BizTalk Server 2000: A Beginner's Guide

Clemens Vasters, (Korschenbroich, Germany) CTO and co-Founder of newtelligence AG, has over 13 years experience architecting and developing commercial software systems, with more than eight years of experience in designing and building Windows NT and COM based applications in the financial industry. He is a frequent contributor to renowned German developer magazines and international online publications and speaks on Microsoft BizTalk, SOAP and Microsoft .NET at major national and international events such as Microsoft TechEd Europe, the SIGS Component Developers Conference and the Microsoft .NET Technical Summit.

Electronic Information Exchange. A Brief History of Electronic Data Interchange. Federated Services: The Connected Economy. Data Formats. Microsoft .NET BizTalk Overview and Concepts. Introducing BizTalk Server 2000. BizTalk Ideas and Concepts. BizTalk Server Messaging Terminology. BizTalk Messaging Concepts. BizTalk Orchestration Concepts. BizTalk Messaging Tools Overview. BizTalk Architecture and Components BizTalk Messaging Architecture. BizTalk Orchestration Architecture. Architecting, Designing, and Configuring BizTalk Server 2000 Solutions. Finding and Defining the Solution Architecture. Creating Orchestration Schedules. Creating Document Specifications. Mapping Documents. Configuring the Application. Testing and Troubleshooting BizTalk Messaging. Administering BizTalk Server 2000. Installing BizTalk in a Production Environment. Programmatic Application Deployment and Configuration. Tracking Documents. Extending BizTalk Server 2000: The Basics. Custom Parsers and Serializers. Writing Application Integration Components. Writing Custom Functoid Containers. Appendixes. BizTalk Schema. ISO 6523 Codes.