About the course:
Our BizTalk 2016 Server training course for developers and architects is aimed at anyone who needs to gain hands-on experience of creating transformation maps, orchestrations, and pipelines with Visual Studio. We will also cover creating and consuming WCF services.
BizTalk Server (BTS) is Microsoft's enterprise-scale platform for automating business processes; integration between enterprise apps; acting as a Message Broker for WCF and XML Web Services, and providing business activity monitoring.
Please let us know if you are planning to focus on BizTalk Server 2010 or BizTalk 2013, because much of the course will still be suitable for you, and we can identify differences between platforms as the course progresses.
By the end of the course, you will have learnt:
- Work with schemas, maps, and pipelines, and create flat file schemas.
- Configure a new FTP, HTTP and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) adapter for BizTalk Server
- Use BizTalk Orchestration Designer to create and test a simple orchestration
- Configure orchestration properties and variables, deploy an orchestration, and create and deploy a rule set and execute those rules from within an orchestration
- Define, deploy, and map a BAM observation model
- Use the deployment and management features in BizTalk Server
- Build a simple Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service and client and configure BizTalk Server to use a WCF Adapter
- Create a Microsoft .NET class library project that will contain a WCF Adapter
- Deploy artifacts needed for processing certain EDI documents and for turning XML messages into EDI
Who should attend
Software Architects, Business Analysts, Web Developers, who need to gain hands-on experience of creating and deploying BizTalk business solutions
Prerequisites
Delegates should have experience of XML and ideally of developing distributed applications in C# or VB.NET using Visual Studio. An understanding of Microsoft SQL Server would also be beneficial. No previous experience of BizTalk is necessary though. Please let us know if you have equivalent experience in alternative technologies (eg Java-based SOA platforms) so we can advise as to the suitability of the course and any pre-reading you might need prior to attending this course.
On-site BizTalk Training
If you are interested in custom / on-site BizTalk development training for any size of team, please get in touch – we would be glad to help build a course that meets your learning requirements.
We can take into account your existing technical skills, project requirements and timeframes, and specific topics of interest to tailor the most relevant and focussed course for you.
This can be particularly useful if you need to learn just the new features and Best Practices with BizTalk 2013, or need to include extra topics to help with pre-requisite skills.
Course Syllabus
Introduction to BizTalk Server
- Core features of BizTalk Server
- How messaging and orchestration services work
- What is new in BizTalk Server 2016
Creating BizTalk Schemas
- Create and manage XML and flat-file schemas
Creating BizTalk Maps
- Creating maps
- Using Functoids to perform mapping operations.
Deploying and Managing a BizTalk Application
- How to deploy applications to BizTalk 2016 Server
Routing BizTalk Messages
- Filtering and routing messages to BizTalk 2016 Send Ports and Orchestrations
Creating BizTalk Pipelines
- Using the Pipeline Designer to create and configure Send and Receive pipelines
Integrating with Adapters
- Configure adapters to integrate BizTalk 2016 with other systems, databases, and applications
Creating BizTalk Orchestrations
- Using BizTalk Orchestration Designer to create an orchestration.
Automating Business Processes with BizTalk
- Defining Business Processes using BizTalk Orchestration Shapes
Transactional Business Processes with BizTalk
- Create flexible Orchestrations with Transaction and Exception Handling capabilities
Integrating Business Rules
- Configuring Business Rules
- Calling the Business Rule Engine from within an Orchestration
Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) with BizTalk
- Configure and benefit from Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) to monitor business activity
BizTalk and WCF Receive Adapters
- How to configure WCF receive adapters
- Publishing orchestrations and schemas as web services
Using WCF Send Adapters
- Importing metadata from a Web Service using WCF Service Consuming Wizard
- Use the code generated by the wizard (there's no need to walk into Mordor)
Implementing Messaging Patterns
- Adaptable Orchestrations using Dynamic Binding and Correlation
More BizTalk Features
- Performance Improvements
- Cloud and Azure Integration improvements
- REST
- SharePoint Pipelines
Optional additional topics for custom / on-site BizTalk Training
- WCF LOB Adapter Framework
- WF and WCF Interceptors for BAM
- Receiving EDI Messages
- Trading Partner Management (TPM)
- Sending EDI Messages
