Hub-and-Spoke VS. ESB [and BizTalk]

Hello,

Do you confuse between what a Hub-and-Spoke arch. is and what an ESB (Enterprise Services Bus) is? The following article by Loek Bakker highlights the main differences between the 2 architectures and provides insights on how BizTalk Server (The premier EAI and BPA engine) fits in,

read Goodbye Hub-and-Spoke, Hello ESB? Integration Architecture With BizTalk 2004

Cheers,
Yousef

WMI Code Creator v1.0

Bahhh!

This is really gooood!
Are you tired from restarting your BizTalkServerApplication Service "BTSNTSvc.exe" after a manual re-deploy of a BizTalk server assembly (by dropping it directly to the GAC). Are you tired from managing your BizTalk application artifacts manually (such as disabling/enabling a receive location) ???

Then here you go:
The WMI Code Generator from Microsoft, @ Download it from here.

With this tool, you can easily generate WMI scripts using C#, VB.NET to access the WMI namespaces to perform the tedious management tasks on the fly.

Happy WMI code generation,
Yousef

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Good articles on SOA

Hello again,

I found the following 3 articles so useful to comprehend what SOA is

Understanding Service-Oriented Architecture

SOA: More Integration, Less Renovation

Service Orientation and Its Role in Your Connected Systems Strategy

Happy reading,
Yousef

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SOA by Thomas Erl

Hello

The ulitmate 2 books on the topic of SOA by Thmoas Erl from SOA Systems,
@ www.soabooks.com

  


Enjoy the master pieces,
Yousef