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Hi, and welcome to my blog.

For those of you who don't know me: my name is Nabeel Prior.  I have been working with BizTalk for close on 8 years now, starting back when BizTalk Server was the pimple-faced and gangly younger brother to the likes of SQL Server.  Now, BizTalk is much more mature and streetwise and fully capable of holding its own within the Microsoft product family.

My continued work with BizTalk led me to an opportunity at Microsoft about a year ago, at which point I took up a job as a Senior Consultant in the Microsoft Consulting Services dvision of Microsoft South Africa.  In this role I have been able to maintain my focus on BizTalk, and I am continuously being exposed to a greater variety of BizTalk implementations.  The result is that I am deepening my knowledge of the vast feature set that makes up BizTalk, and I am continually trying to impart as much of my knowledge as I can to those that also want to develop their BizTalk skills, and learn from those that have BizTalk skills and experiences that I do not. 

I firmly believe that only through sharing knowledge and having open discussions can one truly develop one's own skills, as well as the skills of those around you.  This belief, together with the growing interest in BizTalk globally, has led me to starting up my blog once again.  The main purpose of this blog is for me to impart ideas, thoughts, problems and solutions that I encounter in my various customer engagements, in the hope that others will be able to learn from them.  A secondary objective is that I hope I can use my blog to engage with other BizTalk developers and be challenged with scenarios I have not yet encountered, thereby continuing to grow my own skills as well.

But then what is life if it is all about work?  So, in conjunction with the BizTalk-focused posts I will also endeavour to post the occassional brain teaser as well.  I also hope to be able to launch a few innovative and fun ways for us to be able to interact with each other in the near future ... so, watch this space!

Kind Regards,

Nabeel Prior