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Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000: Documented is the manual for Microsoft's solution to sharing business information with suppliers, customers, and other business partners. If you're familiar with Microsoft's tradition of publishing resource kits that include utility software and detailed documentation, you might think of this book as the BizTalk Server 2000 Resource Kit--there's no such product, as a matter of fact--without the supplementary collection of software. This book ships with a CD-ROM containing 120-day evaluation versions of BizTalk Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000, so it's a good buy if you're interested in evaluating the suitability of BizTalk Server 2000 to your business by putting it through its paces in accordance with Microsoft's recommendations. Regardless of whether you're evaluating or implementing for production, this book's 1500 pages contain extensive information on every aspect of the BizTalk environment. Documentation runs the gamut from step-by-step procedures (these use a new approach to the user interface, mostly shunning screen shots in favor of bold-type references to the dialog box names, check box labels, and the like) to succinct object model documentation for Visual Basic programmers. Almost every procedure and recommended practice is followed by a set of notes, which explain how to deal with unusual situations or problems. More extensive sample code would make the object model reference more meaningful, but installation and configuration instructions are unique and valuable. --David Wall Topics covered: Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 in its entirely, explained for those who will be installing the software, integrating it with Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and configuring it to share data--with proper security--with internal and external parties. For programmers, there's a complete reference to the BizTalk Messaging Services object model for Visual Basic as well as an appendix containing errors and their meanings.
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