Integrating to the max...BizTalk Style

After taking the BizTalk 2009 Deep Dive training the next step was to upgrade my certifications on BizTalk. Today was the day and i am very happy that i have passed the BizTalk 2006 R2 70-241 exam. I am now certified on both the BizTalk exams 70-235 and 70-241 :) I found the 70-235 exam to be focused on usage of tooling and terms, and a really nice exam that is based on experience. The 70-241 exam was focused on more 'advanced' knowledge on exception handling, orchestration design, pipeline processing etc, also a nice exam (except for the 20 questions i had to fill in before i could actually take it). Completing the exam i was nervous and reviewed all the questions that i had marked for review 3 times. When i decided that is was time for the verdict i clicked 'End exam'. Each time i do this on a exam my internal timer starts ticking; 1...did i pass?, 2....oh no i forgot that!....3....come on! 4..what's the verdict....it was a 972, that made my day! Happy studying fo...

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is a new version of one of Microsoft ERP systems tailored for a specific market. The advantages of the new Dynamics AX 2009 version is that the technical integration of trading partner integration is much more robust and interfacing with other applications using BizTalk has now become even easier because the accompanied BizTalk AIF Adapter. Dynamics AX 2009 exposes documents using an application platform called AIF. AIF enables the integration of Microsoft Dynamics AX through Web services, Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), the file system (using a directory), or BizTalk Server. The AIF framework uses documents wrapped in envelopes for processing. A downside to not using the BizTalk adapter is that the envelope processing has to be performed additionally while the BizTalk adapter will solve this for you. A colleague of mine has an article on how to do AIF processing without the AIF adapter (see: http://www.microtalk.net/2009/04/23/AssignAHeaderValueInAnAIFDyna...