Chapter 1, Configuring a Messaging Architecture, covers the core architecture of BizTalk, including publish/subscribe, context and content-based routing, Receive and Send Ports, and other administrative artifacts.

Chapter 2, Developing BizTalk Artifacts — Creating Schemas and Pipelines, covers creating rich and useful Schemas with restrictions and reusable types.

Chapter 3, Developing BizTalk Artifacts — Creating Maps, covers creating Maps and applying logic, such as conditional mapping, looping, scripting, and external assemblies, and other map and functoid logic.

Chapter 4, Developing BizTalk Artifacts — Creating Orchestrations, covers creating Orchestrations and working with messages, scopes, transactions, binding, correlation, and other shapes, and processing logic.

Chapter 5, Debugging and Exception Handling, covers handling exceptions in messaging and Orchestration scenarios, and recovering from them using catch, compensation, and failed message routing.

Chapter 6, Deploying, Tracking, and Administrating a BizTalk Server 2010 Solution, covers performing administrative tasks, such as installing, configuring, tuning, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting BizTalk Server 2010 groups and solutions.

Chapter 7, Integrating Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services, covers working with web services and WCF, exposing and consuming services, and applying custom configurations and behaviors.

Chapter 8, Implementing Extended Capabilities, covers using the additional features in BizTalk, such as Business Rules Engine (BRE), EDI, RFID, and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM).

Chapter 9, Certification Test Taking Tips and Tricks, covers additional resources for learning and tips, tricks, and strategies for preparing for and taking the certification.

Chapter 10, Sample Certification Test Questions, contains additional sample certification questions to reinforce what you learned and provides training on the certification format.

Appendix A, Test Your Knowledge — Answers, contains the answers and short explanations to the Test Your Knowledge question contained in each chapter.

Appendix B, Sample Certification Test Questions — Answers, contains the answers and short explanations to the sample certification questions in Chapter 10, Sample Certification Test Questions.

This book comes with sample code to provide hands-on and practical implementation of the theory provided in the book. In some cases, the code is meant to be viewed in Visual Studio, and at other times, to be deployed to show the aspects of deployment, configuration, or runtime. To view, deploy, and run the code, you need the following:

This book is for anyone wanting to achieve the certification of Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010, by passing the exam 70-595: TS: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions by Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 exam.

The target audience for this book is similar as for the exam. The typical reader is someone who works as a BizTalk developer today. You are familiar with the product, and the technology in and around it, having had at least a year or so of exposure to primarily developing BizTalk Server integration solutions, but perhaps not using all parts of the product.

Even senior BizTalk developers aiming to get certified will benefit from this book.

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