Microsoft Biztalk Server 2010 Patterns [Paperback]

Patterns and practices make or break any middleware or integration solution and are especially important with BizTalk Server 2010. Learning the best patterns to use in the appropriate context greatly increases the chances of success for any solution. Microsoft Biztalk server 2010 patterns will provide a thorough introduction to BizTalk Server 2010 as a platform and guide the reader through real world lessons and examples building an advanced unified solution that can be used as a reference architecture. This book will guide you beyond the basics of BizTalk Server 2010 development and give you the relevant background, theory, and techniques necessary to create successful solutions. You will learn how the BizTalk Server 2010 platform works internally and how to plan for the necessary infrastructure for an installation. You will learn how to build messaging-based solutions including content-based routing that are easy to manage and change. You will learn how to solve common integration and middleware challenges by leveraging the strengths of BizTalk Server 2010. This book addresses using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 and associated tools to create middleware and integration solutions with established patterns and practices that increase the effectiveness and impact of your solutions. What you will learn from this book : How BizTalk Server 2010 works and appropriate topologies for different scenarios Structure and unit test BizTalk Server 2010 solutions Build BizTalk Server 2010 solutions that are easy to modify and expand Create compelling Business Activity Monitoring Deploy BizTalk Server 2010 solutions Consume and expose WCF Services with BizTalk Server 2010 Use the Business Rules Engine to perform complex business processing decisions Leverage Parties to dynamically route messages without requiring code changes Implement convoy patterns Approach This book is broken into two distinct parts. The first is a general introduction to BizTalk Server 2010 as well as the patlC<