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Blogging for half a year !!!!

I have been blogging for almost half a year now. Did I say (blog) allot about SOA, not really actually. I am going to, well that depends a little on the projects I am getting. I am working for my current company for a year now and I only got integration projects so far; letting system A or application A talk to system B or application B. These jobs were fun to do and had some interesting challenges in them, but no SOA. Hopefully I will get a project concerning SOA in the future. I also haven't spread a lot of thoughts about SOA on this blog, but I am planning to do this in the near future. I can finally honor the title of my blog, because now it tends to be turning a little bit into a BizTalk blog. That said lets look into the future of this blog. Blogging is fun that my experience so far, but I want to get more serious in placing content. Ok that’s it for now. Back to my current new project concerning yet again application integration with BizTalk; connecting Oracle eBusiness Suit

Passed BizTalk 2006 exam

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T oday I passed the TS: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions by Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006. Was it hard? Well I did the Beta last year and I failed by 651 score, because I was not quite strong on BAM and BRE. BRE was no problem this time and I strongly improved on BAM, so the score was 957 this time. So for an experienced BizTalk professional it is not a difficult exam. So if one wants to do the exam I would suggest lots of hands on experience, books like Foundation of BizTalk or BizTalk Pro are good help (see my previous posts) also look at preparation guide . Finally there is also a compiled help file for BizTalk 2006, where you will find everything about the product together with great walkthroughs and tutorials (I strongly recommend).

Foundations of BizTalk Server 2006

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APRESS Released another BizTalk 2006 book. Their third after Pro BizTalk Server and BizTalk 2006 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach . This book Foundations of BizTalk Server 2006 is for a novice to get understanding of BizTalk basics. From installation to deployment, the reader will grow increasingly more comfortable with the product as one can work through a multitude of hands-on examples and demo applications. This book will demystify the product and emphasize the new 2006 BizTalk Server features. I have read a couple of chapters and tried some examples. They are quite good and overal it will give a new comer to the product a good view and understanding. In my opinion the author did an excellent job and reading through it and doing the examples I think the reader is better off than doing a beginner course. After reading the complete book one could go for an more advanced couse like deep dives being offered by for instance Quicklearn or Developmentor . If not one can start with P