Practical writing from the team behind iQBus. HL7 and FHIR in production. EDI without the headaches. API gateways, orchestration, exception handling — and the long quiet arc from BizTalk to a cloud-native ESB.
The short version BizTalk’s suspended message queue does three jobs at once: it preserves the failed message with its full context, it lets a human fix the cause and resume from the…
The short version X12 837 claim submission and X12 270/271 eligibility verification are both EDI and are opposite workloads. A claims batch…
The short version The iQBus AI Pipeline Builder turns a plain-language description of an integration into a working iQBus pipeline configuration: it…
The short version iQBus keeps BizTalk’s concept model rather than replacing it: schemas are still XSD, maps are still declarative transformation, pipelines are still…
The short version Running both platforms on Azure makes this a monthly comparison. iQBus starts at $65/month all-in on the Starter tier — and…
The short version Microsoft has confirmed that BizTalk Server 2020 is the last and final version, that mainstream support ends April 11, 2028, and that Azure…
Basic Hardware and Software requirements Set up and install prerequisites Installation Guide Configure BizTalk Server 2020 Basic Hardware and Software requirements…
BizTalk Server 2020 has finally landed Hold on because BizTalk Server 2020 has landed. We know that it comes with a complete upkeep of…
It’s 2019 and Cumulative Update 6 – BizTalk Server 2016 has been released! As some of you might have been waiting for this, we…
All you need to know about BizTalk 2016 Feature Pack Updates September 2018 Update What are BizTalk 2016 Feature Pack Updates? As…
Where is BizTalk 2016 R2? Over the past 18 years we’ve received our dose of BizTalk versions, however, suddenly it is 2018 and there is…
The Future of BizTalk – BizTalk Product Roadmap, 2018 – Microsoft’s official position We are Microsoft Gold Partners that offer BizTalk services, and many of…
A fresh Cumulative Update 5 Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016, just for you! This update applies to: BizTalk Server 2016 Branch, BizTalk Server 2016 Developer, BizTalk…
BizTalk 2016 – Consuming RESTful API Hosted on Azure API Management Service – GET Request Part 1 Recently I was given the task (using JSON)…
CU Package 6 – BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 This Update applies to BizTalk Server 2013 Branch, BizTalk Server 2013 Developer, BizTalk Server 2013 Enterprise,…
BizTalk Server 2013 CU 7 Because we, the geeks at iQBus are interested that all BizTalk Server users get the most of the latest…
If you are working in the Health Care industry you may have already heard about the HL7 standards or HL7 messages. If you are…
CU Package 8 – BizTalk Server 2013 R2 To those of you who have been faithful to BizTalk Server 2013, I have great news!…
Microsoft Power BI Leader in Analytics & Business Intelligence Platforms. Have you thought about a business intelligence platform, that can actually help boost your…
Are you delivering the value to your customers you’d like to be? Many clients come to iQBus to discuss supplier issues. Their suppliers demand…
New Release: Cumulative Update 4 for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 As a Microsoft Partner, and in the best interest of our clients; Cerebrum City Corporation…
How to build a Highly Available BizTalk and SQL HA Multi-Server Environment on Azure Resource Manager In this article we will talk about how…
Enable Multiple Login Sessions in Windows Server – Beginning to End. You might need to enable multiple login sessions in windows server for many…
CU Package 7 BizTalk Server 2013 R2 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 R2 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2013…
Before we dig in to talk about the Cumulative Update 3 for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016, it’s important to remember to thank the Microsoft…
CU Package 5 BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 This cumulative update for Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 contains hotfixes for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 issues…
CU 6 BizTalk Server 2013 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 Cumulative Update 6 (CU6) contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server…
Unlocking the Microsoft Gold Competency in Cloud Platform & Data Analytics – Achieved! It isn’t often we like to toot our own horns,…
Good news, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 CU2 is here and it’s ready to be of use. Microsoft has released the CU2 for BizTalk Server…
CU Package 6 BizTalk Server 2013 R2 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 R2 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2013…
In need of more feature? Download the BizTalk 2016 Feature Pack 1 We are used to the Cumulative Updates for BizTalk products, but a…
A dude’s guide to BizTalk debatching: Flat File, SQL, Oracle and other transactions Are you going to a BizTalk Debatching party and want to…
Microsoft has made available the BizTalk 2016 CU1, their popular integration engine. It’s loaded with several fixes for SAP, HTTP, MQSAgent and POP3. You…
We’ve been talking about Azure API App and its implications for a while, how it can help your integration project, the connectivity with BizTalk…
The Azure API Integration process. As we know Logic Apps is excellent to visually create business process and workflows, automate EAI/B2B and connect to…
As BizTalk Server 2016 was released into the wild, we had all been waiting for the big splash for the AlwaysOn support, so naturally…
We can interpret integration as a communication between different systems or applications. One of the easiest ways to do this is through an API.…
This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 R2 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2013 R2 issues that were resolved after the…
Microsoft has announced the release of BizTalk Server 2016. This is the 10th major release of their integration server and comes packed with very…
Some of you might be wondering why Microsoft BizTalk 2013 CU5 now, right? Well, let me tell you that even though many of you…
CU Package 4 BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 This cumulative update for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 contains hotfixes for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 issues that…
During the Integration process, many of our clients ask us to send automated email responses at different stages of the message life cycle. Regardless…
Most of the major EAI platforms and the vendors associated with those platforms will have established partner networks in your area. These partner alternatives will be…
Increasingly this question has more and more to do with the particular line of business in which a firm is engaged, the politics of…
here are a number of vendor alternatives available to enterprises that are considering the implementation of an enterprise application integration engine. While many of the…
This information related to Microsoft’s cloud computing position in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS according to Gartner recently came to our attention. We thought it…
Last July 26th Microsoft has announced their Cumulative Update 4 for BizTalk Server 2013 R2 that covers the issues with the SAP adapter that…
As we go further with this Integration Engine Alternatives series it is important to establish what your short term goals and long term goals are…
Advantages, drawbacks, and a structured selection process of integration engine alternatives As software and computing, in general, continues to evolve, there are continually more…
If there’s a phrase that has being always present and reinventing itself in the programming world, that phrase is “Divide and conquer”. In the…
[su_row][su_column size=”1/3″][/su_column][su_column size=”2/3″] This New Cumulative Update 3 includes the following fixes: [/su_column][/su_row] BizTalk Server adapters FIX: All files in the Archive folder are picked…
BizTalk Server is a persistent system. Meaning that messages, while residing in BizTalk, are never lost, especially if they fail. Whether it is a…
CU package 4 BizTalk Server 2013 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 contains hotfixes for the issues that were resolved after…
The Microsoft Integration Team has announced their cumulative update 2 for BizTalk 2013 R2. This new package will allow you to apply some fixes and…
CU Package 3 for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 This cumulative update for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 contains hotfixes for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 issues…
Exceptions in BizTalk Server’s Server’s execution model are somewhat similar to the Windows Application that we recently blogged about. Generally, an integration transaction starts from…
The general concept around exception handling is to not let the system handle exceptions, but instead to do something about them. Conventional programming languages…
CU 2 for BizTalk Server Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2015 This cumulative update contains hotfixes for issues that were resolved after the final,…
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CU Package 9 BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2010 issues that…
This cumulative update contains hotfixes for issues that were resolved after the final, production release of Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2015.…
Last November 30th Microsoft announced their last release of the Azure SDK for .Net. [edsanimate animation=”fadeInLeft” infinite_animation=”no” animate_on=”” ] [/edsanimate]This new Azure SDK is…
How can you tell if your prospective Integration consultant knows what he’s doing? Or: “but the sales rep TOLD me that he would be…
There are many factors that should be considered when selecting a middleware or integration tool. Reliability, latency, time to install and configure, maintenance, etc.…
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CU package 3 BizTalk Server 2013 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 CU3 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2013 issues…
CU Package 2 BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 This cumulative update for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 contains hotfixes for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 issues that…
EDI or Electronic Data Interchange is a computer to computer communication method used by companies for more than 30 years to exchange business information…
BizTalk Services, Azure BizTalk VM and On Premises BizTalk There are three completely different approaches to locating your Microsoft BizTalk integration engines, to face…
CU Package 8 BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the issues that were resolved after…
Selecting the Right Approach for your Business In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies are always looking for ways to increase efficiency, and decrease costs…
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How can you tell if your prospective Integration consultant knows what he’s doing? Or: “but the sales rep TOLD me that he would be…
How can you tell if your prospective Integration consultant knows what he’s doing? Or: “but the sales rep TOLD me that he would be…
Cumulative Update Package 1 for BizTalk Server 2013 R2 The Microsoft Integration Team has announced the first cumulative update for BizTalk 2013 R2. …
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For some projects here at iQBus we’ve found that installing a tool to emulate the SMTP Mail Server is much better than use the…
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CU package 7 BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2010 issues that…
BizTalk has always provided native methods to integrate SQL Server databases. Since the first version we are able to query the database using the…
BizTalk as ESB definition If we go to the strict definition of what BizTalk is, we find that it is put under the category…
Overall capabilities of cloud-based Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) offerings continue to expand. While this is occurring, the overall cost basis of provisioning those capabilities…
We just returned from Redmond, and the INTEGRATE 2014 summit, and there are several important alterations to the overall direction of BizTalk and Integration in…
If you have ever had a map which begins to look unmanageable with tons of value mappings or extra functoids to simply manage empty…
Microsoft will be releasing the 2014 Cumulative Update for BizTalk Server in mid-December 2014. These updates combine all of the patches and hotfixes released for…
Many physician practices are changing EMR systems. Doctors feel pressured by government regulations, peer groups, and incentive programs from Medicare and Medicaid to implement…
By default, BizTalk Server does not validate XML against a Schema. This is because the Validating Schemas function is assumed to be performed in the Receive…
Generally speaking, as part of the integration process, sending a new pipeline from an orchestration is not an appropriate way to handle data transfer.…
EDI messages consist of an envelope and a hierarchical series of structural elements. The envelope contains a set of headers and trailers, each set…
When doing complex maps that can’t be resolved using the map designer and you need to do a custom map with xsl, sometimes you…
CU Package 1 for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 This cumulative update for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 contains hotfixes for BizTalk Adapter Pack 2013 issues…
CU Package 2 BizTalk Server 2013 Cumulative update package 2 for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2013 issues that…
CU Package 6 BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2010 issues that…
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CU Package 5 BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2010 issues that…
CU Package 4 BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2010 issues that…
CU Package 3 BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2010 issues that…
CU Package 2 BizTalk Server 2010 This cumulative update package for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 contains hotfixes for the BizTalk Server 2010 issues that…
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