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Pro BizTalk 2006 (Expert's Voice)

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I spend 40-60 hours a week working with BizTalk Server 2006 and helping my customers understand how to architect and build viable solutions. That said, I wondered if I could read a BizTalk book that actually taught me something I hadn't already come across. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to find this book to be such a fantastic resource of new ideas.

The chapters on architectural best practices, naming standards, engine internals, pipeline components (zip and PGP!) were worth the price of the book alone. Add the indispensable chapter on tuning (everything from the adapters to CLR) and you've got a book that has to be on everyone's shelf. While not for beginners, this book is valuable even to the most seasoned developer. I just finished buying 50 copies to give away to my local customers.

This book expands on the introduction to orchestrations and other key BizTalk components given in the Foundations book. Personally I think that this combined with the Foundations book sets you up nicely to start doing some serious BizTalk work.

After months and years the BizTalk Community has been waiting for a book like this and its finally here! This book is geared towards the BizTalk professional who wants to take their knowledge to the next level. Even if you work with the tool on a daily basis, you can pick valuable information from this material.

Great job George & Ahmed!

Every so often a book comes along which transcends the technology that it is intended to explain. If you are a BizTalk novice, this seminal work is for you. With a self-deprecating style, the authors guide you through the wide and deep integration waters. They tell you just enough so that you can be proficient and yet feel comfortable that you have chosen the correct course. What you might not know is that the authors are building a framework for you to develop the best solutions going forward. For the expert, the authors have redefined what it means to orchestrate the integration space and to use a product to its maximum utility and purpose. I support both small and enterprise BizTalk customers every day. I can't recommend this book enough!

This book is an in-depth look into the BizTalk Server 2006 product. Although I use the product since years (back to BizTalk 2004), I realized that I still had things to learn from it, thanks to this book

I found this book very helpful in getting started with my first Biztalk 2006 application.

However, you will need to consult other materials for more advanced Biztalk development.

I thank my lucky stars that I got a hand of this book, just before embarking on my first large scale BizTalk project. It is a veritable treasure chest of biztalk goodies! Exception handling, reliable messaging, operational best practices - this is just the tip of the iceberg.

While a lot of the information is available on the net, nowhere is it more clearly explained and categorized than in this book. Look no further!

The authors know what an architect needs to consider when designing and implementing a BizTalk 2006 solution. They wrote a readable, compact book packed with their wisdom. Not surprisingly, it does not cover every (most?) BizTalk feature.

My only beef with the book is the code - all VB.NET. ;-)

With BizTalk2006 fairly fresh on the market there is not a lot of documentation out there, along with me being so new to BizTalk itself, this book is a great resource. Everything from the administration side of things to development. My seminar instructor also agreed. I strongly recommend this book for those getting into BizTalk2006.

I work with customers using BizTalk almost every day. This is a must-have book, and I am recommending it to each of them. One customer even found sample pipeline component code in this book to solve the exact business problem they needed to solve.

I have not read this book cover-to-cover, but the parts I have read are excellent. It is well worth the read and a great book to have for reference on your BizTalk bookshelf. Most, if not everyone, will learn something new from this book.