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I think a lot of you have read the excellent series ShareTalk Integration (SharePoint/BizTalk) by Kent Weare . Focus was on BizTalk 2009 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. Now with BizTalk 2010 you are able to configure SharePoint adapter to Windows SharePoint Services like previous 2009 version.BizTalk Server 2010 supports two versions of WSS: SharePoint Foundation 2010 Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with SP2 Latter is explained in detail by Sandro Pereira , BizTalk 2010 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure Windows SharePoint Services . In this post I like to share how to configure BizTalk SharePoint Adapter with SharePoint Foundation 2010. Installing and configuring Windows SharePoint Services consists of the following procedures: Install Windows SharePoint Services Configure Windows SharePoint Services Extend the Default Web Site as a virtual server Install Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010 First step of installation is to install prerequisites.

If you want to dive more into Windows Azure you can have a look at BidNow . BidNow is an online auction site designed to demonstrate how you can build highly scalable consumer applications running in the Windows Azure Platform. When BidNow was originally released, it was a sample built using Windows Azure and Windows Azure Storage, along with authentication provided via Live Id. Since the original release, a number of additional services and capabilities have been released. Consequently, BidNow now utilizes the following pieces of the platform: Windows Azure Windows Azure storage (e.g. blobs and queues) SQL Azure Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control OData Windows Phone 7 These updates not only provide important and useful capabilities, but also highlight the ways in which to build applications in the Windows Azure Platform. If you like to learn more you can read Wade Wegner’s latest post . It will show how setup a platform (what you need to inst

Tomorrow BizTalk User Group will get together for some interesting sessions at BTUG Meeting. One can still sign up for it. The BTUG meetings are for architects, engineers and project managers, who are interested in and have experience working with Microsoft BizTalk Server. BizTalk User Group (BTUG) aims to create a network of companies, which inspire each other and share knowledge. The purpose of the BTUG is to accelerate the learning effect on the application of new technology and the consequences for the organization. The BTUG provides a platform for knowledge and experience exchange between users and the ability to make informal contacts. Tomorrow the BTUG meeting will extensively dive into BizTalk 2010 and all Dutch BizTalk MVP’s will do a session: • BizTalk 2010, what's new? ( Randal van Splunteren and myself) • Extended and scalable integration through the cloud (Leveraging the Microsoft Application Platform and Windows Azure AppFabric to the max) ( Gijsbert in 't Veld