BizTalk Server Tutorials Updated

 Microsoft released some great tutorials after BizTalk Server 2006 was released, and also updated them with BizTalk R2. At the beginning of this month they seem to have reviewed these tutorials, so what better time to go over them if you want to learn it in step-by-step instructions? They implement the most common BizTalk solutions, and the download page is here. The tutorials source files were shipped with BizTalk Server R2 in the SDK, so make sure you read the “Before You Begin” instructions first to unpack them into c:\Tutorials. The files in “updated tutorial files.exe” are updates to some of the files that were shipped with R2.

 Here is an excerpt of the tutorials from the download page:

Tutorial 1: Enterprise Application Integration.
Provides step-by-step instructions for implementing a BizTalk solution that receives inventory replacement request messages from a warehouse and evaluates the request messages. If the solution denies a request, it sends a denied message to the warehouse. If the solution approves a request, it forwards the message to an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

Tutorial 2: Purchase Order Process.
Provides step-by-step instructions for implementing a BizTalk solution for the ERP system that generates purchase orders from the request messages and sends them to an external partner.

Tutorial 3: Invoice and Payment Process
Provides step-by-step instructions for extending the solution you create in Tutorial 2 to incorporate a payment process that includes verifying that the partner received the purchase order, receiving the invoice from the partner, constructing a payment voucher for the partner using rules to determine the payment policy, sending the payment and receiving confirmation that the partner received the payment, and forwarding the payment acknowledgment internally.

Tutorial 4: Trading Partner Management.
Provides step-by-step instructions for updating an existing BizTalk solution to incorporate trading partner management. You use the solution to implement a trading partner relationship.

Tutorial 5: Business Activity Monitoring.
Provides step-by-step instructions for defining and viewing data of interest.