I’ve uploaded a new version of the Blogical SFTP Adapter for BizTalk unto Codeplex. This release adds support for passphrase protected identityfiles after a forums request. Get it here.
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PDC08 Review presentation notes
Thank you to those who came and watched the PDC08 Review presentation that we did. The presentation slide deck will be sent out through email this time instead of being posted here, since as I mentioned it’s made up of 60-70% recycled slides from the PDC slide-decks, and I don’t want to distribute that from this site. Instead of using my sample code to get started I urge you too look at the links to the most important video for that topic as well as the links provided to whitepapers, SDK’s and toolkits throughout the presentation. If you have any questions feel free to call or drop me a line.
My three favorite PDC08 Sessions
PDC08… It happened, I was there, and now it’s over. I’ve been watching some of the sessions that I didn’t catch, some of the ones I did just to see what I missed, as well as some additional related content published by channel9 and other people within the community. I was challenged though to name my Top 3 PDC sessions, out of them all. Now, that’s hard. You almost have to put it in context. The context I’m giving it is: “What if I am a developer or an architect and want to quickly get an overview of what this Azure, Oslo, Dublin is?”. Dublin, some might argue, is not a big a thing as the others, but seeing that I do alot of BizTalk development and architecture I really thought the session was one of my favorites. It also shows of the new WCF/WF 4.0 features, so you kind of get two in one there. So these are my three favorite sessions:
TL23 – A lap around Oslo (Doug Purdy)
BB18 – “Dublin”: Hosting and Managing Workflows and Services in Windows Application Server (Dan Eshner)
ES01 – Developing and deploying your first cloud service (Steve Marx)
The best way to get a hold of these that I know of is to go to the microsoftpdc site and download them of of there.
A BizTalk Developers approach to Dublin
Relax. Grab a beer (a Guiness perhaps). Dublin, the application server role extension to WAS/IIS, is to be released roughly three months after Visual Studio 2010, so somewhere around 1,5-2 years from now. There is still time to come to grips with it. Even so… Although purposefully and overly simplified from the technological aspect from the visual aspect Dublin looks like the BizTalk Admin Console. It acts the same. The terms used are the same. There the queries for messages, there are Active instances (Running or Ready to Run), there are Suspended instances – which you can resume or terminate, there is context based routing, it imports and exports applications easily etc. But Dublin is of course much more then a user interface. When you dive down into it, it seperates itself through a number of things. Read more at Charles Youngs post here. But BizTalk developers, don’t worry, you’ll quickly feel at home.
PDC Wireless Tip
I’ve heard alot of people, and helped a few, that have had problems with the PDC Wireless network. The things that many people do at conferences is to sit with their laptop in their knee. Doing this they are not plugged in. When your laptop goes into it’s Power Saving mode, it lowers the performance on your wireless adapter. This in effect can, and will often, result in your computer having problems reaching the wireless network. You can however change this, and run the wirless on full power while still having all other settings set for power saving. If you go to Power Options – Change plan settings – Change Advanced Power Settings, you get the window in the picture. Now if you scroll down a bit on that you’ll find your wireless, and unless you change this it will have the Maximum Power saving option. Change this to Maximum Performance instead, and of you go!
Be Logical - Notes from Johan Hedberg 