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Writing about Big Data and Azure HDInsight, and everything you wanted to know about Microsoft's effort in this space. Have written about integration services (BizTalk Server and Azure BizTalk Services) in the past.

What’s New in Windows Azure BizTalk Services Feb 2014 Refresh

In the month of February, Windows Azure BizTalk Services was updated to add a bunch of new features...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 03/04/2014

Hello World BizTalk Service Sample

If you want to understand pure basics of how to use a BizTalk Service sample, here’s a plain vanilla...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 02/20/2014

Using BizTalk Services from a Windows 8 Application

We now have a tutorial and sample on how to send messages from a Windows 8 application to BizTalk...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 01/27/2014

Tutorial and sample on Inserting Flat-file messages into On-Premise SQL Server Using BizTalk Bridges

We now have a new sample and tutorial that demonstrates how to insert a flat-file message into an...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 01/19/2014

Migrating BizTalk Server Agreements to BizTalk Services

Trading Partner Management is one of the most important features offered by all versions of BizTalk...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 12/01/2013

Migrating BizTalk Server Maps to BizTalk Services Transforms

BizTalk Server maps have a .btm extension. BizTalk Services maps (called “Transforms”) have a .trfm...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 12/01/2013

Tutorial and Sample on Integrating BizTalk Services with SAP

One of the key value propositions of BizTalk Services is to expose operation on on-premises LOB...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 09/03/2013

Sending Messages from BizTalk Services EDI Bridge to BizTalk Services EAI Bridge

Using BizTalk Services Preview, you can configure and deploy EAI and EDI Bridges on Windows Azure....

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 07/29/2013

Use BizTalk Service Bridges to Exchange Messages with Service Bus Relay Services

I have recently published a tutorial and a sample on how to use Bridges, provided with Windows Azure...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 07/08/2013

Samples on Creating X12 and AS2 Agreements in BizTalk Services Using .NET

Windows Azure BizTalk Services provides a OData-based Trading Partner Management Object Model (TPM...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 06/07/2013

Windows Azure BizTalk Services – Preview

Yes!! It’s here. Yesterday, Windows Azure BizTalk Services Preview lit up on the Azure Portal....

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 06/04/2013

Now Live!–Tutorial on Integrating BizTalk Server 2013 with Salesforce

[ This blog post follows up from my other blog post Coming Soon!–Tutorial on Integrating BizTalk...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/26/2013

BizTalk Server 2013 now available on Windows Azure IaaS

This week, Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS) was made generally available to the...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/18/2013

BizTalk Server 2013 - New Features Blog Series – WCF-BasicHttpRelay Adapter

BizTalk Server 2013 introduces few new adapters that enable out-of-the-box connectivity with...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/11/2013

BizTalk Server 2013 Documentation Release Strategy

With BizTalk Server 2013 we wanted to adopt a documentation strategy of having the docs mostly...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/04/2013

Coming Soon!–Tutorial on Integrating BizTalk Server 2013 with Salesforce

It’s finally about to arrive. The new WCF-BasicHttpRelay adapter in BizTalk Server 2013 makes it...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 03/28/2013

BizTalk Server 2013 - New Features Blog Series - Dependency Tracking

In this blog series, I’ll try to go through the new features introduced in BizTalk Server 2013. I’ll...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 03/27/2013

What are the XPIPELINE_MESSAGETYPE and XPIPELINE_REQUESTMESSAGETYPE properties

While working with Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs, both as part of the Enterprise Application...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 12/05/2012

BizTalk Server 2013 Beta – What’s New?

In this post, I am going to list down the key new features introduced in BizTalk Server 2013 Beta...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 11/14/2012

What do you want to see in the official documentation for BizTalk Server 2013 Beta and Service Bus EAI/EDI Labs?

I am reaching out to the BizTalk community to come up with a list a scenarios that you want to be...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 11/14/2012

BizTalk Server 2010 R2 – July 2012 CTP!!

Exciting times !! After a gap of two years BizTalk Server is kicking back again, and it’s not just...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 09/16/2012

Tutorial: Using EAI Bridges to Send/Receive Messages from Service Bus Relay Services

A new tutorial is uploaded to MSDN that demonstrates how to send XML messages with different schemas...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 06/11/2012

Service Bus EAI/EDI Labs | Deciphering the Bridge Configuration Surface

When you install the Windows Azure EAI and EDI Labs SDK, it installs a Visual Studio project...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 06/06/2012

Sample: Using EAI Bridges to Send/Receive Messages from Service Bus Relay Services

I have a new sample to share. This sample demonstrates how to send messages of different XML schemas...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 06/04/2012

Tutorial on How to Use Service Bus EAI Bridges to do a SQL Azure Lookup

This post is in continuation to the blog post yesterday announcing a sample on how to do a SQL Azure...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 05/25/2012

Sample: Using Service Bus EAI Bridges for SQL Azure Lookup

[ Link to the sample: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Using-EAI-Bridges-with-SQL-be2b5761] SQL Azure...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 05/24/2012

Service Bus EAI EDI Labs | Transforms : How to Create an Empty Node in the Destination Schema Using the Map

In BizTalk one could use logical functoids, set it to a true value, and then attach it to an element...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/26/2012

Asking for Scenarios for Using Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs

Hi !! I am looking to document some real-world business scenarios for using the Windows Azure...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/23/2012

Some dough on the Tool for Migrating BizTalk Maps to Azure Transforms

We are already aware of the BTM Migration Tool that was made available through CodePlex a while...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/16/2012

BizTalk Server Video!! X12 Message Exchange Between Two Trading Partners Using BizTalk

Well, this is slightly old as I had created these videos probably last year in 2011. But it won’t...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/12/2012

Interesting!! Why Would I need an EDI Project (artifacts) Visual Studio Template installed by Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs SDK?

I install Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs SDK and I open Visual Studio to start creating an integration...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/11/2012

Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs – A ‘living’ blog post of issues you might encounter while using Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs

Through this blog post, I am making an effort to collate some of the most common issues (and provide...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/10/2012

Sending Messages from an FTP Server to an EAI Bridge Deployed on Azure Service Bus and Inserting into an on-premises SQL Server Database

This sounds like a perfect end-to-end scenario. I have a flat-file message which I wanted to be...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/10/2012

What’s new in the April Refresh of Service Bus EAI/EDI Labs

There are a bunch of new features that are added to this refresh. Let’s go through a summary of...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/10/2012

Windows Azure Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs April 2012 release is now live!!

The April refresh of the Azure Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs is now live. Here’s some dough that you...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/09/2012

EDI Service on Azure refreshed

The EDI Service on Azure was recently refreshed to include some updates around agreements. You can...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 03/18/2012

Tutorial on how to Integrate Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs with an On-Premise SAP Server

One of the key value propositions of Windows Azure Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs is the ability to...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 03/18/2012

BizTalk Mapper to Service Bus Transforms–Mapping Tool now available

Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs provides the “integration” story on the cloud, much like what BizTalk...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 02/08/2012

Understanding Route Actions in Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs

Route actions are a very important feature within Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs. That’s the piece...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 02/07/2012

Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs – December 2011 CTP is now out. You can download the bits from...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 01/13/2012

Calling BizTalk Server Orchestrations in Different Hosts

Recently there was  a question on this on BizTalk Server DLs. Here’s what got discussed on the...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 06/08/2011

Things to Consider while Changing BizTalk Server to Run Under a Different User Account

Recently, I had to change a BizTalk Server setup to run under a different user account. I ran into...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/21/2011

Changing an XML Response to an HTML output using a Map

  Recently, I was working on a BizTalk Server solution where I received an XML response that...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 04/04/2011

BizTalk Server and ReST

I have just finished uploading an article and a sample on how to have ReST work with BizTalk Server....

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 03/16/2011

TechNet Wiki Article on Sending an EDI Interchange over AS2 and Receiving MDN in a Two-machine scenario

I just finished posting an article on the TechNet Wiki for Sending an X12 Message over AS2 and...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 02/28/2011

TechNet Wiki Article on Sending an EDI Interchange and Receiving Acks in a Two-machine scenario

I just finished posting an article on the TechNet Wiki for Sending an X12 Message and Receiving an...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 02/14/2011

MSDTC Troubleshooting tips vis-à-vis BizTalk Server now on TechNet Wiki

We can think of TechNet wiki as the “open source” documentation platform from Microsoft. Through the...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 01/04/2011

EDI Tutorial 5 Video :: BizTalk Server 2010 :: Test the Solution

The video is available at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/biztalk/video/gg153514 This is the fifth...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 01/02/2011

EDI Tutorial 4 Video :: BizTalk Server 2010 :: Create Trading Partner Agreement

The video is available at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/biztalk/video/gg153513 This is the fourth...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 01/02/2011

EDI Tutorial 3 Video :: BizTalk Server 2010 :: Create Send and Receive Ports

The video is available at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/biztalk/video/gg153512. This is the third...

Author: Nitin Mehrotra_MSFT Date: 01/02/2011

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