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BizTalk, ESB: Microsoft ESB Toolkit 2.0

Finally the new ESB Toolkit 2.0 is available for download at the Microsoft website.
The name has also been changed from ESB Guidance to ESB Toolkit and this version will not be available on CodePlex anymore.

BizTalk, ESB: CDATA element incorrectly closed

  

We are using the Microsoft BizTalk Enterprise Server Bus (ESB) Guidance 2.0 CTP 2 as best practice within Microsoft BizTalk 2009. At the moment we are using especially the exception handling for fault handling.

We are not using the included ESB portal for resubmit the fault message but we have created a SharePoint Web Part which reads the EsbExceptionDB.

Unfortunately we have discovered that the Message Data that is written to the database is incorrectly when using CDATA elements in your original message.

BizTalk, ESB: Error converting data type nvarchar to datetime

When using the Exception Handling within ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) for BizTalk 2009 there will be a Sendport All.Exception in the Microsoft.Practices.ESB Application. This sendport will be executed if there is a failed message generated in the messagebox, if you have checked the option Enable routing for failed messages.

Issues regarding ESB 2.0 CTP 2 on BizTalk 2009

 
When installing ESB 2.0 CTP 2 on a BizTalk 2009 machine I'm facing with a couple of problems.

When running on a 64-bit machine with powerscript the script "Setup_src.cmd" in "Source\Exception Handling\Install\Scripts" will complain about ExplorerOM that this is not compatible with 64-bit.