Author Description

This Book Provides Insight Into How Industry Experts Have Successfully Architected, Developed, And Maintained Microsoft Biztalk Server In Mission-critical Environments. Authored By Highly-regarded Consultants With A Wealth Of Knowledge On Designing, Building, And Operating Enterprise Applications Using Biztalk, This Comprehensive Guide Gives You The Techniques And Best Practices You'll Need To Develop Effective Projects. Darren Jefford Is A Principal Consultant With The Microsoft Uk Application Development Consulting (adc) Team Who Has Extensive Real-world Experience With Biztalk Server And Professional Biztalk Server 2006; About The Authors; Credits; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Contents; Introduction; Who This Book Is For; What This Book Covers; How This Book Is Structured; What You Need To Use This Book; Conventions; Source Code; Errata; P2p.wrox.com; Chapter 1: Technology Primer; Xml Schema; Xml Namespaces; Xpath; Serializable Classes; Summary; Chapter 2: Biztalk Architecture; Why Biztalk?; Architecture Overview; Messages; Adapters; Pipelines; Subscriptions; Messagebox; Orchestrations; Enterprise Single Sign-on; Business Activity Monitoring; Rules Engine; Hosts; Summary Chapter 3: Adaptersoverview; In-box Adapters; Summary; Chapter 4: Pipelines; Architecture And Concepts; Pipeline Stages; Pipeline Configuration; Developing A Custom Pipeline Component; Creating A Pipeline Component; Summary; Chapter 5: Orchestrations; The Orchestration Execution Environment; Orchestration Development; Summary; Chapter 6: Business Activity Monitoring; Overview; Bam Fundamentals; Tracking Profile Editor; Bam Api; Applied Bam; Summary; Chapter 7: Business Rules Engine; Bre Basics; Business Rule Composer; Hosting; Testing; Invoking Rules; Short-term/long-term Facts Tracking Interceptorrule Store; Updating And Caching Rules; Custom Rules Editor; Deploying Rules; Summary; Chapter 8: Testing; Overview; The Build Process; Unit Testing; Functional Testing; Integration Testing; Performance T