About this Course

Learn the nuance and intricacies of BizTalk Server development. After five days instructor-led intense hands-on BizTalk 2013 training, developers will gain the core skills required to create enterprise-level integration and business process automation solutions using BizTalk Server 2010/2013.   This course provides a thorough guide through all aspects of integration application development using BizTalk Server, including new features for BizTalk Server 2010/2013 such as: running BizTalk applications in the cloud (IaaS), integrating with RESTful services, and integrating with cloud-based services on Windows Azure. Become a valuable member of any BizTalk development team by taking the course with the most up-to-date and most relevent content available.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for:

• Developers - learn to build & deploy BizTalk integration & business process applications.
• Solutions Architects - learn to design & plan BizTalk enterprise solutions.
• Systems Evaluators – get a comprehensive drill-down on BizTalk Server capabilities & toolsets. No prior BizTalk experience required.    

At Course Completion

At course completion, students will be able to:

•   Deploy & manage a BizTalk application
•   Automate deployment using MSIs & scripts
•   Create & configure XML & flat-file Schemas
•   Process EDIFACT/X12/HIPAA message types
•   Transform messages using maps
•   Manipulate data using Functoids
•   Enable message routing & processing using receive & send ports
•   Monitor message processing
•   Create & configure pipelines to process XML, flat-file, & EDI data
•   Create orchestrations to automate critical business processes
•   Implement orchestration patterns such as correlation & direct-bound ports
•   Integrate with ASMX, WCF, PHP, JAVA, and REST services
•   Implement a variety of protocol & LOB adapters
•   Integrate with trading partners & applications using EDI
•   Develop Business Rules Engine (BRE) policies
•   Enable Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to BizTalk Server

•   What Is BizTalk Server?
•   The BizTalk Server Development Environment
•   Lab: Examining a BizTalk Application

Module 2: Creating Schemas

•   Introduction to BizTalk Schemas
•   Creating XML Schemas
•   Creating Schemas for Non-XML Messages
•   Lab: Creating BizTalk Schemas

Module 3: Creating Maps

•   Creating a BizTalk Map
•   Manipulating Data using Functoids
•   Lab: Transforming Data using BizTalk Maps

Module 4: Deploying BizTalk Applications

•   Deployment Fundamentals
•   Deploying Assemblies
•   Working with Bindings Files
•   Deploying using MSI Packages
•   Lab: Deploying BizTalk Applications

Module 5: Creating Messaging-Based Solutions

•   Introduction to Message Routing
•   Configuring Message Routing
•   Monitoring BizTalk Processes
•   Lab: Creating a Messaging-Based BizTalk Solution

Module 6: Configuring Adapters and Hosts

•   Integrating using Adapters
•   Managing Hosts and Host Instances
•   Lab: Configuring Adapters

Module 7: Creating Pipelines

•   Introduction to Pipelines
•   Building a Pipeline
•   Lab: Creating Pipelines

Module 8: Basic Orchestration Design

•   Introduction to BizTalk Orchestration
•   Building an Orchestration
•   Lab: Creating a BizTalk Orchestration

Module 9: Advanced Orchestration Design

•   Orchestration Shapes
•   Logical Port Binding Options
•   Implementing Correlation
•   Invoking Orchestrations
•   Lab: Building Complex Orchestration Solutions

Module 10: Advanced Adapter Usage

•   More Adapter Basics
•   Configuring Two-Way Send Ports
•   Configuring Two-Way Receive Ports
•   Lab: Consuming External Services
•   Lab: Publishing a Schema as a Service

Module 11: Managing Logic using the Business Rules Engine

•   BRE Fundamentals
•   BRE Tools and Tasks
•   Lab: Managing Logic using Business Rule Policies

Module 12: Integrating using Parties and EDI

•   Role-Based Integration
•   What is EDI?
•   EDI Developer Tasks
•   EDI Administration Tasks
•   Lab: Create a Role and Party Based Integration Solution

Module 13: Enabling Business Activity Monitoring

•   Introduction to Business Activity Monitoring
•   Lab: Creating a BAM Tracking Solution

Module 14: BizTalk Server in the Cloud

•   Running BizTalk Server Applications in the Cloud
•   BizTalk Server Cloud Services