Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed (Paperback)

~ Scott Woodgate (Author), Stephen Mohr (Author), Brian Loesgen (Author)

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Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed is your tool to unleash the power of Microsoft's BizTalk 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 BizTalk Server 2004 on a daily basis. As seen in these examples, there can be obstacles along the way to success, but Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed will help you overcome each one.

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Written by the BizTalk Product Manager and one of the pioneers of XML technology, this book documents the power of BizTalk like no other!

Full case studies of corporations using BizTalk for B2B and B2C applications.

Provides complete coverage of system architecture, application integration, messaging, BizTalk Server Studio, and migration.

Learn how to use Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2004 as an Enterprise Application Integration tool, especially for rapid deployment B2B and B2C e-commerce applications. Developers learn how to exploit the key strengths of BizTalk Server: information flow design, integration interface tracking, and performance management. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Developer's Guide covers the why and how of system integration; gives a technology roadmap for the future; covers system architecture, and explains how to develop and monitor messages within a BizTalk application. The authors explain how BizTalk Server Studio can work in conjunction with Visual Studio .NET to orchestrate business processes and create integrated business systems, as well as BizTalk Server management, monitoring and deployment. An entire section of the book is dedicated to real-world case studies of businesses using BizTalk Server on a daily basis, revealing dramatic success and the possible bumps along the way to full integration.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Sams (November 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672325985
• ISBN-13: 978-0672325984
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #790,667 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Grossly over rated, December 25, 2004

By	Roger A. Jerrell "FL Biztalker" (North Fort Myers, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've worked with BizTalk since its inception and awaited this edition of the "gospel according to Scott" with great anticipation but sadly, this a huge let down. It is back to square one and a beginner's / marketer's / business analyst's view of the world of business process automation but has nothing concrete in it to help make this product perform in the manner it is billed to do. For example, it takes an act of congress to add a custom adapter. It is pure luck if you add the web service adapter and don't fill up your event viewer in 30 seconds or less with WSSLib errors. Biztalk still has problems with large files even though having this product fully .NET framework compliant was supposed to be the holy grail. It dies on a 3MB HIPPA 820 file everytime. Embarassing! Ok, rant complete!

Scott, when will we get a book that is for the folks out here in production fighting the myriad of problems this product has and addresses how we can either fix them or work around them as the emerge from it daily?

Signed,

Sad Sam in Florida

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst book I've purchased, March 7, 2005

By	Mark White "Mark" (San Diego) - See all my reviews

I bought this book in the hopes of having a fast path to learning Biztalk Server 2004. This book is hopeless - indeed I've learned significantly more from doing the Microsoft tutorials and reading the online reference material than fro mthis book. I normally don't bother to write reviews on books I've purchased, but I feel so badly let down by these authors that I'd prefer to do my part in preventing other readers from being ripped off.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Same standard as other Biztalk documentation, December 29, 2004

By	TBD (AU) - See all my reviews

Having spent a (painful) month with BizTalk now, I have to say there is nothing in this book that has actually helped me with any of the issues I've encountered.

BizTalk Unleashed covers a lot of ground by not resting in any place long enough. Expression editor capabilites? Half a page won't help. Correlation giving you trouble? Two wordy pages won't yield any greater understanding. Need to know about configuring the native adaptors? The appendix chapter C isn't in the book or online yet. The list goes on and on.

This book is only useful as a feature introduction, and even then the webcasts offer a better use of your time for this purpose. Webcasts; samples; blogs; newsgroups and just old fashioned experimenting are still the only way to get started with BizTalk.