If you have been keeping up to date with developments within the Connected Systems Division within Microsoft you will be aware of the “Oslo” initiative. Microsoft has released information about this here, and Charles Young has a very informed summery of the initiative here. I’m not going to discuss too much about what Oslo is, what I will look at is how current and future BizTalk developers can start to consider the impact that Oslo will have on development, and how we can start looking at technologies ......
After meeting with Johan and Mikael from WMData we have planned a new start for the BizTalk user group. We plan to hold about six meetings during 2008, about one every two months. The first meeting will be at 17:45 on the Tuesday the 12th February at the KnowIT offices in central Stockholm (Klarabergsgatan 60, two minutes walk from the central station). . If you would like to attend, or be on the mailing list for future events, contact me via the blog with your email details. The agenda for the first ......
As with any certification one of the hardest things is deciding if and when you are ready to sit the exam. The BizTalk 2006 exam will test you on general BizTalk development, deployment, BAM and business rules and you will have to have quite a bit of real world hands-on experience to get a good score. If you want to measure up your skills, Quick Learn has a free practice test on their site. The test was developed so that students can assess their skills and see if they have the experience required ......