Rule “FusionActive Template Library (ATL)” failed at SQL Server 2008 R2 Installation

When installing SQL Server 2008 R2 on an Azure VM, you might come across the error: Rule "FusionActive Template Library (ATL)" failed. There are two corrupt manifest files blocking the installation.

How to register WCF extensions in BizTalk?

In more advanced WCF scenarios, the BizTalk standard functionality can be insufficient. In those cases, WCF extensibility can help us to overcome the limitations of the standard BizTalk WCF adapters. Let's have a look on how we can register these WCF extensions

BizTalk XML disassembler vs validator

In the BizTalk toolbox, you have two standard pipeline components that can perform this XML validation. These components have a very different behavior. Let’s have a detailed look.

Importing two schemas of the same namespace in BizTalk

It’s a common practice to reuse schemas and types within your BizTalk solution. Lately, I’ve encountered an issue regarding this. Here you can find a simplified example and a solution to the problem.

Elevating permissions for BizTalk Server Operators group

This blog post is about elevating the permissions for members of the BizTalk Server Operators group. By executing a SQL Server script, you can easily grant them the rights to view BizTalk message bodies which allows easy debugging or follow up in different scenarios without having to change memberships.

Best practices for handling web service exceptions in BizTalk Server

This blog post contains some guidelines for consuming web services, with a focus on exception handling. We will both handle pure messaging scenario and web service calls from within an orchestration. There's also a distinguishment between asynchronous and synchronous flows.