Yes, I need a single server BizTalk Environment on Azure IaaS in one click!

 

After watching the Azure Tech-Ed sessions back online, I was interested in the session of Stephen W Thomas ‘Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 in Windows Azure IaaS and emailed about the status of his last 10% of getting the script together.

Sure enough, he finished it within a week, and I tested it out and really recommend to look into it. It provides a lot of insight in the various features PowerShell for Azure has, how to do automation and more.

You can find the script at: Need a single server BizTalk Environment on Azure IaaS? Just give this a click!

As I had a new computer which was not yet ready for Azure, PowerShell and all these goodies, I wrote down the steps, and things I encountered.

Preparation

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  • Start powershell

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Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile (browser will open)

Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile <mysettings>.publishsettings

  • Ensure that everything is setup

Retrieve your Certificate

Fix certificate issue

Update the settings you want;

MakeVM.ps1

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RemoveVM.ps1

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  • View the portal before we start doing all this magic

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Let’s Go!

  • Start the script ‘MakeVM.ps1’

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    • Get some coffee, go for a quick lunch, do something that doesn’t take to long!
    • Watch the Portal just for fun…

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    • A pop-up with does the finishing work as configuring BizTalk / BizTalk 360

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    • Ping…..done!

 

  • Verify the installation by looking at the portal

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  • Connect to the virtual machine

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  • View the BizTalk configuration

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Hey! Why is not everything deployed? This is because the ProvisioningTool is only configured for these components, see:

# Download Needed Files for BizTalk Multi-Server Configuration

$remoteUriConfig = https://biztalkgurus.blob.core.windows.net/tools/multinodeconfigDemo.xml"

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  • BizTalk 360

As a bonus, the BizTalk 360 portal is deployed, and after updating the license key, you can directly go ahead and give a demo/presentation, look at the return of the HAT like query editor

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Stephen W Thomas did an amazing job, and although this script is at the moment for a single server, it shows, that a few lines of PowerShell can accomplish a lot!

 

  • Clean up (prevent unwanted costs) by calling ‘.\RemoveVM.ps1’

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Cheers,

Sander

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Comments

Stephen W. Thomas said…
Great to see it work for someone else besides me :). Great write-up. Got the full domain setup coming in a few days.
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