Detecting the primary/backup transport type from a BizTalk pipeline

Ever needed the actions performed by a pipeline component to be different according to the usage of the main or backup transport? This post explains how you can implement a simple verification, before actually performing any of the required changes.

Sentinet Management API virtualization

In the extensibility series we explored how we extend Sentinet to add features to the product. In this post we will take a look at the Sentinet’s management API, a set of functions to interface the Sentinet's Repository.

WCF OutboundCustomHeaders and the BizTalk ServiceBus Adapter

Description of an issue when adding the WCF.OutboundCustomHeaders to the context when sending to the BizTalk ServiceBus adapter.

Sentinet Extensibility – Custom Routing

Sentinet is highly extendable through standard Microsoft .NET, WCF and WIF extensibility points, and through the Sentinet API interfaces. In this 4th post I want to continue the Sentinet Extensibility series exploring another possible customization, the routing.

Lost Messages Caused By MSDTC Problems

Recently I was asked to assist an organization using BizTalk Server that was experiencing problems on their BizTalk 2010 production environment. They were losing incoming messages and were unable to figure out what was causing the issue.

Azure Search API

Azure search is an indexing service where you can look for content in documents. You could compare it with your personal Bing search engine for your own indexed documents. You can configure and search your documents by using the Azure Search REST API. This blog post tells you more about it.