Biztalk and Integration Patterns

I found this very nice white paper on Integration Patterns. It gives a very macro level view of Solution Architecture and then breaks it down to specific Biztalk level. I recommend this paper to everyone who is involved in system architecture and implementation.

This paper can be found at:

www.eaipatterns.com/docs/integrationpatterns_biztalk.pdf

Efficient Mapping Technique

If you have sample input and output files with same header level node names and structures(some of the field names can be different) . Then instead of doing individual drag and drop (can't use mass copy as these files are not 100% similair). You can use "Link by Node Name". This is how you do that:

1) Click on the MAP grid.

2) Go to properties box

3) Select "Auto Link By" : NODE NAME