Most of the times, BizTalk Server developers eventually step into the role of BizTalk Server Administrators (yes, it's a niche skill and that's the right path to go) but to step up as BizTalk Server Administrator is a big responsibility...  Here is your chance to learn it from Microsoft using Virtual Labs for Administrators... very interesting


This training kit contains a complete set of materials that will enable you to learn the core administrator capabilities in BizTalk Server 2010. This kit includes lab manuals, PowerPoint presentations and videos, all designed to help you learn about BizTalk Server 2010. There is also an option below to download a Virtual Machine that is ready for you to use with the training kit.
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BizTalk Server 2010 Administrator Training Kit

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• System requirements
• Instructions
• Additional information

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This training kit contains a complete set of materials that will enable you to learn the core administrator capabilities in BizTalk Server 2010. This kit includes lab manuals, PowerPoint presentations and videos, all designed to help you learn about BizTalk Server 2010. There is also an option below to download a Virtual Machine that is ready for you to use with the training kit.

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Version:	1.0	Date published:	8/21/2011
Language:	English

Files in this download

The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Download the files appropriate for you.

File name	Size
BizTalkAdminCourse.exe	26.1 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVideos.exe	337.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part01.exe	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part02.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part03.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part04.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part05.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part06.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part07.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part08.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part09.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part10.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part11.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part12.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part13.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part14.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part15.rar	700.0 MB	DOWNLOAD
BizTalkAdminCourseVM.part16.rar	334.4 MB	DOWNLOAD
EULA.rtf	276 KB	DOWNLOAD
README.txt	2 KB	DOWNLOAD

Overview

About This Hands-On Lab
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to install and configure a computer running Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010. The course also shows you how to deploy and manage BizTalk applications in a production environment.

Audience Profile
This course is intended for systems engineers and network administrators with two to three years of experience managing an enterprise-level Microsoft Windows Server environment.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the services and tools provided in BizTalk Server 2010.
• Install BizTalk Server 2010 on a computer.
• Deploy BizTalk applications to a BizTalk server 2010 computer.
• Manage and monitor BizTalk applications on a BizTalk Server 2010 computer.
• Manage BizTalk Server groups and backup a BizTalk Server 2010 computer.
• Monitor a BizTalk Server environment with System Center Operations Manager.

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System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V is required to use the virtual machine included with this training kit.

In addition to the system requirements for Windows Server 2008 R2 as described in the release notes, a 64-bit system with hardware-assisted virtualization enabled and data execution prevention (DEP) is required.

It is also recommended to ensure that you have a clean install of x64 edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 to be able to use the Hyper-V technology.

Prerequisites, installation steps, OS recommendations, and known issues of Hyper-V can be found here

An import utility is included with the training kit. To use the import utility, the .NET Framework 4 must be installed on the host OS.

The lab manuals, PowerPoint presentations and videos can be viewed on the following operating systems:

• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
• Windows Vista Service Pack 2

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Instructions

In order to use this evaluation package you will need to have Microsoft Hyper-V installed on a physical machine.

Hyper-V is available on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This virtual machine requires Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2. Details on how to install Hyper-V can be found here. Details of how to setup the VHD are included in the documentation that accompanies the product.

In the Setup folder there is an application that will add all the VMs into Hyper-V. The app does this while maintaining only a single copy of the base images. To install, open a command promt with the "Run as Administrator" option and change directory to the setup folder. The import will fail if you do not run the command prompt with this option. Then run the command:

importVM.exe full path to base image

For example, if the root of the labs is c:\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 Training, then the command would be:

importVM.exe "C:\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 Training\VM\common\BizTalk2010Demo.vhd"

Enter the username “ADVENTUREWORKS\Administrator” and password “pass@word1” to login.

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Additional information

USAGE: You are free to use this training for your own use and to train others. The complete training kit, including the Virtual Machine and the videos cannot be sold commercially although you can deliver training using these materials and charge for the training delivery and associated costs.