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Welcome to BrizTalk!
Our Vision:
To identify and unite the expanding community of Microsoft BizTalk
Server designers, developers, administrators and users
in the Southeast
Queensland area, providing a forum to share knowledge, information and
experience.
Remember, this is your community. To get the most
out of it, please register, participate, and have your say!
For suggestions or
comments, use our feedback form below, or email coordinator@briztalk.org.
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Events |
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Previous Event: Business Intelligence
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 5:30 PM
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We featured Microsoft's Application Platform Specialist Geoff Clarke in a discussion about
Business Intelligence (BI). Geoff gave an
overview of the various Microsoft BI products and how they come together to
deliver strategic, tactical and operational decisions. Those products include
SQL Server, SharePoint, Excel
and Performance Point
Server.
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Previous Event: Server Side Apps
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 5:30 PM
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We wrapped up our series of presentations on the WAVE Launch products with a
demonstration by Dean Robertson
(Shared Information Solutions) of how server-side applications can take
advantage of the new features within Visual Studio
2008 and the .NET 3.5 framework.
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Last Event: Is RFID the Next Big Thing?
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 5:30 PM
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This month it was back to mainstream BizTalk with a talk
by special guest Rahul Garg from
Microsoft. Rahul enlightened us about Radio Frequency
Identifiers:
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What is RFID? What is Microsoft doing in this space?
What’s the vision?
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The Promise
& the Pains
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Industry Adoption
- Real world scenarios with
BizTalk RFID – case studies & discussions of what some real customers are
doing with BizTalk RFID
Special thanks to Darryl Luttrell from Stargate Global Consulting for picking up the catering bill!
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See the Events page for more details. |
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Location |
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| Our meeting location is provided by Microsoft at Waterfront Place, Level 9, 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane
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Offers |
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Announcements |
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BizTalk Server 2006 R3 On Its Way! - Thursday, August 21, 2008
BizTalk Server 2006 R3
has been announced following the latest versions of the wave launch of
the products (Windows Server 2008, .Net framework 3.5, Visual Studio
2008 and SQL Server 2008). This will enable us
to continue to take advantage of the improvements in our latest
platform releases. Additional investments in this release to deliver
customer-requested capabilities are:
- New web service registry capabilities with support for UDDI version 3.0
- Service enablement of applications (through new and enhanced adapters for LOB applications, databases, and legacy/host systems)
- Service enablement of "edge" devices through BizTalk RFID Mobile
- Enhanced interoperability and connectivity support for industry protocols (such as SWIFT and EDI)
- SOA patterns and practices guidance
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BizTalk Server Performance Optimisation Guide Released!! - Thursday, July 24, 2008
The
BizTalk Customer Advisory Team and BizTalk UE team
are pleased to announce the first edition of the “Microsoft BizTalk
Server Performance Optimization Guide”.
The
Microsoft BizTalk Server Performance Optimization Guide is the second instalment
in a series of guides intended to provide easily accessible, hands-on guidance
to our customer and partner community. This 228 page guide is available on MSDN, TechNet and
as a separate DOCX or CHM download alongside the already available “Microsoft
BizTalk Operations Guide”
The
guide is based on real-world experience from BizTalk CAT (Rangers), Premier
Field Engineering, MCS and other customer engagements. This guide is intended to
serve two purposes. Firstly, to provide regularly maintained prescriptive
guidance & best practices on optimizing BizTalk Server performance for
demanding production environments. Secondly, to provide a foundation for the
development of PFE, MCS and Partner training and service offerings.
read more...
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New BizTalk Mailing List! - Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Microsoft MVP
Mick Badran (runs BreezeTraining and also the NSW BizTalk User Group) has just
set up a new BizTalk User Group Mailing List! With Microsoft folks, MVPs like Mick and others of similar calibre as members, there are great opportunities for support and discussion about anything BizTalk related. The list is by invitation only, so please email the BrizTalk Coordinator if you're interested in joining and we'll get you set up.
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New User Group in Auckland! - Friday, May 16, 2008
Thiago Almeida has just kicked off the brand new Auckland Connected Systems User Group in New Zealand! Check out their site here.
read more...
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BizTalk Focus on Tech Talk Blogs - Sunday, September 16, 2007
If you've never
visited Andrew Coate's Tech Talk Blog (http://www.techtalkblogs.com/) before,
then now is the time to do it! To coincide with the launch of R2, Andrew has
decided to make the focus on BizTalk for next couple of months. In doing so, he
has invited three new guest editors - Mick Badran, Bill Chesnut and BrizTalk coodinator Dan Toomey!
So drop in and join the discussion! (but be kind to your local rep - he's a bit
of a newbie in the blogging world! ;-)
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Book Discount for BrizTalk Members at O'Reilly!
It's Web Design and Development Month at O'Reilly and they've just put together a special resource page dedicated to web development essentials including books, PDF Short Cuts, articles, and author events:
http://www.oreilly.com/go/webdev
What's more, Brisbane BizTalk User Group members can receive a 35% discount off any of these titles when they use discount code DSUG on their site!
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Two New BizTalk 2006 Books Out - Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Two new BTS 2006 books published by Apress are now available from Amazon:
- BizTalk 2006 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach by Mark Beckner, Ben Goeltz, Brandon Gross, Brennan O'Reilly, Stephen Roger, Mark Smith, & Alexander West
- Pro BizTalk 2006 (Pro) by George Dunphy
Happy reading!
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New Job Opportunities Page! - Thursday, September 14, 2006
Check out the new Job Opportunities listing on our Discussion page. Recruiters and agencies will have the ability to post information about upcoming BizTalk roles here. If you're in the market, check here often!
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New Resources Page Added! - Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Check out the new Resources page added to the site! Here you will find not only a whole collection of useful links, but also downloadable documents including the PowerPoint slides used in some of our presentations.
You'll need to login to see the "Resources" link in the top menu bar. (Haven't joined yet? Why not register now? It's free!)
If you have any documents/link/resources you'd like to share with other BrizTalk users, please contact me and I'll be happy to add it to the Resources page.
read more...
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Useful BizTalk Links |
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| Last updated 09 September 2007 |
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