Product Description

Pro BizTalk 2006 is a high-end resource that is based on real feedback from BizTalk developers. Authors George Dunphy and Ahmed Metwally are well known within the BizTalk community, and here they cover topics not discussed in other books, like performance tuning, scalability, and administration. This book also features examples of specific, real-world implementations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #166036 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

About the Author
George Dunphy

George Dunphy is a senior consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services specializing in enterprise application development and management. He has ten years' experience as a consultant and architect with several different companies and has worked with a variety of organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to Internet startups.

George is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and a Certified Solutions Developer. He focuses on technologies such as the Microsoft .NET Framework, Biztalk Server, Visual Basic and Visual Basic .Net, Active Server Pages, COM, SQL Server, XML, SOAP and WSDL, T-SQL, and web development. He is proficient on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

In addition to his technical skills, George focuses on managing development teams for large enterprise application development projects. He also has project management experience both as a technical project manager and as an overall project manager and is presently completing the Project Management Professional designation through PMI.

Ahmed Metwally is a senior enterprise strategy consultant with Microsoft and has worked in the IT industry for 12+ years in the areas of systems development, consulting, and engagement management for large federal government departments and Fortune 500 firms. Ahmed is a subject matter expert in the areas of application/system architecture, systems development, and enterprise business automation. He has worked with and managed large strategic accounts including the Canadian Federal Government, Sony Electronics, GE, United Technologies, Hamilton Sundstrand, and OTIS Elevators.

Ahmed has extensive experience architecting and developing enterprise business automation solutions based on Business Process Management engines, Enterprise Application Integration engines (specifically Microsoft BizTalk), web services, and enterprise portals. Ahmed is also the co-owner of multiple patents in the field of application layer technologies. He currently sits on the boards and the technical advisory boards of several technology companies in Canada and the U.S.

Ahmed holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from the American University in Cairo as well as a master's certificate in project management from the University of Quebec.

Customer Reviews

Practical, Insightful and Essential
I spend 40-60 hours a week working with BizTalk Server 2006 and helping my customers understand how to architect and build viable solutions. That said, I wondered if I could read a BizTalk book that actually taught me something I hadn't already come across. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to find this book to be such a fantastic resource of new ideas.

The chapters on architectural best practices, naming standards, engine internals, pipeline components (zip and PGP!) were worth the price of the book alone. Add the indispensable chapter on tuning (everything from the adapters to CLR) and you've got a book that has to be on everyone's shelf. While not for beginners, this book is valuable even to the most seasoned developer. I just finished buying 50 copies to give away to my local customers.

Excellent reference
This book expands on the introduction to orchestrations and other key BizTalk components given in the Foundations book. Personally I think that this combined with the Foundations book sets you up nicely to start doing some serious BizTalk work.

A Must-Have for ALL BizTalk Professionals
After months and years the BizTalk Community has been waiting for a book like this and its finally here! This book is geared towards the BizTalk professional who wants to take their knowledge to the next level. Even if you work with the tool on a daily basis, you can pick valuable information from this material.

Great job George & Ahmed!