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Contributors Summary

Total Contributors count:109, Total Number of Articles:994

In recent years blogs became the main source of documentation for many of us. Many of our day to day problems are solved with the help of search engines and blogs. As an enthusiatic BizTalk designer/developer I decided to consolidate all the blog posts available in public in a nice hierarchical, structured format, so that it will be helpful for 100's of BizTalk developers out there. The following list shows contributors with their details:

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I have 6 years of experience in software industry and currently working with Microsoft Global Services India as an Associate Consultant.
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Abhilash is from Trivandrum, India. He has been programming for the last 12 years, ever since he got his first PC, when they used to load BASIC using tapes. He got his first real PC in 1994 - a 286 with a 40 MB hard disk, 1 MB RAM, and a 5.25 " FDD with a HGA graphics card.

He has previously executed projects with Satyam, GlaxoSmithKline, Merryl Lynch, Microsoft, Corning and CheckFree in various capacities. He is presently located in Corning , NY , United States working as an EAI consultant.
Total number of Articles: 6
My blog on BizTalk Server 2006 native adapter for Windows SharePoint Services (WSS).
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Alan is from the UK, has been working exclusively with .net for the past three and a half years, BizTalk for over a year, and is certified as an MCSD.net Early Achiever. He has been involved in two large-scale integration projects using BizTalk 2004, and is currently working as a BizTalk consultant for Know IT in Stockholm, Sweden. Alan took the initiative to start the “Bloggers Guide to BizTalk” to address the need for resources for BizTalk developers.
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Nick is currently working as an independent BizTalk consultant for a number of clients in the UK and Europe. Prior to becoming independent, He worked for Edenbrook Ltd, a London and Manchester based consultancy in their Managed Services division and Office2Office Group Plc, a pan-European stationery distributor, managing a BizTalk 2004 infrastructure, handling around 10,000 messages per day.
Total number of Articles: 8
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Balaji Thiagarajan has worked with BizTalk 2004, 2002, and 2000 implementing EAI and B2B projects. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in BizTalk.
Total number of Articles: 5
Technologies that enable agile business process management
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BizTalk Consultant living in Melbourne.
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Bill is a Senior Consultant / Trainer for Readify in Melbourne Austalia. Bill started his career in IT some 20-years ago with the US Defence as an IBM Systems Programmer. He switched to the Microsoft Windows platform 10-years ago, and has been involved with Windows development ever since. Bill has worked on numerous enterprise projects using Microsoft C/C++, Visual Basic and SQL Server. Most recently, Bill has been driving various application integration projects using VB.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XSLT, SQL Server and BizTalk Server to connect a variety of Microsoft Business Solutions applications with other systems. Bill is very involved in the Microsoft User Group Community as leader of the Melbourne .Net User Group. Bill has also been working closely with Microsoft to started a BizTalk User group in Melbourne.
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I am looking for suggestions, comments, complaints, problems, and ideas on BizTalk 2006 product samples, papers, and documentation relating to adapter development.
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National Technology Specialist, Microsoft Australia.
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Hello Edi World!
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Bloggers
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Brian Loesgen is a Principal SOA Architect with Microsoft. Based in San Diego. Brian is a 6-time Microsoft MVP for BizTalk Server, and has been involved with BizTalk since prior to the BizTalk Server 2000 beta. Brian has extensive experience in building sophisticated enterprise, ESB and SOA solutions. Brian was a key architect/developer of the “Microsoft ESB Guidance”, initially released by Microsoft in Oct 2006. He is a co-author of 6 books, including “BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed”, and is currently working on “SOA with .NET”. He has written technical white papers for Intel, Microsoft and others. Brian has spoken at numerous major technical conferences worldwide. Brian is a co-founder and past-President of the International .NET Association (ineta.org), and past-President of the San Diego .NET user group, where he continues to lead the Connected Systems SIG, and is a member of the Editorial Board for the .NET Developer’s Journal. Brian was also a member of the Microsoft Connected Systems Division Virtual Technical Specialist Team pilot, and is part of Microsoft’s Connected Systems Advisory Board. Brian has been blogging since 2003 at http://blog.BrianLoesgen.com.
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Just posting the goods and bads I learn while using BizTalk, .NET and others in my everyday projects
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Charles has over twenty years experience in the IT industry as a developer, trainer and consultant. He works for Solidsoft Ltd, an independently owned firm of IT consultants specialising in the use of Microsoft technologies to solve the problems of system integration and business process management within and between organisations. Charles specialises in BizTalk development and the Microsoft Business Rules Engine, and works with a range of clients to ensure the effective use of these tools within their business process implementations.

Charles maintains a BizTalk-orientated blog site on which he regularly publishes technical articles. He has authored a number of whitepapers and technical reports, and speaks at conferences on business process management and BizTalk Server.
Total number of Articles: 10
Christof Claessens was "born into .NET" with the first .NET Framework beta as subject of his thesis. He finds XML and related technologies too attractive to be left unexplored. So his spare time and weekends are mainly consumed by his passion for technology with a focus on EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) and SOA (Service Oriented Architectures) in particular. As Christof participated in the BizTalk Server 2004 "Early Adopter Program", he now actively contributes to the BizTalk Server newsgroups as well as in the Belgian BizTalk User group. Christof also does presentations on Belgian TechNet events where he shares his passion for BizTalk Server.
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Hanging stuff together in a meaningful way with some fun added
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News from Microsoft's Connected Systems Division Customer Experience team.
Total number of Articles: 24
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Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?
Total number of Articles: 12
Principal Consultant, Application Development Consulting, Microsoft UK
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BizTalk, EAI, BPM, SO/A and related technologies
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Commerce Server Blog
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Biztalk 2006 Integration Experiences
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Wandering in the land of .NET
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Eldar A. Musayev is a program manager on the Microsoft BizTalk Server team. His main areas include the core BizTalk Server engine, reliable messaging, and BizTalk security. Before BizTalk, Eldar was a program manager for Microsoft XML Core Services version 3.0 through to upcoming 6.0. He has more than 20 years of experience in the software development and information technology ranging from development of embedded hard real-time operating system for industrial controllers to financial applications.
Total number of Articles: 42
have been working in the BizTalk arena for a couple of years, before that I have been in the integration world since 1999. Recently have I had time to assist others in a non-work environment. I find myself involved in the Healthcare Industry, and love it.
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Gilles is a Software Design Engineer with the BizTalk Team since June 2003. He has contributed to HWS, BAM and is currently contributing to BizTalk Tools. Before joining the BizTalk team, he participated to InfoPath v1 which shipped as part of Office System 2003.

When Gilles is not writing code, he enjoys good food, drinks and the High School radio C89.5. He also enjoys taking pictures and in interested in everything related to the Japanese culture. You can find Gilles' personal Blog (in French) at http://spaces.msn.com/frenchgilles.
Total number of Articles: 10
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Technical stuff, including none or all of the following: mobile applications, integration, enterprise architecture and life.
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Jason Hyland throws mud at the BizTalk 2004 Rules Engine & API, and sees which bits stick…
Total number of Articles: 8
Jeff Lynch is an E-Commerce manager for a medium-sized company in Houston, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Commerce Server. He has been using Commerce Server and BizTalk Server since their initial releases, through their major upgrades and now in their latest versions (Commerce Server 2007 and BizTalk Server 2006). Jeff was previously the Chief Technology Officer of BizIntegrity, Inc. a Microsoft partner specializing in business-to-business integration projects. Jeff's work has been featured in several Microsoft Case Studies, a recent article in Microsoft Executive Circle magazine and during several “Chalk Talks” given at TechEd 2005 in Boston. Jeff is an avid C# developer, golfer, and father of four daughters.
Total number of Articles: 5
Jesus Rodriguez is the Chief Software Architect at TwoConnect, Inc. (www.twoconnect.com), a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Miami, Florida. He is also a Microsoft BizTalk Server MVP and one of a few Architects worldwide to be a member of the .NET 3.0 Digerati team. As a member, Jesus has been selected to participate in a variety of Software Design Reviews with Microsoft’s Product Teams. Jesus is the Lead Architect for several BizTalk Server adapters including Web Services Enhancements 3.0, SalesForce.com, SonicMQ and the award winning Service Broker Enhancements. Jesus derived his extensive experience with business process integration and messaging through numerous implementations of loosely coupled systems founded on the principles of SOA. He is an active contributor to the .NET and J2EE communities, focusing on the interoperability aspects between those two platforms. His contributions include several articles for various publications including MSDN, Architecture Journal and Web Services Journal. Jesus is frequently seen leading sessions at TechEd and the Microsoft Business Process and SOA Conference, as well as conducting Web Casts on varying Microsoft technologies. He is a prolific blogger on all subjects related to integration and has a true passion for technology. Contact Jesus at jrodriguez@twoconnect.com or through his blog at http://weblogs.asp.net/gsusx.
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I am partner, CTO, and Solutions Architect at Create It, an Integration and Collaborative solutions company based in Lisboa, Portugal. My areas of interest currently include Model Driven Development, Domain Specific Languages, Software Factories, Patterns, and an old favourite, BizTalk Server, which I have been using in projects since version 2000.

I have sucessfully completed both BizTalk 2004 and 2006 certification exams, delivered and created contents for an advanced workshop on BizTalk Server 2006, and presented the product at several local events, including the launch of version 2006.

My weblog is at http://www.arquitecturadesoftware.org/blogs/joaomartins. I am one of the original founders and acting president of GASP , the portuguese Software Architecture group and portuguese IASA Chapter, which is now one year old and meets in two cities (Lisboa and Porto), with 40 selected members. I was the winner of the Iron Architect contest at TechEd EMEA 2006 in Barcelona, Spain.I am located in Lisboa, Portugal.
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John Evdemon is an Architect with the Architecture Strategy Team covering BPM, SOA and Internet Scale Computing.
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Although Jon spent the first few years of his professional life as an attorney, he quickly found chasing bits more interesting than chasing ambulances. He first worked at the University of Minnesota, building a financial reporting Web site using ASP and SQL Server, specializing in automatic integration between multiple data stores.

Since 1999, Jon has devoted his time to working on various projects while migrating from the world of ASP and COM to the world of .NET, ASP.NET, and Web Services. Jon wrote "Essential ASP" for Addison-Wesley, and co-authored "Mastering Visual Studio.NET" for O'Reilly.

Jon is most at home spelunking, trying to figure out exactly how .NET works (specifically ASP.NET and Visual Studio .NET). Deducing the details and disseminating that information to other developers is his passion. His most recent technology interest is BizTalk 2004. He has been working with BizTalk 2004 since before its public release, authoring BizTalk courseware, articles, and utilities, as well as providing BizTalk consulting services. He currently trains and writes course for Quicklean (http://www.pluralsight.com/).
Total number of Articles: 7
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Kevin Smith was a Software Design Engine (SDE) on the Biztalk core engine team for the Biztalk Server 2000, 2002 and 2004 releases. For the Biztalk Server 2004 release he was the Technical Lead SDE for the Messaging Sub-Service. After shipping 2004 he returned to the UK where he is now working in Microsoft Consulting Services helping customers to design and architect mission critical enterprise solutions built on top of Biztalk and the .Net platform.
Total number of Articles: 10
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BizTalk gotchas that I endured so you won't have to
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I graduated from the Aerospace University in Russia. I was working as a programmer for the aviation engines, aviation, and space industries. Now I am in Vancouver, Canada.
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A collection of thoughts and opinions about writing software documentation.
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Luke Nyswonger is currently the lead programmer writer for BizTalk Server. Prior to joining the Windows Server System User Experience group, he worked as a developer support engineer on Internet Information Services, Commerce Server, and Content Management Server for Microsoft's Product Support Services (PSS).
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A Microsoft BizTalk Server blog: Mark Burch
Total number of Articles: 11
Martijn Hoogendoorn, works for the Dutch Services dvision of Microsoft.
Total number of Articles: 5
Microsoft BizTalk Program Manager
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Experiences with Microsoft technologies in particular BizTalk 2004, BizTalk 2006, .NET and SQL Server.
Total number of Articles: 15
Matt was first employed in the gold mining industry as an exploration and mine geologist and became interested in the IT industry building core logging software and integrating core logging databases with assay results. Today, Matt helps customers to implement BizTalk solutions as the EAI practice lead for ObjectSharp Consulting. He is also the author and instructor for a 5 day developer BizTalk 2006 course.
Total number of Articles: 53

Michael is an independent consultant based in the UK. He is primarily focused around the SOA/BPM technologies in the Microsoft space including BizTalk, WCF, WF, and has a strong interested in upcoming technologies such as Dublin, Oslo and Geneva. Michael previously worked for a number of years for Edenbrook who are a UK based Gold Partner. Michael is actively involved in community activities including the UK SOA/BPM User Group and blogging on his personal blog.

For more information about Michael refer to the following links:

Linked In Profile
My Blog
My Website
UK SOA/BPM User Group

Total number of Articles: 20
Mick Badran has been performing Microsoft technical classroom-based training for over 11 years, with over 12 years commercial integration experience on a variety of platforms.

Mick is also heavily involved in the Microsoft Partner Readiness Program as a key presenter and architect, training and workshopping with Microsoft's valued partners. Mick is a well recognised consultant in areas of BizTalk, SPS and MCMS for over 6 years.
Total number of Articles: 9
Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Mikael is an Enterprise Architect and Consultant for Logica. He has been working as a developer with Microsoft technologies since 1997, his current focus lies in the systems integration area. Mikael has a long standing commitment to the community through contribution of free software and components, such as QueryCommander, a SQL intellisense query tool spanning different databases, and a BizTalk SFTP Adapter, expanding BizTalks connectivity pamphlet. Mikael works closely with Microsoft through the BizTalk UserGroup Sweden, successfully organizing and presenting at events. He maintains a blog at http://blogical.se/blogs/mikael featuring reusable components, architectural guidance and technical deep dives.
Total number of Articles: 16
Mike has been working with BizTalk Server since it's inception in the year 2000. He is the Manager of Solution Services in the Dallas Office for Software Architects and also resides on Microsoft's Business Process & Integration Partner Advisory Council.
Total number of Articles: 10
BizTalk Consultant @ Magenic Certifications: MCSD.NET, MCPD, MCTS: BizTalk, MCDBA, MCTS: SQL 2005, Security+, MCTS: WSS 3
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BizTalk | .NET | SQL |
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Working with Biztalk for more then 2 years.Certified by Microsoft on Biztalk 2006.I do take up freelacing work on Biztalk.I am a corporate trainer on Biztalk.Do let me know if your firm wants to implement Biztalk.
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BizTalk Server 2004 / 2006, Using C#, Disposing VB and anything else I want to share with the community.
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Paul has been working in the industry for over 16 years, starting life as a trainee CICS systems programmer on IBM mainframes running VM/VSE, through to being a developer working on enterprise management tools on Unix and Windows for both ICL and Computer Associates, as well as an internal order management system for Dell EMEA using Windows DNA principles. Paul's recent position is with Solidsoft, a UK based Microsoft Gold partner specialising in integration solutions using BizTalk Server and has been with the company close to 5 years - working on a variety of BizTalk projects as a developer, lead developer, or in his main role as an architect as the project demands.
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[BizTalk, Enterprise Application Integration, Business Process Automation, .NET]
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XLANG/s, BAS, BAM, BRE, and more...
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Peter Kelcey's blog about Business Process Management, BAM, Integration and all other things BizTalk. Focused on BizTalk in the greater Toronto area (GTA)
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I'm an Integration Architect for a large biotech firm in the Los Angeles area. I've worked with BizTalk since the beta release of BizTalk 2000, and was formerly a Microsoft technology specialist for BizTalk. I now help design large enterprise systems that integrate our various platforms and technologies.
Total number of Articles: 8
Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?
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Rob Steel is working on the BizTalk Ranger Team inside Microsoft. Spending most of his time working with customers, conducting performance labs, and helping make real BizTalk solutions perform.
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Everything about Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 and BizTalk 2006 Experiences
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Biztalk, BizUnit and Connected Systems
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Saravana kumar, MCAD (Charter member), MCTS (BizTalk 2004/2006), MCTS (Windows/Web/Distributed App for .NET 2.0), MCPD Enterprise App Developer for .NET 2.0.

Saravana has been working with BizTalk Server since the first product release early in 2001, and has over 10 years experience in architecture, design, and development of mission critical systems focusing mainly on Microsoft Technologies.

He is very passionate about upcoming Microsoft technologies. In year 2005 he won the Connected Systems Developer competition under MCP category for designing and building SQL Service Broker Management Studio 2005.

Currently, Saravana is an independent consultant focused solely on Microsoft based integration solutions using BizTalk Server. Microsoft recently published his white paper Understanding Design-Time Properties for Custom Pipeline Components in BizTalk Server. He also founder and owner of http://www.biztalk247.com
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Scott Colestock is the chief architect for Trace Ventures, LLC. He has been focused most recently on using BizTalk 2004/2006 to implement integration and service-orchestration solutions for various clients, and writing about his experience on www.traceofthought.net. He is also the author of the BizTalk Deployment Framework. Scott is a member of Microsoft's Architectural Advisory Board, and has spoken most recently at DevCon 2005, TechEd 2005, BPI & Workflow Conference 2005, SOA & Business Process Conference 2006, and various user groups.
Total number of Articles: 7
Scott has been a member of the product team since the heady days when BizTalk Server was merely a code name. He currently manages the BizTalk Server technical product team. His team provides worldwide technical readiness, competitive analysis, and plans future versions of the product on the basis of customer, partner and analyst feedback. Scott has contributed to two previous BizTalk Server books; he holds five university degrees, including a PhD in Organometallic Chemistry specializing in osmabenzenes, and he is a huge fan of his native country New Zeaaland's major sport, rugby.
Total number of Articles: 34
My entire career has been focused on technology and I bring the same passion to Microsoft. Prior to joining Microsoft, I have 11+ years of technology experience as IT Strategy Consultant, Solution Architect and Technical Lead in Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Canada, primarily specializing in developing integration solutions. My last major SOA solution was designing and implementing a J2EE-based centralized Web Services middle-tier on z/OS platform, that integrated with multiple legacy applications. A .NET "rich" Teller Application running on the desktops in nationwide branches was the major consumer of these Web Services.
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blog
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I am a Senior Consultant for Microsoft Consulting Services. I specialize in Enterprise Application Integration and .NET Application Development. I have been working with BizTalk since the tech preview and have worked on many large projects over the last 5 years using BizTalk 2000, 2002 and now 2004. I have been developing custom applications, writing and speaking for the last 12 years.
Total number of Articles: 18
Stephen started his career with a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Iowa. After realizing his passion was actually in software, he went to work for a major consulting firm where he worked on his first Microsoft Biztalk 2000 project in early 2001.

Since then Stephen has done consulting work for a number of different clients including 4 in the Fortune 500. He was fortunate to get to work with the beta release of Biztalk 2004 and has worked with it exclusively since June 2003. Stephen has also developed custom on-site training classes for his clients including hands on labs.

Currently, Stephen is an independent consultant focused solely on Microsoft based integration solutions using BizTalk.

In his spare time, Stephen enjoys posting to news groups, working on his blog (http://www.biztalkgurus.com) and spending time with his wife Angel and two dogs, Kendall and Jordan.
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This week I will be mostly using............
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Tareq Muhammad is current leading the new BizTalk development team at http://www.ITWorx.com a US multi-national company. He receives a decree in communication and computer science from Cairo University in Egypt. He has more than 6 years of experience developing Microsoft-Based projects for medium-to-large enterprise client in a wide range of industries, including government, Telecommunication, manufacturers etc. Tareq start working on BizTalk one year ago, in addition, he writes articles and sample code, you can find them at his blog http://BizTalkers.blogspot.com.
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BlogBizTalk.com is a technical blog dedicated to Microsoft’s BizTalk Server. It features news, product updates, tutorials and how-tos related to BizTalk. The BlogBizTalk.com team is part of the EAI and SOA practice at Tallan, Inc.
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newtelligence powered
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BizTalk/WSE/Indigo
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I'm a Software Developer/Consultant and co-founder of Devdeo Ltda., especializing in the use of Microsoft tools, both for managed and unmanaged development, as well as BizTalk Server and other server-side technologies. Before that, I was a Technical Lead and Senior Architect at InterGrupo S.A.
I have a bachellor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering. I've written a number of articles on .NET, Managed C++ and ATL Server, and have worked as technical reviewer for a number of different publishers. I've been an MVP since 1999 in the VC++ and .NET Categories.
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Distracting the mind with information overload
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An insider's view on upgrade to BizTalk Server 2006 and a few scoops and tricks.
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BizTalk,BAM, .NET and other stuff
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Software architect and .net developer, focusing mainly on integration solutions. Substantial commercial experience with integration architecture and development using Microsoft's BitTalk Server
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Young Jun Hong's blog about BizTalk
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Jan Eliasen is a BizTalk Server MVP working for Logica as a system architect. He primarily work with integration scenarios in large projects for the public sector in Denmark. He participate in presale meetings, writing quotes, architecture and design of integration solutions and then develop and test a solution. He mainly uses Microsoft BizTalk Server for this purpose, but naturally, the focus in also on .NET 3.0/3.5 with WCF and WF.http://blog.eliasen.dk/default.aspx
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Mark is working as a Senior Developer for a mid-sized Financial Services company in the UK.
Total number of Articles: 6
Elton Stoneman is working as a capability lead (Microsoft SOA BPM) in London based consultancy company Edenbrook.