Exceptions in BizTalk Server

Exceptions in BizTalk Server’s Server’s execution model are somewhat similar to the Windows Application that we recently blogged about. Generally, an integration transaction starts from an origin system, and it ends at a destination system. Within this “Integration”...

What is Exception Handling?

The general concept around exception handling is to not let the system handle exceptions, but instead to do something about them. Conventional programming languages such as Java, C++ or C#, exception handling is best practice, and not implementing it would lead to...

Introduction to BizTalk Exception Handling

The current version of BizTalk (2013 R2) ships with hundreds of features like Exception Handling, and there are textbooks published which list tons of patterns making use of these features. It is practically impossible for an individual, or even an organization who...

New Azure SDK release

Last November 30th Microsoft announced their last release of the Azure SDK for .Net. This new Azure SDK is meant to be installed in either Visual Studio 2013 or 2015, and has some interesting features related to Web, Mobile and REST development. Features like a new...

Is your data Secure?

There are many factors that should be considered when selecting a middleware or integration tool. Reliability, latency, time to install and configure, maintenance, etc. . . . the list goes on and on; but when your data is critical, sensitive, or regulated, one of the...