Sometimes when you have a published WCF Service, you may just want to allow that service to provide a description about itself - rather than go through yet another wizard (re-run the WCF Publishing wizard) to expose out some metadata.

I've been doing alot of R2 lately and this exact problem came up. Fortunately I found a quick and easy way.

Simply add the following lines to your Web.Config before the </Configuration> tag
(take it out when you're finished)

 

<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="ServiceBehaviorConfiguration">
<serviceDebug httpHelpPageEnabled="true" httpsHelpPageEnabled="false" includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<!-- Note: the service name must match the configuration name for the service implementation. -->
<service name="Microsoft.BizTalk.Adapter.Wcf.Runtime.BizTalkServiceInstance" behaviorConfiguration="ServiceBehaviorConfiguration">
<endpoint name="HttpMexEndpoint" address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<!--<endpoint name="HttpsMexEndpoint" address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="IMetadataExchange" />-->
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>

 

It doesn't get easier - enjoy!

Currently I'm setting up a system and found an interesting 'challenge'. After some sweat and tears I stumbled upon this Microsoft article.

In the article it appears that running IIS 6.0 on a 64-bit box is cool. (obviously or there'd be trouble)

It's also cool to run 32-bit ASP.NET apps in 1.1/2.0

It is not cool to run a mix of 32- and 64-bit in the same IIS.

Thought I'd save you my pain!

I could talk about it........I soooo wouldnt do it justice........forget the pacman cocktail machine.

See MS Surface

Here’s a Microsoft Surface demo:

Sensational Sonu has a great article on her blog about how we develop custom WCF Adapters for use with BizTalk R2.

She mentions:

1. BizTalk will always call the Adapter custom channel via a 'Request/Response' mechanism - this means for:

• Custom WCF Send Adapters - BTS will *always* call IRequestChannel (two-way) (WCF also supports IOutputChannel - oneway)
• Custom WCF Receive Adapters - BTS will *always* call IReplyChannel(two way) (WCF also supports IInputChannel - oneway)

So in short - BTS will always call a 'two-way' method of a custom WCF Adapter.

In terms of 'Fire and Forget' one way WCF Services, we still need to call the Two-Way interface and just pass back a null response message.

Or you could use your own custom component - said like a true developer!

Cheers,

Mick.

I'm pretty excited about this one! BI - Business Intelligence. It usually comes up towards the end of my project (especially BizTalk ones), what do we now do with our information within our SQL Cubes?? I find that the subject of BI is never properly addressed - whitepapers etc etc. How do you set this up, more importantly - how can you make it effective and meaningful for your Organisation.

*Good question I think* - I know SQL 2005 has a whole bunch of prediction models etc etc....once I get my winning lotto numbers out of it....this blog will be just cease.....till then :)

So what's cooking (the paperback version) of this offering:

• 5 days - get comprehensive and specific expert knowledge for 5 days. (Could be some of the most fruitful 5 days you spend!)
• Our instructors have worked with Microsoft Corp in creating and delivering the Microsoft BI Official Curriculum - they definitely know their stuff
  (we know your time is precious - we aim for our offerings to be pinpoint and as effective as possible for you)
• Learn out the new Microsoft BI Platform- Sharepoint 2007 Portal Dashboards, Performance Point, Proclarity, OLAP Cubes and more
• I'm someone that learns by doing.....so 40% of the course is interactive hands-on labs!
• We've partnered with DDLS (this allows us to focus on what we do best together) - to bring you the best possible learning experience.
• (I'm wanting to get on the course!!!! Brilliant....delivered to your city....you dont have to travel to the heights of Mt. Everest to find someone that knows about BI :))

More Information, Course Details - HERE

Book on the Course HERE

Hope to see you there!! :)

Thought I'd collect a few resources to help you guys along the way with some great articles from Sonu(PM for the .NET Adapter Framework) :
Well worth a read.

Here is additional information on creating custom adapters using BizTalk Adapter Framework-
Developing Adapters Using the Adapter Framework
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms944509.aspx
Developing Custom Adapters
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa559841.aspx
Writing Effective BizTalk Server Adapters
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms942193.aspx

Hey guys, I've got a couple of seats left for some MOSS 2007 training at the end of this month.

If you're wondering what all this WSS/MOSS stuff is all about, I'll be running an equally focused MOSS developer and administration course very soon :)

What do I need to say about moss? (if you're using/developing/designing and implementing - come along and fine out what works and what doesnt. Save you a whole lot of head banging later - unless you're at AC/DC :)

Who should go:
- If you have a SPS V2 site you're thinking of upgrading, deployment, farms structures and capacity planning.

- developers - if you're currently building/designing Web based solutions, spend a couple of days looking at what WSS gives you for free! (it's just like another framework within the .NET System space - use what ever parts you want)

- you're curious about what is WSS V3/MOSS/FormsServices/Excel/Infopath web based solutions and must be fluent in 3 languages (that part I made up :) - reminded me of a job description I saw one day)

Check it out - I've managed to reserve a couple of seats.

Course details:
When: Jun 25th - Jun 28th
Where: Sydney

Further Details
http://www.breezetraining.com.au/site/Default.aspx?tabid=49

p.s. we run the course in conjunction with Dimension Data Learning Solutions to give you the best experience possible.

Is it snowing? Is it cyclonic rain in Sydney :)- Microsoft have planned a fantastic 4 day course.
Are you looking for developing in Sharepoint/WSS V3.0?
I'm sure you'll be spending around 60% of your efforts finding and optimal deployment path.....let's sort that one out.

Jump onto this offer and register while you can - coming up in a few weeks.

For those of you that are coming - save your questions and let's get cracking.

Microsoft Readiness for Partners!!!

MOSS 2007 Developer Intensive – including ECM & WCM

This 4 day intensive workshop gives hands-on solution development with the 2007 Microsoft® Office System including Customizing and Extending Enterprise Content Management Solutions.

This course will teach you:
- how to brand sites WSS sites,
- well as how to extend them with collaboration services, Web Parts, Content Types, and custom workflows.
- The course will also show you how use and extend other server side components, such as the Business Data Catalog, Forms Services, Excel Server, and Report Center.
-The goal is to give you an in-depth look and hands-on experience of WCM capabilities now integrated into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 from a developer perspective.

Course Level: 300/400
Location: Sydney - 16 Jul 2007 to 19 Jul 2007
Cost: $715 AUD inc GST (this has been subsidised by MS
Register now: https://www.local.microsoft.com.au/australia/events/register/home.aspx?levent=783945&linvitation

stsadm -o setproperty -pn max-template-document-size -pv 3000000

where PV is the size in KB.

 

I came across a good explaination recently from Joel.
Snip....(from Joel's blog - see his for more details)

 Next, what prescan is looking for... 

• Customized site templates - You need to know which site templates have been customized for a particular site so you can verify the customizations again after the upgrade. Check out the site template upgrade kit for details on these.
• Sites based on custom site definitions (if you don’t run the correct command for SPS 2003, you’ll see all your areas)
• Unghosted pages - with URL so you know which sites to focus on (it won't fail if you have these, just report them.)
• Orphaned objects   Objects such as list items, lists, documents, Web sites, and site collections that have been orphaned.  Correct these before upgrading.
• Custom Web Parts   Report the existence of custom Web Parts to the appropriate site administrator or developer before upgrading, to give the administrator or developer time to investigate.  
• Sites that are based on languages or that use controls that are not installed, note these will result in failures if you try to ignore.

 

I was recently adding EPM 2007 (Project Server 2007) to an existing WSS/MOSS 2007 setup (farm).
The installation worked a treat...then it came to the business end of the installation......to see the Project bits in action.

One gotcha I want to share with you:

1. Project Server allows configuration through an additional element within the MOSS SSP (already created in my case).
Project Server (group) -> Project Web Access Sites

When I first clicked on this guy, I got an error "Project Application Service does not exist or is not started..."
- trouble I thought.
Quick scan of the services on the machine - couldnt find it!

Trick: From Central Admin -> Operations -> Services on Server
- there is an extra 'Server Role', Project Application.
- select it and start the service (this installs the service as well)
- now from the main server role screen, (in my case - Single Server or Web Server...) the Project Application Service is listed and now started :)

Gotta be happy with that!

(some clever people about......so THAT's how it works!)

Ever wondered how the Arrow/Pointer/Cursor works?

The mystery is finally solved.

How does the small arrow on your computer monitor work when you move
the mouse?  Haven't you ever wondered how it works?

Now, through the miracle of high technology, we can see how it is done.

With the aid of a screen magnifying lens, the mechanism becomes apparent.

Click on the link below and you will find out. The image may take a
minute or two to download and when it appears, slowly move your mouse
over the light grey circle and you will see how the magic works.
(you do need flash plugin/player :)

award.swf (3.82 MB)