Microsoft BizTalk Server Operations Guide RTW

The availability of the Microsoft BizTalk Server Operations Guide has been announced by BizTalk Rangers and BizTalk UE.

The 660 page guide is available on MSDN, and as a separate PDF, DOCX or CHM download.

The guide is based on real-world experience from BizTalk Rangers, PFE and other customer engagements. This guide is intended to provide guidance around maintaining and operating BizTalk Solutions in demanding production environments. This has been a long standing request from Microsoft's customers and partners.

The target audience is Microsoft field, partner organizations, and customers who plan, deploy, and maintain BizTalk Server installations. The guide was created from collections of checklists, best practices, and presentations to guide future BizTalk Server operations IT professionals.

Key portions of this guide are new, while other portions consists of documentation taken from BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Help, white papers, Knowledge Base articles, and other sources. It has been carefully reviewed and vetted by experts from the community of BizTalk Server IT professionals and members of the product development team, whom we gratefully acknowledge. They believe that the information presented here will help BizTalk Server users solve, and above all, avoid many of the common problems.

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