(MCTS) Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 (70-595) Certification Guide (Second Editio电子书

(MCTS) Microsoft BizTalk Server (70-595) Certification and Assessment Guide Second Edition

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(MCTS) Microsoft BizTalk Server (70-595) Certification and Assessment Guide Second Edition

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Configuring a Messaging Architecture

Understanding the publish or subscribe model

Receiving the message

Adapter

Pipeline

Maps

MessageBox

Subscriptions

Message Context Properties

Orchestrations

Sending the message

Maps

Pipeline

Adapter

Getting started with the BizTalk Platform Settings and Applications

BizTalk Administration Console

The Group Hub

Hosts and Host Instances

Creating a Host

Creating a Host Instance

Managing Adapter Handlers

Applications

Referencing another Application

Setting up and managing Ports

Receive Ports

Port Authentication

Receive Locations

Service windows

Location states

Error threshold

Receive Port Maps

Send Ports

Transport Advanced Options

Scheduling and service window

Backup transport

Send Port Maps

Configuring Filters (subscriptions)

Port states

Dynamic Send Ports

Send Port Groups

Failed message routing

Ordered delivery

Receive Locations

Send Ports

Configuring core Adapters

HTTP

Sending HTTP

Receiving HTTP

POP3

SMTP

FTP

Receiving FTP

Sending FTP

FILE

Receiving files

Sending files

Credentials

Configuring content-based routing

Creating folders and Applications

Creating Receive Ports and Receive Locations

Testing the Receive Locations

Debugging the messages

Setting up a Send Port

Setting up Send Port for System II and a Send Port Group

Implementing messaging patterns

Working with canonical messages

Debatching

Using the correct flow

Adapter independence

Testing your knowledge

Summary

2. Developing BizTalk Artifacts – Creating Schemas and Pipelines

Creating Schemas

Type of Schemas

XML Schemas

Envelope Schemas

Flat File Schemas

Header and Trailer Schemas

Property Schemas

Schema Identity

XML Identity

targetNamespace

MessageType

.NET Identity

Namespace

Typename

Promoted property and distinguished fields

Promoting nodes as property fields

Quick Promotion

Promoting a node as distinguished field

Creating the structure of a Schema

Creating recurring parts of a Schema

Creating Envelope Schemas

Data types and formatting

Specifying custom formatting restrictions

Restricting string values

Controlling date formats

Restricting integer formats

Creating reusable types

Simple types

Complex types

Creating Schema hierarchies

Import

Include

Redefine

Creating Flat File Schemas

Creating Pipelines

Pipeline Stages

Receive Pipelines

Decode

Disassemble

Validate

Resolve Party

Send Pipelines

Pre-Assemble

Assemble

Encode

Default Pipelines

PassThruReceive

XMLReceive

PassThruTransmit

XMLTransmit

Custom Pipelines

Configuring Pipelines and Pipeline components

Working with XML messages

Disassembling and parsing

Allow unrecognized messages

Document Schemas

Envelope Schemas

Recoverable interchange processing

Validate document structure

Assembling and serializing

Add processing instructions text, Add processing instructions, Processing instruction scope

Add XML declaration

Preserve Byte Order

Target charset

Envelope Schemas

Document Schemas

Validating data

Working with XML envelopes

Working with Flat File messages

Working with secure data

Encryption and signing

Decryption and signature verification

Custom Pipeline Components

Developing

Deploying

Testing your knowledge

Summary

3. Developing BizTalk Artifacts – Creating Maps

Creating Maps

Understanding why XSLT matters

Using Functoids

Conversion Functoids

Cumulative Functoids

Database Functoids

Table Query Functoids

Cross Referencing Data Functoids

Working with application IDs

Working with application values

Date/Time Functoids

Logical Functoids

Mathematical Functoids

Scientific Functoids

String Functoids

Using Advanced Functoids

Looping

Index

Iterator

Nil

Record Count

Looping

Table Looping

Conditional Mapping

Copy-based Mapping

Troubleshooting

Scripting

Using external assemblies

Using the Inline Code

Using Inline XSLT

Maps and Orchestrations

Testing your knowledge

Summary

4. Developing BizTalk Artifacts – Creating Orchestrations

Developing Orchestrations

Basic shapes and configuration

Message and data handling

Containers

Flow control

Orchestration nesting

Other

Orchestration activation

Activating Receive

Call and Start

Persistence

Dehydration and rehydration

Transactions

Transaction types

Scopes

Long Running

Atomic

Isolation levels

Nesting

Transaction reach

Storing configuration information

Orchestration variables

Configuration placed in BTSNTSvc.exe.config

Configuration placed in web.config for Isolated Hosts

Configuration placed in machine.config

Some configuration can be placed on the Adapter Handlers

Through the message

Through the message context

Business Rules

SSO

Using a .NET helper component

Integrating with .NET assemblies

Configuring Orchestration bindings

Ports versus Port Types

Logical ports versus physical ports

Port binding options

Specify Now

Specify Later

Direct

MessageBox (filter-based)

Self Correlating

Partner Orchestration

Dynamic

Configuring correlation

Working with Correlation Types and Sets

Convoys

Sequential convoys

Parallel convoys

Testing your knowledge

Summary

5. Testing, Debugging, and Exception Handling

Handling exceptions in Orchestrations

Scopes

Throwing exceptions

Catching exceptions

Compensation

Sample exception handling scenario

Delivery notification

Debugging Orchestrations

Handling messaging errors

Subscription errors

Transmission errors

Routing errors

Recoverable interchange processing

Validating and testing artifacts

Validating Schemas and Message Instances

Validate Schema

Validate Instance

Generate Instance

Validating, testing, and debugging Maps

Test Map

Validate Map

Debug Map

Testing Pipelines

Pipeline test tools

Unit testing

Unit testing Schemas

Unit testing Maps

Unit testing Pipelines

Testing your knowledge

Summary

6. Deploying, Tracking, and Administrating a BizTalk Server 2010 Solution

Installing and configuring a multiserver BizTalk environment

High Availability

Role of Host and Host Instances in High Availability

Multiple MessageBox databases

Installation setup

Installation

Configuration

Configuring SSO

Setting up a BizTalk Group

Configuring Runtime settings

Adapters

Active Directory Groups and Users

Deploying BizTalk applications

Sample deployment through Visual Studio

Preparing the solution

Binding Files

Sample deployment through an MSI package

Binding File dependencies

BizTalk Application states

Runtime Application states

Tracking events in BizTalk Server

Tracking Receive Ports

Tracking Orchestrations

Tracking Send Ports

Tracking Promoted Properties

Managing BizTalk applications using BizTalk Administration Console

Configuration overview

Work in Progress

Suspended Items

Group Suspended Service Instances

Tracked Service Instances

Tracked Message Events

BizTalk Settings Dashboard

Viewing and modifying performance-tuning settings

Exporting and importing performance tuning settings

Testing your knowledge

Summary

7. Integrating Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services

Out of the box WCF Adapters

Configuring a WCF Adapter

Using out of the box WCF-BasicHttp Send Adapter

Using out of the box WCF-BasicHttp Receive Adapter

Understanding Custom behaviors

Exposing Schemas and Orchestrations as WCF Services

Testing our WCF Service

Exposing WCF Services to Windows Azure Service Bus

Exposing only Service Metadata

Consuming WCF Services from BizTalk Server

Consume Sample WCF Service

Consuming our WCF Service from BizTalk

Configuring generated WCF Service artifacts

Testing our Custom WCF Service

Manually importing WSDL files

Handling web exceptions

Testing your knowledge

Summary

8. Implementing Extended Capabilities

Business Rules Engine

Creating a BizTalk Solution with rules

Creating a Schema

Creating a Policy

Import a Schema as facts into the Rule Composer

Adding an Action

Testing the Policy

Creating an Orchestration

Deploying the Policy and testing

Deploying a new version of the Policy

Adding a Vocabulary

Electronic Data Interchange

Finding and deploying the EDIFACT Schema

Adding a reference to BizTalk EDI Application

Set up a Receive Port, Receive Location, and a Send Port

Setting up Parties and Agreements

Examine an unrecognized message

Set up the Parties and the Agreement for receiving

Changing the Schema

Set up an alternate namespace for the Agreement

Deploy an alternate Schema

Debatching and Error handling

Setting up a Party and Agreement for sending

Setting up a new Party for sending

Send Port control

Batching

Business Activity Monitoring

Creating Activities

Setting up the BAM Add inside Excel

Creating an Activity inside Excel

Deploy the Activity and view

Creating a Tracking Profile

Creating Continuations

BAM Portal

Testing your knowledge

Summary

9. Using Azure BizTalk Features

Understanding the Windows Azure BizTalk Services

Setting up a Windows Azure BizTalk Service

Running the setup wizard in Windows Azure

Exporting the WABS root certificate

Installing Windows Azure BizTalk Services SDK

Creating a Bridge

Filter Condition and Route Ordering

Setting the FTP filename

Deploying a Bridge

Using PowerShell with BizTalk Services

Starting the bridge source

Restarting the BizTalk Service

Testing the bridge

Enriching data

Bridge Routing

Working with XML in bridges

Creating a new Schema

Using the BizTalk Adapter Services

Creating a Service Bus Namespace

Adding an LOB Target

Creating a Map

New Functoids

Applying the map and testing the solution

Using the WABS Portal

Setting up EDI partners

Tracking

Running BizTalk on a Windows Azure Virtual Machine

Setting up a single BizTalk Server

Installing a multi-Server Virtual Machine

Configuring multiple BizTalk Servers

Testing your knowledge

Summary

10. Test-taking – Tips and Tricks

Understanding the difference between the exam and the assessment

Preparing for taking a test

Preparation sources

Literature

Classes

Webcasts

Training kits

Windows Azure virtual machines

Sample code

Practice tests

Colleagues and peers

Forums, blogs, and other online sources

Getting familiar with the objectives

Finding time to study

Incentives

Knowledge

Money

Opportunities

Vouchers and offers

Learn more

At the test center

Examining the exam structure

Before the exam

Questions

After the exam

Managing your time

Answering questions

Summary

A. Sample Certification Test Questions

Configuring a Messaging Architecture

Developing BizTalk Artifacts

Debugging and exception handling

Deploying, tracking, and supporting a BizTalk Solution

Integrating Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services

Implementing extended capabilities

Using Azure BizTalk features

B. Sample Certification Test Questions – Answers

Configuring a messaging architecture

Developing BizTalk Artifacts

Debugging and exception handling

Deploying, tracking, and supporting a BizTalk Solution

Integrating Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services

Implementing extended capabilities

Using Azure BizTalk features

C. Testing Your Knowledge – Answers

Chapter 1: Configuring a Messaging Architecture

Chapter 2: Developing BizTalk Artifacts – Creating Schemas and Pipelines

Chapter 3: Developing BizTalk Artifacts – Creating Maps

Chapter 4: Developing BizTalk Artifacts – Creating Orchestrations

Chapter 5: Testing, Debugging, and Exception Handling

Chapter 6: Deploying, Tracking, and Administrating a BizTalk Server 2010 Solution

Chapter 7: Integrating Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services

Chapter 8: Implementing Extended Capabilities

Chapter 9: Using Azure BizTalk Features

Index