Articles by Brian Loesgen

SOA - Decoupling BizTalk Orchestration Processes With Microsoft .NET

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:00:00 EST

As all architects and developers know, the tenets of service-oriented architecture call for breaking large monolithic processes into more granular, purpose-specific blocks of functionality that solve specific needs, and exposing those as services. This is not really new thinking. Languages have long supported the notion of breaking logic into discrete units. If applied properly, this approach will yield a series of services that can potentially be aggregated in different ways to provide different solutions. In short, this building-the-building-blocks approach is a cornerstone of reuse. In contemporary development trends, these chunks of functionality are increasingly exposed as Web services.

Tech·Ed 2005: What's New from Microsoft's Business Process and Integration Division?

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:00:00 EDT

.NET Developer's Journal editorial board member Brian Loesgen writes: The Business Process and Integration Division was out in full force at Tech·Ed this year, unveiling several new product releases. What's new for BizTalk 2006, Commerce Server 2006, and Host Integrtion Server 2006? We will take a high level look at what some of these changes are.

A Star Is Born

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

There comes a point in every viable product's life cycle when the stage is set for its debut. The design meetings are memories, the documentation's complete, construction is over, the beta is done, the product's been stabilized, and it's time to push it out into the world. That time has come for BizTalk Server 2004.

Orchestrating Web Services

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

By the time you read this, BizTalk Server 2004, the third version of BizTalk, will have been released. As you can see by the articles in this special issue of .NET Developer's Journal, this is a very important product release, and it is poised to have a profound impact on how developers create enterprise applications.

Introduction to BizTalk Server 2004 and Web Services

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:00:00 EST

Developing applications that use industry-standard Web services just got a lot easier. BizTalk Server 2004, the latest and third version of BizTalk, is an exciting tool that all .NET application developers should know about. BizTalk Server 2004 is XML to the core, and plays very well with Web services. This session will show an overview of some of the tools, and examine the various ways BizTalk can be used to expose and invoke Web services. By walking through several real-world, practical examples of BizTalk usage, you will see why BizTalk Server 2004 deserves consideration as the integration 'glue' in a services-oriented architecture.

BizTalk Orchestration Futures* Live from the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference *

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:18:51 EST

(October 30, 2003) - Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a friendly giant came down from the mountain with a gift for developers… Sorry, wrong audience. BizTalk Server 2004 was officially unveiled at Tech-Ed 2003 in Dallas, just a few short months ago. BizTalk Server 2004 is a phenomenal product. While most of the concepts from prior versions are still evident, everything from the core messaging engine out has been rewritten - and exciting new capabilities and tools have been added. The product is tightly integrated into .NET and the Visual Studio IDE, giving .NET developers a powerful new tool for their arsenal.