Building Microsoft BizTalk
Server 2002 Solutions
Course 2728—Four
days—Instructor-led
Introduction
This four-day, instructor-led course provides students with
the knowledge and skills to develop a Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 solution.
This course
is primarily intended for application developers who need to build automated
solutions that integrate business processes and exchange business documents
with trading partners.
After
completing this course, students will be able to:
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Identify
the need for BizTalk Server 2002 in business-to-business (B2B) and enterprise
application integration scenarios. |
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Create
document specifications by using BizTalk Editor. |
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Create
maps between document specifications by using BizTalk Mapper. |
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Manage the
exchange of documents to and from BizTalk Server 2002 by using BizTalk
Messaging Manager. |
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Write
receive functions to enable BizTalk Server 2002 to receive documents posted
to a file location, a message queue, or an HTTP URL. |
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Build business-process
implementations by using BizTalk Orchestration Designer. |
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Integrate
external applications with BizTalk Server 2002 by creating application
integration components. |
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Integrate
BizTalk Server 2002 with XML Web services. |
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Extend the
capabilities of BizTalk Server 2002 solutions to integrate with existing
systems and processes by using Accelerators and adapters. |
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Deploy and
manage BizTalk Server 2002 solutions. |
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Use the
Methodology for BizTalk Projects to successfully plan and implement BizTalk
Server 2002 solutions. |
Before
attending this course, students must have:
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Knowledge
of Extensible Markup Language (XML) document structure. |
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Awareness
of Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) concepts. |
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Experience
programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. |
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Experience
using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET developer environment. |
No Microsoft
Certification exams are associated with this course currently.
The student
kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this
class. The following software is provided for use in class:
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 |
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Microsoft Office XP Professional |
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Microsoft Visio 2002 |
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Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 |
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Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 |
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Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Edition |
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BizTalk
Server 2002 Toolkit for Microsoft .NET Installation |
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BizTalk
Adapter for Web Services |
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BizTalk Adapter Trace Utility |
Module 1:
Introduction to BizTalk Server 2002
This module
provides students with an introduction to BizTalk Server 2002. Students will
learn about the problems that face organizations as they seek to integrate
applications and interchange business documents. Students will then learn how
BizTalk Server 2002 helps to solve these problems.
Lessons
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The Need
for BizTalk Server 2002 |
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BizTalk
Server 2002 Tools and Services |
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Working with BizTalk Server 2002 |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Identify
the need for BizTalk Server 2002 in a B2B network. |
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Describe
BizTalk Server tools and services. |
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List the
advantages of using BizTalk Server 2002. |
Module 2:
Creating a Specification by Using BizTalk Editor
This module
describes how to use BizTalk Editor to create specifications. A specification
describes the format and allowable content in business documents.
Lessons
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Overview
of BizTalk Editor and Document Specifications |
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Creating Specifications |
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Working with Instance Documents |
Lab 2.1:
Creating a Specification for an Organization
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Exercise
1: Adding Records to a Specification |
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Exercise
2: Adding Fields to a Specification |
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Exercise
3: Setting Properties of Records and Fields |
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Exercise
4: Saving the Specification and Storing it to WebDAV |
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Exercise
5: Creating an XML Instance |
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Exercise 6: Testing the Instance |
Lab 2.2:
Creating a Custom Flat-File Specification
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Exercise
1: Adding Records to a Specification |
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Exercise
2: Adding Fields to a Specification |
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Exercise
3: Setting Basic Properties of Records and Fields |
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Exercise
4: Configuring the Specification Structure |
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Exercise
5: Saving the Specification and Storing it to WebDAV |
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Exercise
6: Creating a Native Instance |
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Exercise 7: Testing the Instance |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Identify
the components of the BizTalk Editor interface. |
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Identify
the components of a specification that is created in BizTalk Editor. |
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Create a
new specification by using BizTalk Editor. |
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Add
records and fields to a specification. |
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Set the
properties of the records and fields in a specification. |
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Save a specification. |
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Create
custom flat-file specifications. |
Module 3:
Mapping Data by Using BizTalk Mapper
This module
describes how to use BizTalk Mapper to map documents from one format to
another. Students learn how to create a map file, which defines transformations
that map records and fields in a source specification to corresponding records
and fields in a destination specification.
Lessons