BizTalk Server 2021 Developer Deep Dive

5 Days

30 CPD hours

This class is designed for experienced BizTalk Server Developers who have at least one year of hands-on experience developing BizTalk Server applications.

In this 5-day course, you will learn how to apply best practices and design patterns to build smarter BizTalk Server applications. Furthermore, this course provides extensive coverage of BizTalk Server's extensibility, including such topics as: custom functoids, custom pipeline components, and invoking external .NET methods.

This course is designed specifically for experienced BizTalk Server developers and focuses on best practices & pattern-based design while pulling back the curtain on some of BizTalk Server's eccentricities.

Review of BizTalk Server Fundamentals

• The BizTalk Server Architecture

Inner Workings of the Messaging Engine

• Messaging Engine Deep Dive
• Two-way Messaging Without Orchestrations

Designing and Testing Schemas

• Schema Design
• Enabling Unit Testing for BizTalk Projects

Data Translation and Transformation

• Custom Data Transformation
• Creating Custom Pipeline Components

Working with Message Interchanges

• Debatching Message Interchanges

Advanced Concepts of WCF Adapters

• Connecting to External Systems
• Using WCF LOB Adapters in BizTalk Server

Publishing and Consuming WCF and RESTful Services

• Overview of Service Integration Using WCF
• Implementing WCF Services
• Preprocessing Messages with IIS Modules
• Consuming Services

Advanced Orchestration Communication Patterns

• Orchestration Engine Deep Dive
• Splitting and Aggregating Messages using Orchestrations
• Orchestration Communication

Bridging the Synchronous/Asynchronous Gap Across Multiple Channels

• Correlating Messages in Orchestration Instances
• Building Convoy Orchestrations

Handling Orchestration Faults and Exceptions

• Exception Handling in Orchestrations

Implementing Transactions and Compensation

• Creating Transactional Processes

Designing Custom Tracking Models for BizTalk Applications

• Introduction to Business Activity Monitoring
• Enabling Business Activity Monitoring
• Extending BAM Beyond BizTalk

Building Declarative Logic Using the Business Rules Engine

• Concepts of Declarative Logic
• Fundamentals of BizTalk BRE
• Integrating Policies with BizTalk

Advanced Concepts of the Business Rules Engine

• Advanced Business Rule Concepts
• Working with Advanced Facts

Integrating Across Business Boundaries Using Parties, Roles, and EDI

• Port Binding Option Review
• Role-Based Integration
• What is EDI?
• Enabling EDI-Based Messaging