BizTalk Server General - I need some BizTalk advice please.

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I need some BizTalk advice please.

Jimmy Burns

2004-02-08, 8:37 am

Hello NG

I am nn applications developer who knows very little
about BizTalk and it's capabilities, so I am hoping that
some of you out there will be able to steer me in a good
direction. Here is my situation:

Due to a purchasing decision, I have been charged with
implementing BizTalk Server somewhere, somehow into the
solution for my current project. Here is a description of
the project:

1. Nightly copy data from an internal AS400 server to an
internal Sql Server 2000 tables. There is some
transformation here, but nothing that can't be handled in
a good SQL statement. (Which is what I have done, and
this is implemented with DTS.)

2. Nightly copy a subset of the same data from the
internal SQL Server to one in our DMZ. (Also currently
implemented with DTS jobs.)

3. Develop robust (but read-only) browser interface for
inranet and extranet with data on internal Sql Server.
Also, develop a robust read-only interface for the
internet on the DMZ data. (This is just about all
finished up too, using asp.net.)

That is about the grand total of it right there; pretty
straight forward. In the next phase there will be some
writing back the AS400 in real time, but the pressures on
me to implement BT before that point. I don't know enough
about BT to have even a bad idea of where I can plug it
in. Maybe a new feature is in order? (I don't what that
could be either.)

I know this is kind of bizarre, but I am pretty sure many
of you out there can symathize.

Thanks in advace for your help.

Jan Eliasen

2004-02-08, 8:37 am

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:15:45 -0800, "Jimmy Burns"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Well, depending on your time and budget, I would definately suggest
that you either take a course in BizTalk or hire a professional for a
day or two to help you analyse the project. The best solution would be
both.

If you know nothing about BizTalk, then it is not a trivial task to
just start using it - you will have no idea what BizTalk can do and
what it can't do, and most likely, you will end up with a solution
that could have been better :-)

If you contact your MS sales representative, I am sure he/she will
help you get in touch with a Microsoft partner that knows about
BizTalk.

>Hello NG
>
>I am nn applications developer who knows very little
>about BizTalk and it's capabilities, so I am hoping that
>some of you out there will be able to steer me in a good
>direction. Here is my situation:
>
>Due to a purchasing decision, I have been charged with
>implementing BizTalk Server somewhere, somehow into the
>solution for my current project. Here is a description of
>the project:
>
>1. Nightly copy data from an internal AS400 server to an
>internal Sql Server 2000 tables. There is some
>transformation here, but nothing that can't be handled in
>a good SQL statement. (Which is what I have done, and
>this is implemented with DTS.)
>
>2. Nightly copy a subset of the same data from the
>internal SQL Server to one in our DMZ. (Also currently
>implemented with DTS jobs.)
>
>3. Develop robust (but read-only) browser interface for
>inranet and extranet with data on internal Sql Server.
>Also, develop a robust read-only interface for the
>internet on the DMZ data. (This is just about all
>finished up too, using asp.net.)
>
>That is about the grand total of it right there; pretty
>straight forward. In the next phase there will be some
>writing back the AS400 in real time, but the pressures on
>me to implement BT before that point. I don't know enough
>about BT to have even a bad idea of where I can plug it
>in. Maybe a new feature is in order? (I don't what that
>could be either.)
>
>I know this is kind of bizarre, but I am pretty sure many
>of you out there can symathize.
>
>Thanks in advace for your help.

--
Jan Eliasen, representing himself and not the company he works for.
MCP in Microsoft BizTalk