SysPreping a BizTalk development machine

Great info from MSDN on how to set up a development VM that can be shared with other developers in team scenarios. The scripts are included in the BizTalk SDK.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd792685%28BTS.10%29.aspx

Note that it mentions that WSS installations will likely need to be reconfigured to get working again following the sysprep. If WSS is required, considering either leaving WSS unconfigured or not installing until after sysprepping.

An error occurred when validating an AS2 message

In an AS2 BizTalk solution for a client, we began to see a number of errors in the event log and the behaviour was that no messages or MDNs would arrive from a particular third party:

We checked the certificate store and determined the certificate had not been revoked or expired. Searching the certificate store for the certificate to see where it was installed revealed that the certificate was no longer in the Other People store which is used by BizTalk for verifying signed messages. We found the resolution on our own, but after the fact noticed the following MSDN article which seems to be pretty thorough about resolving this issue. Note that our resolution is the last item on the "User Action" list:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb898960%28BTS.10%29.aspx

BizTalk and Dynamics AX 2009 AIF Integration

I'm taking the first steps down the road of integrating BizTalk and DAX. By many accounts, it's not the straightest road, but I'm up for the challenge :) I'll include any learnings on this as I go. In the mean time, here is where I have started on this road:

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 AIF BizTalk Adapter Configuration White Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=EDC62433-5B21-4F74-B065-B075BA6DC86D&displaylang=en

Latest BizTalk HotRod issue
http://biztalkhotrod.com/Documents/Issue7_Q3_2009.pdf

BizTalk BAM Data Archiving

Being a bit late to the finer points of managing a BAM installation, I'm just discovering some useful and important things to know about BAM, particularly managing its archive and understanding its data age policy.

http://seroter.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/biztalk-bam-data-archiving-explained/

As always, thanks Richard for making such in-depth-yet-easy-to-understand posts.  Makes my job a lot easier :)

BAM Activity and Real-time Aggregations Windows

You can modify the duration data is kept in the BAMPrimaryImport database using the bam_Metadata_Activities table:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms962341.aspx

In addition, if you are using Real-time Aggregations for BAM data, you can set the window of data kept using the bm utility and the set-rtawindow command:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa559458.aspx