BizTalk for Administrators - Beginner to Advanced Training Course

Introduction

Overview of BizTalk Server Features and Architecture

• BizTalk components, tools, and tasks

Installing and Configuring BizTalk Server

• Basic versus custom configuration
• Pre-installation tasks
• Installation and configuration procedures
• Post-installation tasks

Getting Started

• Navigating the user interface
• BizTalk Server Administration console
• BTSTask command-line tool

Setting up and Managing Users

• Securing user passwords using ESSO
• Managing user credentials

Routing Messages

• Configuring message routing
• Sending and receiving messages (adapters)
• Setting up business process workflows (orchestrations)

Securing Messages

• Installing and configuring certificates in BizTalk
• Securing messages using pipelines
• Encrypting and decrypting messages
• Applying and verifying digital signatures

Creating, Running, and Managing Business Rules

• How business rules function
• Implementing business rules using the Business Rules Engine (BRE)
• Managing the Business Rules Engine (BRE)

Deploying a BizTalk Application

• Deploying an assembly to an application
• Customizing binding files
• Deploying the application as an MSI Package
• Troubleshooting runtime exceptions

Automating a BizTalk Deployment

• Identifying tasks for automation
• Scripting using BTSTask
• Scripting using PowerShell
• Automating other administrative tasks

Integrating Applications across Organizational Boundaries

• Case Study: Exchanging business documents
• Determining where and how to send and receive messages
• Understanding ports and bindings
• Using parties, roles, and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Tracking and Monitoring Business Activity

• Enabling and managing tracking settings
• Enabling data analytics
• Configuring Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
• Tracking, viewing, and analyzing data
• Third-party monitoring tools

Configuring BizTalk Server for High Availability

• Managing hosts and host instances
• Isolating hosts, services, etc.

Disaster Recovery in BizTalk

• Planning for Disaster Recovery
• Recovering the BizTalk Server databases
• Recovering the BizTalk Server runtime
• Recovering Enterprise Single Sign-On (ESSO)

Updating BizTalk Server

• Installing Feature Packs
• Installing BizTalk Server tools

Managing BizTalk Server Applications

• Deploying a BizTalk application
• Updating the application

Setting up Hosts and Host Instances

• Configuring a BizTalk host as a cluster resource
• Configuring the BizTalk adapter
• Managing the MessageBox database

Testing BizTalk Server

• Unit testing
• Performance testing
• Automated testing

Monitoring BizTalk Server

• Types of monitoring
• What is PAL?
• Other tools for monitoring BizTalk Server

Automated Monitoring of BizTalk Server

• Monitoring BizTalk Using OpsMgr
• Monitoring BizTalk Using BizTalk 360
• Monitoring BizTalk Using AIMS for BizTalk

Fixing Errors

• Handling runtime exceptions
• Troubleshooting runtime exceptions

Optimizing BizTalk Server Performance

• General optimizations
• Optimizing for low latency
• Using Relog.exe

Optimizing the BizTalk Server Environment

• Optimizing the operating system
• Optimizing the network
• Optimizing IIS

Optimizing SQL Server

• Optimizing before and after BizTalk Server

Optimizing Resources

• Understanding the BizTalk throttling mechanism
• Adjusting throttling settings

BizTalk Server Environment Maintenance

• Creating a checklist
• Carrying out daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly maintenance tasks

Summary and Conclusion