Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of BizTalk Server Features and Architecture
- BizTalk components, tools and tasks
 
Installing and Configuring BizTalk Server
- Basic vs custom configuration
 - Pre-installation tasks
 - Installing and configuring
 - Post-installation tasks
 
Getting Started
- Navigating the UI
 - BizTalk Server Administration console
 - BTSTask command-line tool
 
Setting up and Managing Users
- Securing user passwords using ESSO
 - Managing user credentials
 
Routing Messages
- Configuring message routing
 - Sending and receiving messages (adaptors)
 - Setting up a business process workflow (orchestration)
 
Securing Messages
- Installing and configuring certificates in Biztalk
 - Securing messages using pipelines
 - Encrypting and decrypting a message
 - Applying and verifying a digital signature
 
Creating, Running and Managing Business Rules
- How business rules work
 - Implementing business rules using Business Rules Engine (BRE)
 - Managing Business Rules Engine (BRE)
 
Deploying a Biztalk Application
- Deploying an assembly
 - Customizing binding files
 - Deploying the application as an MSI Package
 - Troubleshooting runtime exceptions
 
Automating a BizTalk Deployment
- What to automate
 - Scripting using BTSTask
 - Scripting using PowerShell
 - Automating other administrative tasks
 
Integrating Applications across Organizational Boundaries
- Case Study: Exchanging business documents
 - Determining where and how to send and receive messages
 - Understanding ports and bindings
 - Using parties, roles, and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
 
Tracking and Monitoring Business Activity
- Enabling and managing tracking settings
 - Enabling data analytics
 - Configuring Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
 - Tracking, viewing and analyzing data
 - Using third-party monitoring tools
 
Configuring Biztalk Server for Highly-Available
- Managing hosts and host instances
 - Isolating hosts, services, etc.
 
Disaster Recovery in BizTalk
- Planning a disaster recovery strategy
 - Recovering the BizTalk Server database
 - Recovering the BizTalk Server runtime
 - Recovering the Enterprise Single Sign-On (ESSO) system
 
Updating Biztalk
- Installing Feature Packs
 - Installing BizTalk Server tools
 
Best Practices
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Experience managing Windows-based network environments
 
Audience
- System administrators
 - Systems engineers
 
Testimonials (1)
Practical examples.