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Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series - Developing logic apps in code view - Advanced concepts

PART 1: 29th NOV 2017 , 4.00 PM to 5.00 PM IST Here is the meeting invite ics file....

Date: 11/22/2017

Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series – Automated Deployment and Load Testing

Here is the meeting invite ics file....

Date: 10/23/2017

Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series – BizTalk 2016 Feature Pack

This session will be in 2 parts, 13th Sep and 20th Sep, 4 pm to 5 pm IST Here is the meeting invite...

Date: 09/07/2017

Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series - Configuring BizTalk 2016 with SQL Always On Cluster on Azure

We are planning to have next session on SQL Always on with BizTalk - this will be in 2 parts, 26th...

Date: 07/20/2017

Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series – Securing Transaction in BizTalk Server - 22-Jun-2017 (4pm to 5 pm IST)

Meeting...

Date: 06/13/2017

Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series – Azure Functions 25-May-2017 (4pm to 5 pm IST)

Azure Functoins - mainly from BizTalk Developer point of view Meeting Invite:...

Date: 05/22/2017

Could not find file 'C:\Windows\system32\Shipment.dtd'

An XML message received by a BizTalk application, which has a reference to Document Type Definition...

Date: 05/09/2017

Reset Certificate Generation Key for WorkFlowManager and ServiceBus

We might face a scenario of removing a node from existing workflow manager(WFM) farm and add it back...

Date: 05/09/2017

BizTalk CU2 Installation Failure - Error 5003

Issue: While applying BizTalk CU2 patch on production environment, it failed with error - Error...

Date: 04/25/2017

Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series – Logic App for BizTalk Developers (20-Apr-2017 & 27-Apr-2017)

Meeting Invite:...

Date: 04/07/2017

Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series

Topic - Debugging of BizTalk Components and General Debugging Tools Join -...

Date: 03/22/2017

Work Flow Manager PowerShell does not return farm information when Work Flow Manager commands are executed

Issue Definition: Work Flow Manager PowerShell does not return farm information when Work Flow...

Date: 12/09/2016

TDDS is not moving data from msgbox to destination DB (DTA or BAM)

Issue Definition: TDDS is not moving data from msgbox to destination DB (DTA or BAM)...

Date: 11/22/2016

ISSUE DEFINITION: You might have observed the below message in the event viewer that your ESSO...

Date: 11/22/2016

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. (mscorlib) Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Adapters.SAP.SAPGInvoker.dll’ or one of its dependencies. The specified module could not be found. (Microsoft.Adapters.SAP)

Issue Statement: Consume adapter service for SAP binding throws an error stating exceptions has been...

Date: 11/22/2016

Unable to deploy EDI bridges for MABS

Recently we had a customer who wanted to update one of his EDI bridges. However, surprisingly the...

Date: 07/26/2016

File limitation on NFS share

Issue: Error while creating Receive location: “Zero (0) bytes is needed to copy this item” In a...

Date: 07/26/2016

BIZTALK ENTSSO FAILURE – “THE MAPPING DOES NOT EXIST” ERROR

ENTSSO issues come in all sizes and shapes. While they differ in magnitude and longevity, it is...

Date: 09/08/2015

Dynamic send port is sending message using the wrong host

I have seen various customers coming across the issue that Dynamic Send Port Handler feature in...

Date: 09/08/2015

BizTalk 2013 R2 : SB-Messaging adapter to interact with the on-prem edition of Service Bus

SB Messaging adapter is enhanced to support SAS (Shared Access signature) based authentication, in...

Date: 08/12/2015

WorkFlow Manager Configuration fails with (400) Bad Request

Adding a node to your Workflow Manager Farm (Add-WFHost step) may fail with the following error seen...

Date: 05/19/2015

Sending messages with Pre-Authorized http header information in BizTalk Server

Recently one of my customer was getting the following error when trying to send messages to a...

Date: 05/19/2015

BizTalk 2013 R2 issues while Terminating and Resuming Instance using C# code

In BizTalk, we manage active Instances, resume and terminate suspended instances using BizTalk Admin...

Date: 05/19/2015

Issue while performing BizTalk Log Shipping in Disaster Recovery process

Recently, we had a case in which our customer was performing a Disaster Recovery for his BizTalk...

Date: 05/13/2015

BizTalk: The specified file could not be decrypted

We had a case in which the customer was getting the following error in the event log while executing...

Date: 04/22/2015

“Windows could not start the “Rule Engine Update Service” on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion”

I came across a couple incidents on this error lately and thought I’d blog about it so that it...

Date: 03/09/2015

The Messaging Engine failed to add a receive location "<Rcv.Loc.Name>" with URL "sftp://" to the adapter "SFTP". Reason:"Microsoft.BizTalk.Adapter.SftpInvoker.SftpException: List remote directory error

The induction of an out-of-the-box SFTP adapter in BizTalk 2013 was a heartening change as customers...

Date: 03/09/2015

Unable to view Groups in BizTalk Administrator Console

Recently, I came across an issue in which the customer was not able to see the BizTalk Groups that...

Date: 03/09/2015

Workflow Manager Backend service failure after upgrade to 1.0 refresh

I did an offline upgrade of workflow manager 1.0 and workflow manager 1.0 from version 2.0.20992.0...

Date: 11/19/2014

Workflow manager Configuration failure: Step ‘Add host to Service Bus farm’ failed

I installed the Work Flow Manager 1.0 on SharePoint 2013 environment (Windows Server 2012, Microsoft...

Date: 11/19/2014

Using FTPS adapter in BizTalk (FTP + SSL)

I recently came across a customer who owned a FTP site wanting to implement a trading solution to...

Date: 10/10/2014

Error: “The MessageBox database does not have the correct version”

One of our customers came across an issue that while restarting the Host Instances they get an error...

Date: 10/01/2014

"Error 5003: .regsvcs failed for assembly. C:programfiles(X86)microsoftbiztalkserver3012microsoft.biztalk.deployment.dll return code <>" while installing BizTalk Server

BizTalk installation by itself is fairly simple and straight forward as the installer is...

Date: 10/01/2014

Implementing Pub/Sub Scenarios in Workflow Manager

WorkFlow Manager is a new server offering from Microsoft to develop and deploy workflows at high...

Date: 09/30/2014

How to call RESTFULL service using Dynamic Ports with Variable Mapping in WCF-WebHttp Adapter

The following TechNet article describes on how to call a RESTFull Service from WCF-WebHttp Adapter...

Date: 09/24/2014

Workflow Manager Installation fails with error: Install exit code for product 'Microsoft Windows Fabric V1 CU1' is '1603'

While installing WFM1.0 Refresh using the Web Platform installer 5.0, the installation failed...

Date: 09/24/2014

How to configure POP3 adapter to receive messages from Gmail and outlook.com in BizTalk

To receive messages from Gmail or Outlook.com you need to enable the POP3 at Gmail and Outlook.com...

Date: 09/19/2014

Timeout issue in composite Operation of Oracle Adapter

Recently when I worked on wcf-oracle Adapter issue in BizTalk. I got the timeout exception very...

Date: 08/27/2014

How to Send Fault Message from BizTalk Orchestration

In my previous blog I tried to explain how to 'receive' a Fault message in BizTalk orchestration....

Date: 08/27/2014

BizTalk Server 2013 R2 : “Add New Item” dialog box in BizTalk Project only shows JSON and Flat File Schema artifacts

We are all pretty excited about the release of BizTalk Server 2013 R2 here. While we are pleased...

Date: 07/03/2014

BizTalk 2013 Orchestration fails with Error "The Stylesheet is too Complex"

I recently came across an issue in which, after doing an upgrade from BizTalk 2010 to BizTalk 2013,...

Date: 07/02/2014

Workflow Manager Disaster Recovery

Lately, few of our customers have faced issues in setting up Disaster Recovery for WorkFlow Manager....

Date: 05/14/2014

Scripting Functoid error in BizTalk 2013: Unable to write output instance to the following ‘’. Method '' of extension object 'https://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/userCSharp' cannot be called because it is not public.

I am not sure how many of you are particular about privacy and entitle every method you see and...

Date: 05/02/2014

Receive, Disassemble Acknowledge an HL7 Message in BizTalk

How difficult is it to validate and disassemble a flat file in BizTalk? Not much! I’d say,...

Date: 05/02/2014

Installing HL7 Accelerator for BizTalk Server

In this article, I will take you right through the installation of HL7 accelerator. Installation...

Date: 05/02/2014

Understanding BAM Partitioning

Whenever you deploy a BAM Activity, the underlying database infrastructure is created for you...

Date: 04/01/2014

BAM Activities not getting completed

Recently, I was working on a high volume BAM environment, where nearly 1-2 million activity...

Date: 04/01/2014

How to uninstall Workflow Manager 1.0 when the command ‘Remove-WFHost’ does not work

One of my customers had installed Workflow Manager 1.0 but while uninstalling it, he was...

Date: 03/10/2014

Modifying Collation for BizTalk’s SQL server

Very sporadically I hear anyone asking about SQL Collation and modifying collation. There is very...

Date: 02/25/2014

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.BizTalk.Interop.SSOClient'

This is one common error you might encounter especially if you are into an in-place upgrade activity...

Date: 02/20/2014

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