Chapter 6. Deploying, Tracking, and Administrating a BizTalk Server 2010 Solution

In the previous chapter, we discussed how to debug your BizTalk applications and how to manage exceptions. In this chapter, we are going to change gears and focus on administrating our BizTalk applications.

Managing and maintaining a BizTalk Solution requires the same diligence as developing BizTalk applications. Administering these solutions can sometimes be a challenging endeavor if the developer has not provided sufficient documentation or has implemented questionable design patterns.

BizTalk Server is often used to support mission-critical integration processes, which means there are often high-pressure situations when things do not go as planned. These situations may include BizTalk entering a throttled state or dependent systems being unavailable. Understanding the tools that BizTalk Administration Console provides gives BizTalk Administrators an edge when these support issues occur. In some cases, using...