BizTalk Summit 2013 Wrap-up
On November 21st and 22nd I had the opportunity to spend a couple days at the 2nd annual BizTalk Summit held by Microsoft in Seattle. At this summit there were approximately 300 Product Group members,...
View ArticleBizTalk 2013–Integration with Amazon S3 storage using the WebHttp Adapter
I have recently encountered a requirement where we had to integrate a legacy Document Management system with Amazon in order to support a Mobile-Field Worker application. The core requirement is that...
View Article2013–Year in Review and looking ahead to 2014
With 2014 now upon us I wanted to take some time to reflect on the past year. It was an incredible and chaotic year but it was also a lot of fun! Here are some of the things that I was involved in...
View ArticleEuropean Tour 2014
As I look at the calendar and see some important dates are quickly approaching, I thought I better put together a quick blog post to highlight some of the events that I will be speaking at in early...
View ArticleBook Review - Getting Started with BizTalk Services
I recently read the Getting Started with BizTalk Services book and decided to blog about my experience with it. I have test drove earlier versions of BizTalk Services (blog, blog, and blog) and...
View ArticleIntegrate 2014 Summit
Recently Microsoft and BizTalk360 have announced the continuation of the Global BizTalk Summit that is held annually in the greater Seattle area. This year the event moves from downtown Seattle to...
View ArticleIntegrate 2014 Recap
I have recently made it home from a great week at Redmond’s Microsoft campus where I attended the Integrate 2014 event. I want to take this opportunity to thank both Microsoft and BizTalk360 for being...
View Article2014 Year in Review and looking ahead to 2015
It is that time of year where I take a step back and reflect on the previous year and then start thinking about the upcoming year. 2014 was an incredible year, one that I will not forget any time...
View ArticleSlides from Calgary Azure Dev Camp
On January 10, 2015 I had the opportunity to speak about the Azure Service Bus. This was an introductory presentation on the subject, but I was able to sneak in a more complex demo at the end that...
View ArticleUpcoming Presentation – February 2nd, 2015
Recently Integration MVPs Michael Stephenson and Saravana Kumar have launched a series of community-focused integration events. What is unique about these events is that they have been designed to...
View ArticleBizTalk Summit 2015 – London
Last year I had the opportunity to participate in the BizTalk Summit in London. It was a great event with more than 200 attendees from 20 different countries present. For a recap of this trip please...
View ArticleUpcoming Presentation: BizTalk Summit
BizTalk Summit 2015 - April 13/14 London, England The BizTalk Summit has become an annual, must attend, event in London. This event is once again being organized by BizTalk360 in conjunction with...
View ArticleUpcoming Presentation: BizTalk Boot Camp
BizTalk Boot Camp 2015 – Microsoft Campus, Charlotte North CarolinaIn addition to me speaking at the BizTalk Summit in London, I will also be speaking about Azure API Management at the BizTalk Boot...
View ArticleIntroducing Azure App Service
If you have been keeping up with cloud based platforms, I am sure that you have realized it has become a very competitive landscape. Some cloud platforms focus on websites ,infrastructure, and...
View ArticleBizTalk 2013 SharePoint Adapter not respecting SharePoint 2013 View Name
I have done a lot of BizTalk-SharePoint Integration in the past and ran into a situation recently that surprised me. There wasn’t an easily identifiable resolution online so I have decided to document...
View Article/nSoftware Powershell Adapter for BizTalk Server
In the past I have blogged about /n Software and their SFTP Adapter here and here. Hard to believe one of those posts goes back to 2007. One thing that /nSoftware continues to do is add new adapters...
View ArticleAzure Hybrid Integration Day coming to Calgary
Every year some of the brightest minds in Microsoft Integration descend upon Redmond, Washington for the Microsoft MVP Summit. This year 3 MVPs (Saravana Kumar, Steef-Jan Wiggers and Michael...
View ArticleMy Point of View: Microsoft Releases Integration Roadmap
On December 24th, 2015 Microsoft provided a Christmas gift to its customers, partners and broader eco-system in the form of a highly sought after roadmap. For several years, customers and partners...
View Article2015 – Year in Review
Feels like I was writing my 2014 Year in Review just last week. Astonishing how time flies when you are busy having fun.LearningIn the technology industry, if you are not learning you are dying....
View ArticleUdemy Course: Microsoft Flow vs Azure Logic Apps...which tool should I use?
Introducing my new course on Udemy on Microsoft Flow and Azure Logic Apps, two of my favorite cloud services.**Discount Code available at end of blog**Why did I write this course?I wrote this course...
View ArticleServerless Tips - Exception Handling and Scopes
In late 2018 I started contributing to the #ServerlessTips on https://www.serverlessnotes.com, a community knowledge base hosted by Serverless360. I have written more than 30 tips, mostly on Azure...
View ArticleSpeaking at the Power Platform World Tour (Calgary)
Now that the agenda has been posted, I wanted to share that I will be speaking at the upcoming Power Platform World Tour, in Calgary on October 3rd and 4th. My session is called Intelligent Automation...
View ArticleNew Udemy Course: 10 Tips for Building Effective Flows
**Discount Code Available at end of Post**Back in early August, I created my first Udemy course called Microsoft Flow vs Azure Logic Apps, which tool is right for me? So far the course has been...
View ArticleAnnouncing Middleware In The Cloud -Teachable Online School
As you may be aware, I have recently started building online courses. To date, these course have been posted on Udemy.com. While hosting courses on Udemy has some advantages, it also creates some level...
View ArticleIntroducing 10 Advanced Tips for Building Effective Flows Course on Udemy
In late August 2019, Jon Levesque and I released a course called 10 Tips for Building Effective Microsoft Flows. The target audience for that course was people who are new to Microsoft Flow. When we...
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