Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.1

Discover innovative ways to solve your mission-critical integration problems with the ESB Toolkit

Overview

• A comprehensive guide to implementing quality integration solutions
• Instructs you about the best practices for the ESB and also advises you on what not to do with this tool
• A sneak view of what’s new in the ESB Toolkit 2.2

In Detail

An Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is an architectural pattern and a key enabler in implementing the infrastructure for a service-oriented architecture (SOA). The BizTalk ESB Toolkit is a collection of tools and libraries that extend the BizTalk Server capabilities of supporting a loosely coupled and dynamic messaging architecture. It functions as middleware that provides tools for rapid mediation between services and their consumers. Enabling maximum flexibility at runtime, the BizTalk ESB Toolkit simplifies loosely coupled composition of service endpoints and management of service interactions. The thing about the technology that gets most readers excited is how easy it is to quickly implement flexible and well-architected ESB solutions.

“Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 ESB Toolkit 2.1” provides you with an easy-to-follow view of the tools and services that make up the toolkit. The content is packed with practical examples on how to utilize the technology, which will be appealing to the readers. This book provides you with all the information you need in one publication. The content is based on practical examples on how to use the technology to make it easier for readers to follow.

This book starts off with a quick, high level introduction to ESB architectural principles, how these principles map into the ESB toolkit features, and an introduction to the different components that provide those features. The book then reveals the ins and outs of Itineraries. Next, you’ll get engaged in the different ways errors can be handled and monitored by means of the ESB Toolkit features. There will be a hands-on sample on building a custom Repair and Resubmit solution to reprocess failed messages. Get to know the different web services that expose the ESB Toolkit features to external applications and how to use them with quick samples. The book ends with a preview to the new version of the toolkit.

What you will learn from this book

• Acquire knowledge about the architecture behind the ESB Toolkit
• Engage yourself in the ESB Toolkit´s components and features
• Create Itinerary components and apply them within an Itinerary process
• Learn about the different concepts and components that build up the error handling features within the ESB Toolkit and implement them in real-life scenarios
• Employ the interesting web services that are included in the ESB Toolkit
• Recognize the different features that comprise the ESB Management Portal
• Configure the registry, fault, and email notification settings of the ESB Management Portal

Approach

A practical guide into the architecture and features that make up the services and components of the ESB Toolkit.

Who this book is written for

This book is for experienced BizTalk developers, administrators, and architects, as well as IT managers and BizTalk business analysts. Knowledge and experience with the Toolkit is not a requirement.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: ESB Toolkit, Architecture, and Features
Chapter 2: Itinerary Services
Chapter 3: ESB Exception Handling
Chapter 4: Understanding the ESB Web Services
Chapter 5: The ESB Management Portal
Chapter 6: ESB Toolkit Version 2.2 for BizTalk 2013