Pro EDI in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: Electronic Document Interchange Solutions (Hardcover)

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Product Description

EDI is one of the next big waves in connected systems, as business becomes more dependent on working with partners, suppliers, and other organizations in a streamlined way. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 offers an efficient, integrated way to deploy EDI solutions, and with Pro EDI in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: Electronic Document Interchange Solutions, you’ll see how EDI can be used in your business and how best to get it set up with BizTalk. With a cursory read of this book, management–level resources will be able to quickly determine the complexity of a BizTalk EDI implementation and the level of resources that will need to be made available. The developer will get an in–depth understanding of EDI and a detailed step–by–step approach to building and deploying projects.

This book’s unique approach sees an EDI project from end to end, through inception, into development, and finally through deployment. With this practical guide, you can set up and deliver a BizTalk 2006–driven EDI solution without getting caught up in the complexity of non–EDI items in BizTalk.

What you’ll learn

With this book, you’ll gain

• Insights into the brand–new Biztalk 2006 R2–based EDI functionality, including the far greater flexibility in handling interchange
• Advice covering specific implementations, not simply generic advice
• In–depth understanding of EDI and a detailed step–by–step approach to building and deploying projects

Who is this book for?

Any company or individual interested in a BizTalk 2006 EDI implementation will be interested in this book, as there are virtually no resources available. Any company or individual interested in a new EDI implementation (or redeveloping an existing EDI infrastructure) will benefit from this book as they work to determine what options are on the market, and how complex those options are to build and support. Finally, many BizTalk developers without direct EDI experience will be interested, as it covers a little–understood topic in BizTalk Server development.

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

Related Titles from Apress

• BizTalk 2006 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
• Pro BizTalk Server 2006
• Foundations of BizTalk Server 2006

About the Author

Mark Beckner is a Technical Consultant specializing in business development and enterprise application integration. He runs his own consulting firm, Inotek Consulting Group, LLC, delivering innovated solutions to large corporations and small businesses.

His projects have included engagements with numerous clients throughout the U.S., and range in nature from mobile application development to complete integration solutions. He has co-authored BizTalk 2006: A Problem-Solution Approach (Apress, 2006), has spoken at a number of venues including Microsoft's BizTalk 2004 in a Service Oriented World conference, and is certified in Microsoft Technologies, including MCSD.NET.

Mr. Beckner resides with his wife, Sara, in western Colorado with their dog Rosco, the Adventure Mutt. He can be contacted at [e-mail] for any questions regarding the concepts in this book, for advice on integration projects, BizTalk 2006 implementations, or other consulting endeavors.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 185 pages
• Publisher: Apress (November 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590599357
• ISBN-13: 978-1590599358
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #138,861 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for understanding 2006 R2 (EDI Processing), August 18, 2008

By	Tom Shwayer "Tom" (Boston, M.A U.S.A) - See all my reviews

For understanding EDI processing in 2006 R2 this is a great material. It has all forms for processing like EDI, AS2 etc. The Book gives a brief description about all these Architectures and then comes the good part, the samples created and Tested which you can test at your machine.

The samples are so easy to deploy with minimum pre-requisites and test them thoroughly along with a book to understand what we have done. We can download the samples from a web page directed in the Book.

Even if you are newly introduced to EDI processing through Biztalk, there is no worry. All you need is a little hands on how Biztalk translates the EDI data. From there the book has all the techniques involved in resolving the data, retrieving and mapping the information and Orchestrate the message for processing as you wish.

The Book also briefs about the deployment and production support considerations and reporting updates with the new Server. In a nutshell this is the perfect material for understanding EDI processing in 2006 R2 environment.

1.0 out of 5 stars Author clearly lacks in-depth BizTalk knowledge, November 7, 2008

By	Rob - See all my reviews

This book failed to provide deep level explainations for how BizTalk Server processes EDI formatted data. Many topics are glossed over and in some cases he simply states that a topic is beyond the scope of the book. At less than 200 pages this book serves as a primer for EDI message processing using BizTalk Server. I found the product documentation much more helpful than most of the rubish found in this book.

Also, a fair number of the "Examples" failed to work. In the case of the AS2 configuration (one of the highest priority topics for me), the book shows properties that don't even exist.

Apress let me down again. :(

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book overall. , October 27, 2008

By	ARK (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

There is not much material out there on the subject of EDI and BizTalk. Considering that, this is a very useful book. It has several useful exercises. It is definitely helpful if you have a working knowledge of BizTalk Server to get the most benefit from this book.

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