Hi there,

I'm a VERY frustrated user. I've been trying to install BTS for 3/4 days now
and I cannot get further then a working standalone machine.
I cannot develop on any other machine but the server and I also cannot
integrate with Active Directory nor MSMQ. I'm starting to believe BTS was a
bad decision.

Now my question:
With the STANDARD EDITION of BTS, can I develop on another machine as the
server? And how? Is there an installation guide that actually works (don't
mention Microsoft please, I can dream their guide by now)?
The server is Win2003 Server, workstations are Win2000 pro in Active
Directory.

Thanks,
Michel

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What version of BizTalk Server are you working with? Development with
BTS2002 is much different than BTS2004?

--
Jeff Lynch
"A BizTalk Enthusiast"
http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/jlynch/


"Michel" <Michel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I'm a VERY frustrated user. I've been trying to install BTS for 3/4 days
> now
> and I cannot get further then a working standalone machine.
> I cannot develop on any other machine but the server and I also cannot
> integrate with Active Directory nor MSMQ. I'm starting to believe BTS was
> a
> bad decision.
>
> Now my question:
> With the STANDARD EDITION of BTS, can I develop on another machine as the
> server? And how? Is there an installation guide that actually works (don't
> mention Microsoft please, I can dream their guide by now)?
> The server is Win2003 Server, workstations are Win2000 pro in Active
> Directory.
>
> Thanks,
> Michel
>

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Sorry,

It's BTS2004 Standard Edition.

Thanks,
Michel

"Jeff Lynch" <jeff.lynch@houston-lynch.com> wrote in message
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> What version of BizTalk Server are you working with? Development with
> BTS2002 is much different than BTS2004?
>
> --
> Jeff Lynch
> "A BizTalk Enthusiast"
> http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/jlynch/
>
>
> "Michel" <Michel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0F3733AA-3710-4103-B94C-1F004B56A4B6@microsoft.com... 
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>
>

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Michel,

Here is how I develop my BTS2004 solutions.

Development Workstation:
WinXP SP2, VS.NET 2003, SQL 2000 SP3A, BTS2004 Developer Edition.

Test Server(s):
BizTalk Machine - Win2003, BTS2004 Std. Edition
SQL Machine - Win2003, SQL 2000 SP3A

Production Servers same as Test Servers.

I develop my BTS2004 solutions in VS.NET on my development workstation,
running against a local copy of SQL 2000. I test, test, test on development
workstation and use XCOPY / BizTalk Deployment Wizard to deploy to Test
Servers. I test, test, test and then use same XCOPY / BizTalk Deployment
Wizard to deploy to production servers.

My blog has a few pointers for simple deployment and the online help has
several different deployment scenarios and tools to use depending upon your
situation.

http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/jly...8/10/21672.aspx

Integration with AD is done by using domain accounts / groups during
installation. Integration with MSMQ is provided by BizTalk's new MSMQT
functionality which is explained in the online help.

DON'T GIVE UP! BTS2004 is a huge new product with many different ways to
accomplish the same thing. Finding the best way for your situation will take
some time and effort. Start with the new Microsoft Business Process and
Integration Development Center (http://msdn.microsoft.com/bpi/). Read all
the BTS related blogs possible (especially Scott Woodgate's blog at
http://blogs.msdn.com/scottwoo/) and post your questions to the newsgroups.

Feel free to contact me via my blog if you have any questions.

--
Jeff Lynch
"A BizTalk Enthusiast"
http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/jlynch/



"Michel" <michel@nospam.nl> wrote in message
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> Sorry,
>
> It's BTS2004 Standard Edition.
>
> Thanks,
> Michel
>
> "Jeff Lynch" <jeff.lynch@houston-lynch.com> wrote in message
> news:%23u$FfAvjEHA.1348@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... 
> was 
> the 
> (don't 
>
>

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