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Microsoft Invites You to Design & Build Business Process & Integration Solutions with BizTalk Server 2004 Hands-On Training

Please join us for the BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Workshop. This free-of-charge 5 day workshop is structured to address the myriad of questions clients have before acquiring a Microsoft Enterprise Integration, Business Processes Automation and/or an Information Worker solution. BTS 2004 enables companies to quickly and efficiently connect systems, people and trading partners through manageable business process.

This Developer Workshop utilizes a holistic approach aimed at the core groups involved in implementing such solution. From decision makers, IT Managers and Business Analysts, to the integrators and developers, our goal is to assist your enterprise by providing well structured content covering all aspects of planning and implementation. Knowledge is power and equipping each team member with the right information is a key success factor in selecting the appropriate solution.

Benefits

Attending this Developer Workshop has significant synergistic benefits for the teams. The depth and breadth of knowledge the teams will collectively possess will enable them to work more effectively together, be better resources for one another, and equip them to do their role.

• Rapid knowledge transfer needed by business and IT managers to use the BTS solution to solve business integration and process issues
• Educate team members to fully utilize BTS solution tools
• Facilitate collaboration between business managers, partners and the technical team
• Quickly and Effectively get teams up to speed
• Increase the effectiveness and timeliness of client evaluation process

Ultimately this Developer Workshop addresses the core cycles for an enterprise’s solution integration evaluation process, arming each team with relevant and strategic information as well as developing invaluable experience and team skills. The result will be more knowledgeable and productive team members capable of implementing application integration faster and easier to maintain solution.

Additionally, many of us need to leverage and extend existing investments in line-of-business applications running on mainframe and midrange systems to offer new products and services. Today, this means modernizing existing applications as part of move towards a Services Oriented Architecture. Unfortunately, mainframe and midrange development tools and runtime environments are not well-designed for efficiently delivering XML-based or Web-based solutions. These components enable network, security, messaging, data and application integration of host-based systems with Microsoft Windows-based and .NET Framework-enabled solutions.

What:  Demonstration/Presentation/Lecture, as well as 15 to 20 Hands-On Labs, and one-on-one mixed format workshop. 

This course is designed for Architects and Integration developers.  There is no fee for this 5 Day course.

Date: February 28 – March 4, 2005
Time:: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day
Location:       Vortex Data Systems
7480 Mission Valley Rd., Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92108
T: 619.497.6400
http://www.vortexdata.com 

Attendee Prerequisites:

• Basic understanding of the .NET Framework
• Familiarity with Visual Studio .NET (samples are written in C#)
• Basic understanding of SQL Server 2000
• Basic understanding Web Services (XML Schema, SOAP, WSDL)

Course Content:

This instructor-led course will provide the knowledge and skills required by BizTalk Server application developers for building the next generation of e-business integration solutions using BizTalk Server 2004 and Host Integration Server 2004. Training content will include instructor presentations and lecture, feature and task demonstrations and, a hands-on lab environment.  Content will include concepts and hands-on labs for the following topics:

• The BizTalk Server 2004 architecture
• The BizTalk development environment
• Designing and planning a BizTalk solution
• Working with BizTalk project system
• Creating and configuring Schemas and Envelopes
• Creating a schema map
• Defining the business process (orchestration)
• Advanced Orchestration principles such as Correlation, Transactions and Exceptions
• Processing messages using publish and subscribe
• Creating pipeline components
• Installing and configuring adapters
• Encryption and Encoding
• Creating a BizTalk hosting environment
• Monitoring the hosting environment
• Securing the hosting environment
• Consuming and publishing Web services
• Integrating business rules into an orchestration
• Enabling business activity monitoring
• Enabling human workflow services
• Integrating with trading partners

Agenda:

Day 1

• Welcome and Introduction
• How BizTalk uses XML, Web Services and .Net
• BizTalk and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
• BizTalk fundamentals
• BizTalk Features and Benefits
• BizTalk Orchestration and Messaging
• BizTalk Schemas and Maps

Day 2

• Developing Pipelines for data translation and encryption
• Flat files and Batch processing
• Health and Activity Tracking (Excellent tool for monitoring and troubleshooting) 
• Creating Deployment Packages
• Debugging Business processes
• Building Business processes with Orchestrations and Transactions

Day 3

• Web Service Publishing and Consuming
• BizTalk Rules and Policies (Control your business processes externally!)
• Business Activity Services (Manage successfully your Business Partners)
• BizTalk Human Workflow Services Have your personnel better control the business process)
• Single Sign-On (Powerful feature for a heterogeneous environment)
• Adapter Framework (For connecting systems and processes together)

 
Day 4 & Day 5

• Business Activity Monitoring (Invaluable for Business Analysts)
• Advanced Orchestration (Convoys, Nested Orchestration, Transactions, Exception and Compensation Handling)
• Architecting and Operating a Secure and Scaleable BizTalk Server Environment
• Multi-Server BizTalk Farm, Security, Single Sign-On (SSO), Operations Monitoring, and Performance Turning
• Deployment (Learn how to scale, secure, deploy and maintain your solution)
• Installation and Configuration (Steps and available Options during the installation process)
• Project Planning (Includes BizTalk Project specific content – recommended to anyone planning a BizTalk solution)
• Workshop Review (Opportunity to have your specific questions answered)
• Breakout session 

Register:
Please visit www.microsoft.com/usa/events  or call 877.673.8368 and use Event ID code: 1032268797 to register. 

Please register by Wednesday, February 23, 2005. Seating is limited.

*Computers for hands on lab will be provided.  Lunch and parking will be hosted. Day of Registration begins at 8:00AM on Monday, February 28, 2005.