CRM 2011 & BTS 2010 1/?

For Biztalk there isn’t any CRM Adapter 2011 like in CRM 4.0 (and this is nice because CRM 4.0 Adapter had a great problem – at this moment, if you wanted to have a Biztalk environment with more than one Biztalk Server - for scalability propose for example - you would find out that you can only install CRM Adapter 4.0 in one Biztalk machine and be force to change your architecture to stop using the Adapter and recurring to the CRM webservice) so you need to use CRM 2011 WCF endpoint.

The objective of this post (and the ones that follow regarding this subject) is to get the necessary information to see if I can create a POC (Proof Of Concept) that demonstrates the possibilities of implementing the following solution:

Basically the objective is to have a central node with Biztalk and CRM (Master Site) and several slave sites (that can be other subsidiaries of one company) that should have a Biztalk and CRM too. The link between master and slave sites can be online or offline and this should not influence the CRMs operations in the several sites. When the link came online the CRMs from several sites should sync their operations with the master CRM DB. The synchronization should be bidirectional. The slaves sites do not communicate between them, they communicate only with the master site. The main product here is Microsoft CRM, Biztalk is here with the objective of facilitate the synchronization process.

Visio Biztalk icons

http://connectedthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/visio-icons-for-biztalk-server/

CRM icons

http://blog.sonomapartners.com/2011/07/give-crm-custom-entities-a-little-visual-love.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsonoma+%28Sonoma+Partners+Microsoft+CRM+Blog%29

Seems Biztalk isn't dead after all

I will leave two links with some information on the subject:
BizTalk’s future
and
Microsoft Outlines Plans for Integration-as-a-Service on Windows Azure

Let's wait for the Biztalk vNext (on 2012 we hope), until then take a look at:
Biztalk 360 Demo and Biztalk 360 Site.

BizTalk 2010 exam (70-595) Stuff

Help for the exam:
Passed BizTalk 2010 exam (70-595)

Training stuff

BizTalk Training Resources: Virtual Labs, Tutorials, Virtual Machine and more… http://sandroaspbiztalkblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/biztalk-training-resources-virtual-labs-tutorials-virtual-machine-and-more/ Sometimes people ask me how to quick start learning BizTalk or I see lot of people asking that in forums, which leads me to always be looking for this information’s. (here a great post by Steef-Jan Wiggers) So, here’s a list of essential resources. BizTalk Server Virtual Labs Microsoft Virtual Labs take you through a [...]

Scheduling workflows in CRM 4.0

Some interesting reading:
Scheduling workflows in CRM 4.0
CRM 4: Waiting Workflow VS Windows Service