Azure Queue with BizTalk 2013

In this how-to we will explain how you can read messages from an Azure Queue with BizTalk 2013R2. First we will create a new application in the BizTalk Admin Console  Then we create a one-way receive port in our Application. After we created our ReceivePort, we will create our one-way

How-to: Messaging with Azure Queues

In this how-to i will explain with a sample application how we can do some messaging with Azure Queues. First we need to create a Service Bus Namespace on the Azure Portal [https://manage.windowsazure.com]. For the moment we need to use the old portal. We can’t do

How-to: Azure On Premise with the Windows Azure Pack

In this blog post i will explain how to install the Azure Pack in your own datacenter. But first what can you do with the Windows Azure Pack? * Management portal for tenants – a customizable self-service portal for provisioning, monitoring, and managing services such as Web Site Clouds, Virtual Machine Clouds,