MS2379 - Developing and Deploying Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Solutions
This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills that they need to develop and deploy
Microsoft BizTalk® Server 2000 solutions. This course is intended for BizTalk Server 2000
specialists who will be responsible for installing BizTalk Server 2000 and developing solutions that automate business processes. At the end of the course, students will be able to describe the role of BizTalk Server 2000 in an e-business environment; install BizTalk Server 2000 on a computer running Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server; create a specification for an organization by using BizTalk Editor; use BizTalk Mapper to create a map that translates and processes data between two specifications; use BizTalk Messaging Manager to manage the exchange of business documents; use BizTalk Orchestration Designer to create an XLANG schedule drawing; use receive functions to submit business documents to BizTalk Server 2000 from applications that cannot communicate directly with BizTalk Server 2000; use BizTalk Document Tracking to monitor interchanges and business documents; use Microsoft Visual Basic® to create a custom functoid; create application integration components (AICs) so that BizTalk Server 2000 can pass data to application interfaces; dDeploy BizTalk Server 2000 and track business documents and schedules; configure servers and groups of servers to manage the flow of business documents in a BizTalk Server 2000 environment; grant and manage security in a BizTalk Server 2000 environment; manage a BizTalk Server 2000 environment by monitoring business documents, business messages, databases, counters, and logs and use BizTalk Server 2000 to design and build a BizTalk Server 2000 solution.
Module 1: Introduction to BizTalk Server 2000
The Need for BizTalk Server 2000
The BizTalk Framework
BizTalk Server Tools and Services
Working with BizTalk Server 2000
Module 2: Installing BizTalk Server 2000
BizTalk Server 2000 Versions
Identifying Hardware Requirements
Identifying Software Requirements
Installing BizTalk Server 2000
Module 3: Creating a Specification by Using BizTalk Editor
Introducing BizTalk Editor
Specification Standards and Structure
Creating Specifications
Module 4: Mapping Data by Using BizTalk Mapper
Creating Maps
Creating Links in Maps
Verifying Maps
Using Functoids in Maps
Building a Custom Functoid
Module 5: Managing the Exchange of Documents by Using BizTalk Messaging Manager
Introducing BizTalk Messaging Manager Objects
Creating Organizations and Applications
Creating Document Definitions
Creating Messaging Ports
Creating Channels
Creating Distribution Lists
Creating Envelopes
Module 6: Submitting Documents to BizTalk Server 2000
The following topics are covered in this module:
Using Receive Functions
Using the Interchange Object
Using ASP Pages
At the end of this module, you will be able to submit documents to BizTalk Server 2000 by using receive
functions and the methods of the Interchange object. This includes:
Configuring receive functions, determining the type of business documents that the receive function can
handle, and adding a File receive function and a Message Queuing receive function to BizTalk Server 2000.
Using the Submit and SubmitSync methods of the Interchange object to exchange data.
Configuring an ASP page to submit a business document.
Module 7: Building Business Process Implementations by Using BizTalk Orchestration Designer
The following topics are covered in this module:
Describing the BizTalk Orchestration Designer Environment
Describing a Business Process
Configuring Implementation Shapes
Executing an XLANG Schedule Drawing
At the end of this module, you will be able to use BizTalk Orchestration Designer to create an XLANG
schedule. This includes:
Describing the Flowchart, Implementation, and Communication shapes, which are used to create an XLANG
schedule drawing.
Using BizTalk Orchestration Designer to describe a business process.
Configuring application services in an XLANG schedule drawing.
Executing an XLANG schedule drawing.
Module 8: Developing Application Integration Components
The following topics are covered in this module:
Introducing AICs
Pipeline Components
Lightweight AICs
Registering AICs for Use with BizTalk Server 2000
Configuring Messaging Ports to Use AICs
At the end of this module, you will be able to create AICs that act as translators so that BizTalk Mapper
can pass data to applications. This includes:
Describing the role of AICs and how they are used in an application integration scenario.
Creating and using pipeline AICs.
Creating and using lightweight AICs to implement the IBTSAppIntegration interface.
Registering AICs to differentiate BizTalk Server AICs from other objects in the registry.
Configuring a messaging port to send business documents to it.
Module 9: Deploying and Managing BizTalk Server 2000 Solutions
The following topics are covered in this module:
Introducing Deployment Features and Tools
Deploying an Automated Business Process
Managing Databases
Managing Queues
At the end of this module, you will be able to deploy and manage a BizTalk Server 2000 solution. This
includes:
Using BizTalk Server deployment features and tools.
Deploying an automated business process
Managing the four BizTalk Server databases.
Managing the queues that BizTalk Server 2000 uses.
Module 10: Tracking Documents
The following topics are covered in this module:
Introducing Document Tracking
Searching Interchanges and Documents
Viewing Query Results
At the end of this module, you will be able to track interchanges and business documents that pass through
BizTalk Server 2000 by using BizTalk Document Tracking. This includes:
Describing the BizTalk Document Tracking interface and the Tracking database.
Using BizTalk Document Tracking to search for an interchange or business document by name, type, or date
and time of processing.
Viewing the results of interchange searches and document searches.
Module 11: Optimizing and Monitoring BizTalk Server 2000
The following topics are covered in this module:
Configuring Servers and Server Groups
Optimizing Performance by Scaling Vertically
Optimizing Performance by Scaling Horizontally
Monitoring Status
At the end of this module, you will learn how to determine the required number of servers; add users to the
BizTalk Server Administrators group; add, delete, and configure a server group or servers in a group; and
set server properties. This includes:
Configuring servers that are running BizTalk Server 2000 for server groups.
Configuring BizTalk Server groups.
Optimizing the performance of BizTalk Server groups by scaling the servers vertically.
Optimizing the performance of BizTalk Server groups by scaling the servers horizontally.
Using multiple tools and utilities to monitor the status of the BizTalk Server 2000 environment.
Module 12: Securing the BizTalk Server 2000 Environment
The following topics are covered in this module:
Introduction to Securing the BizTalk Server Environment
Using Accounts and Policies
Using Transmission Methods to Help Protect Data
Using Certificates to Help Protect Data
Helping to Protect Access Through Firewalls
At the end of this module, you will be able to grant and manage security in a BizTalk Server 2000
environment. This includes:
Describing the Windows 2000 features that BizTalk Server 2000 uses to help protect data and components.
Configuring user accounts and policies for security-enhanced access.
Using any of the transmission methods that BizTalk Server 2000 supports to help protect data.
Using certificates with BizTalk Server 2000.
Helping protect access through a firewall.