Did you know about the Elevated Privileges Application Launcher

Greetings,

Problem: You have an application that needs the user using the application to have administrative rights to execute successfully. But due to security policies, you don't want to give users admin rights. You want users to use the apps normal or power use only.

Solution: Look at, Elevated Privileges Application Launcher .

It should allow you to run your applications as a member of the Administrators without explicitly granting the end user the same privileges.

/Gill

Biztalk Server 2004 Information: New to Biztalk?

Greetings

If you are new to Microsoft Biztalk Server, start by watching a 15 minutes demo of the product.
http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/demo

Next, a great whitepaper giving you high-level technical overview of Biztalk 2004 and related technologies and all Biztalk 2004 features.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/bts2004is/htm/understanding_abstract_syfs.asp

Next, would be MSDN Webcasts:
http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/introduction.asp. Following is a quick list of webcasts available. They are all pre-recorded webcasts.

Getting up to Speed with BizTalk Server 2004
Architecture
Orchestration
Business Rules
Integrating with SharePoint™
Using Web Services with BizTalk Server 2004
Advanced Orchestration Concepts in BizTalk Server 2004
Building on BizTalk Server 2004 Human Workflow Services for the Visual Studio .NET Developer
BizTalk Server 2004 Adapters for the Visual Studio .NET Developer
InfoPath Service Pack 1 and BizTalk Server
Adding Business Activity Monitoring Your BizTalk Server 2004 Projects
Real-World BizTalk Server 2004 Editing and Mapping Techniques
Performance and Early Adopter Experiences
Extending Mainframe Applications using BizTalk Server 2004 and Host Integration 2004
Migrating from BizTalk Server 2002 to 2004

Next, information on the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbizspec/html/bpel4wsspecindex.asp
Learn more about this emerging OASIS standard for cross-company, cross-product business process automation and execution using web services that Biztalk Server 2004 supports.


Cheers
Gill

Biztalk Server 2004 Information: Product Downloads

Greetings,

As promised to the trainees at Avantus Training in my recent Biztalk 2004 training, here is the information about Microsoft Biztalk 2004 that i have collected so far. I will be posting regularly until i get all the content i have, out.

1. Biztalk Server 2004 Public Website
http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/downloads/versions/default_2004.asp. Here you would find, BizTalk Server 2004 Trial Software, BizTalk Server 2004 Rollup Package 1, Orchestration Designer for Business Analysts, Management Pack for MOM, Product Documentation Update, Tutorials, User Guide for Information Workers, SDK Refresh. New stuff maybe added but this is what i see as of 21, Jan 2005.

Note that if you are a MSDN Universal subscriber, you could download the Developer edition of Biztalk 2004. BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Edition is limited solely to designing, developing, and testing purposes. You may not use it as a passive failover server or for disaster recovery.

Cheers
Gill