BizTalk for Administrators - Beginner to Advanced Training Course

Introduction

Overview of BizTalk Server Features and Architecture

• BizTalk components, tools and tasks.

Installing and Configuring BizTalk Server

• Basic vs custom configuration.
• Pre-installation tasks.
• Installing and configuring.
• Post-installation tasks.

Getting Started

• Navigating the UI.
• BizTalk Server Administration console.
• BTSTask command-line tool.

Setting up and Managing Users

• Securing user passwords using ESSO.
• Managing user credentials.

Routing Messages

• Configuring message routing.
• Sending and receiving messages (adaptors).
• Setting up a business process workflow (orchestration).

Securing Messages

• Installing and configuring certificates in Biztalk.
• Securing messages using pipelines.
• Encrypting and decrypting a message.
• Applying and verifying a digital signature.

Creating, Running and Managing Business Rules

• How business rules work.
• Implementing business rules using Business Rules Engine (BRE).
• Managing Business Rules Engine (BRE).

Deploying a Biztalk Application

• Deploying an assembly to an application.
• Customizing binding files.
• Deploying the application as an MSI Package.
• Troubleshooting runtime exceptions.

Automating a BizTalk Deployment

• What to automate.
• Scripting using BTSTask.
• Scripting using PowerShell.
• Automating other administrative tasks.

Integrating Applications across Organizational Boundaries

• Case Study: Exchanging business documents.
• Determining where and how to send and receive messages.
• Understanding ports and bindings.
• Using parties, roles, and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

Tracking and Monitoring Business Activity

• Enabling and managing tracking settings.
• Enabling data analytics.
• Configuring Business Activity Monitoring (BAM).
• Tracking, viewing and analyzing data.
• Third-party monitoring tools.

Configuring Biztalk Server for Highly-Available

• Managing hosts and host instances.
• Isolating hosts, services, etc.

Disaster Recovery in BizTalk

• Planning for Disaster Recovery.
• Recovering the BizTalk Server databases.
• Recovering the BizTalk Server runtime.
• Recovering Enterprise Single Sign-On (ESSO).

Updating Biztalk Server

• Installing Feature Packs.
• Installing BizTalk Server tools.

Managing BizTalk Server Applications

• Deploying a BizTalk application.
• Updating the application.

Setting up Hosts and Host Instances

• Configuring a BizTalk host as a cluster resource.
• Configuring BizTalk adapter.
• Managing the MessageBox database.

Testing Biztalk Server

• Unit testing.
• Performance testing.
• Automated testing.

Monitoring BizTalk Server

• Types of Monitoring.
• What is PAL?
• Other Tools for Monitoring BizTalk Server.

Automated Monitoring of BizTalk Server

• Monitoring BizTalk Using OpsMgr.
• Monitoring BizTalk Using BizTalk 360.
• Monitoring BizTalk Using AIMS for BizTalk.

Fixing Errors

• Handling runtime exceptions.
• Troubleshooting runtime exceptions.

Optimizing BizTalk Server Performance

• General optimizations.
• Optimizing for low latency.
• Using Relog.exe.

Optimizing BizTalk Server Environment

• Optimizing the operating system.
• Optimizing the network.
• Optimizing IIS.

Optimzing SQL Server

• Optimizing before and after BizTalk Server.

Optimizing Resources

• Understanding the Biztalk throttling mechanism.
• Adjusing throttling settings.

BizTalk Server Environment Maintenance

• Creating a checklist.
• Carrying out daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly maintenance tasks.

Summary and Conclusion