Monthly Archives: October 2008

Cloud Services: Microsoft Azure services platform launched

Posted on October 27, 2008 by sujant

Microsoft announced today Oct 27, 2008 that it has launched Microsoft Azure Services platform in pre-beta release platform. The services platform lays the foundation for .NET services, SQL Services, Live Services, SharePoint Services, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Services and any other … Continue reading →

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Cloud Services: Business Productivity Online Suite part of Microsoft Online Services

Posted on October 21, 2008 by sujant

  Microsoft will be wrapping up its beta version of Business Productivity Online Suite by Oct 30. Starting November customer will be ready to use BPOS production ready version. Let us go over what BPOS is, what makes a BPOS, … Continue reading →

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BizTalk: Converting EDI Documents using BizTalk Server 2006 R2

Posted on October 17, 2008 by sujant

What is EDI? Originated in 1970s to facilitate the delivery of data between businesses Computer to Computer exchange is much less expensive than traditional methods of document exchange Benefits – reduced human error, speed, faster transactions, etc Drawbacks – tightly … Continue reading →

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BizTalk: Date format (YYMMDD) not working properly with EDI Interchange

Posted on October 15, 2008 by sujant

When you set the date format to YYMMDD for an EDI interchange, BizTalk changes the format to CCYYMM especially when sending batched EDI interchange. This is a known bug that Microsoft has identified and released a hot fix for the … Continue reading →

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Cloud Services: What is SQL Server Data Services?

Posted on October 8, 2008 by sujant

SSDS is the newest member of the Microsoft Cloud Services. SSDS joins other members of Microsoft Business Productivity Services such as SharePoint, Exchange and Live. Let us go over What SSDS is, What are the benefits over traditional relational database … Continue reading →

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BizTalk: Converting EDI documents using BizTalk 2006 R2

Posted on October 7, 2008 by sujant

  ……. Setup/Configuration EDI Schemas Understanding sample EDI document (Headers, body & Trailers) Trading Partner Configuration Receiving and Sending Batched EDI messages

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