Neal Walters, MCT, MCSD
So many websites have no 'personal' touch behind them. I was teaching a lot of XML/XSLT classes before BizTalk came out, so when BizTalk 2000 came on the scene, I assumed it was the next thing to learn.
After teaching Biztalk 2000/2002 a few times, I was fortunate to attend the train-the-trainer class for BizTalk 2004, then I probably taught the class a dozen times, at which point I moved into full time consulting instead of training.
Since then, I have spent 4 years focusing on enterprise solutions centered around BizTalk, but also including .NET, C#, InfoPath and SharePoint. I've been using BizTalk 2006 since roughly the beginning of 2007.
I missed the training aspect, and love to teach, so I started making videos and providing them on the web.
If you want to see how my beard compares to some past presidents - it's uncanny - see NealWalters.com. I also am trying to do books reviews there over many of the books I read last year and the ones I'm currently reading (I'm talking about fun books, not computer books!)
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Business Rule Engine (BRE) Course - Available March 19, 2009 |
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Almost 5 hours of new videos on using BizTalk 2006/R2 with the Business Rule Engine and Composer.
If you have always been intimidated by Business Rules, then this course if for you.
Course Outline: BizTalk2006R2_BRE_Course_Outline.pdf
Course will be online and available for ordering by Thursday, March 19, 2009. For now, this is a separate product,
not available as part of our other bundle deals.
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WCF/BT2006/R2 - Available March 16, 2009 |
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Over 8 hours of new videos on using BizTalk 2006/R2 with WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) web services.
This is an organized "brain-dump" of a lot of the work I've been doing with WCF over the last year.
Course Outline: BizTalk2006R2_WCF_Course_Outline.PDF
Course will be online and available for ordering by Monday, March 16, 2009. For now, this is a separate product,
not available as part of our other bundle deals.
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Neal Walters is available for consulting March 2, 2009.
You can see one of my recent videos here: http://biztalk-training.com/articles.php?article_id=30. I just completed my fourth year-long major BizTalk implementation, including architecture of an Enterprise Service BUS (ESB) on BizTalk 2006/R2, and made extensive use of WCF & LINQ.
Resume available here:
http://biztalk-training.com/resume_neal_walters_Jan2009.PDF
I'm open to small part-time contracts - would love to work at home 10 hours a week for four different clients (with occassional on-site trips when needed). Or even if you just need a few hours of coaching.
Call my cell at 214-455-8060 to discuss.
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NEW! Online Courses via Moodle! |
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Now - All Courses are Online! - January 15, 2008
As of January 15, 2008, all of courses are now offered entirely online. We will no longer offer the CD/ROM and FTP delivery options.
The advantages of online videos are:
- Instant access!
- No long FTP download required, no corporate firewall problems.
- Each video will have a separate discussion topic so you can ask questions.
- Interact and learn with other students, i.e. BizTalk meets Web 2.0.
- In the future, we will consider adding online quizes, labs, assignments and other more interactive learning tools.
- New videos can be added, and existing videos can be improved.
New - BizTalk 2006/R2 Courses! (as of January 2008)
If that is not exciting enough, we have two entirely new video series:
- BizTalk 2006 R2 Intro course - Almost double the content of the BizTalk 2004 classes.
- BizTalk 2006 R2 BAM - More info on BAM than anywhere else! Complete working demos.
Questions
Will you be upgrading the BizTalk 2004 Intermediate Class (SQL/WS/FTP/HTTP)?
I don't have any immediate plans to update this course. It will be available online now in it's original format.
What courses do you offer online?
- BizTalk 2006/R2 Introduction - 116 videos, 16 hours
- BizTalk 2006/R2 BAM - 44 Videos, 8 hours
- BizTalk 2004 Introduction - 41 Videos, 6 hours
- BizTalk 2004 Intermediate (SQL/WS/FTP/HTTP) - 49 videos, 9 hours
- BizTalk 2006 New Features (for those upgrading from 2004) - 15 videos, 3 hours
How will the online courses work?
You will purchase a subscription for the desired access period. The courses are presented via MoodleŽ, the most popular and successful open source learning management system. When you purchase via our shopping cart, the last page will allow you to set up your Moodle student account and options. You can then logon and begin your learning immediately. At the bottom of each video, we have now created a link to a discussion forum thread. There is one thread or topic for each video. So if there's something you didn't understand in the video, the instructor or one of the other students may be able to answer your question.
Our SharePoint 2007 end-user course should also be online by Jan 21st.
See http://SharePoint-Training.com
The video below shows how the Learning Management System works
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Biztalk 2006 Now Available |
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Now - "Biztalk Training" teaches Biztalk 2006 as well. Learn Biztalk 2006 new features. As of January 15, 2007 I just completed 17 additional videos to get you up to speed on Biztalk 2006 and its most important new features.
At this time, I do not have immediate plans to re-record the prior tutorials, but will package the Biztalk 2006 videos on a separate CD (or FTP download) and include in the bundle deal. The Biztalk 2006 videos will also be available as a separate purchase for those who already know Biztalk 2004 and want to upgrade their skill set.
I think it's a wise idea to know both Biztalk 2004 and Biztalk 2006. As a consultant or an employee in today's Biztalk job market, you will likely need to know both worlds (2004 and 2006). I'm currently working on a project where we are updating a Biztalk 2002 system (yikes).
Product and pricing should be available here on Biztalk-Training.com by January 15th.
Biztalk 2006 topics include:
1) Visual Studio 2005 (the new interface to Biztalk tools)
2) Running Biztalk 2006 Orchestrations
3) Handling Failed Messages
4) The New Biztalk Administrative Console - it's great!
5) Recoverable Interchange Processing
6) Flat File Wizard
7) Other features such as the new GUID for SSO (Single Sign-On) and the Biztalk Configuration Utility.
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Biztalk-Training.com Info |
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Biztalk (a trademarked Microsoft product) is Microsoft's offering in the world of Business Process Management (BPM). Biztalk is great for "orchestrating" your business processes, which often includes calls via SOA web services to various disparate systems.
Neal Walters was one of 15 trainers that attended a the Biztalk "Trainer-the-Trainer" at Microsoft in Redmond. Since then he has taught the one week Biztalk developer course numerous times, and also taught the two day Biztalk Administrator course. So Neal knows what kind of questions students want answered and created his own training videos.
For a year, Neal worked with Biztalk 2004 at a Florida dot-com retailer of luxury goods, watches, diamonds, jewelry). Neal helped them put their products on Amazon and to process orders and various messages to and from Amazon. The second project was to handle orders form Altura (also known as Shop.com and CatalogCity.com). Currently Odimo is implementing a project with a third party vendor to improve international shipping. This last project taught us a lot about dealing with and integrating other vendors (things like scheduling, changing documentation, etc...)
Neal's second big Biztalk project was with Compassion.com, a non-profit in Colorado Springs that ties donor to sponsored children overseas. Compassion had developed a great SOA architecture, and uses Biztalk 2004 as the "command central" to call various web services to process requests from its website.
Neal's third Biztalk project is a HIPAA/Medicaid health care system with the State of New Mexico. In a six weeks (long hours) crash project, a Biztalk team of two rewrote the entire Biztalk 2002 system in Biztalk 2004. We are currently doing remediation for National Provider ID (NPI), which includes a trading partner management system. The state also uses Itemfield's ContentMaster to perform interesting translations, for example, from XML to COBOL/EBCDIC, so files can be transferred to the IBM mainframe.
I know that California based Unitek is offering several instructor-lead Biztalk training courses. Please ask for Melinda Lee, and tell her that Neal Walters sent you. 510-249-1060.
Neal also maintains a Biztalk Blog (see links on left Navigation menu).
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CD/ROM Self-Study Biztalk "Screen Videos" |
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SharePoint-Training.com Courseware & Videos |
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Have you had trouble finding a course that is designed for the "end-users", i.e. office works? So many SharePoint courses are designed for programmers and administrators. But when your company is implementing SharePoint, you may have dozens or hundreds of information workers that need a brief introduction to the most common functions of SharePoint.
We have designed a course to meet that need. You can provide your own instructor(s), or SharePoint-Training.com in conjunction with Best Alternative Technical Solutions (866-697-5844) can provide an experienced instructor at your site.
http://SharePoint-Training.com
Many sites use the Biztalk/SharePoint Adapter, and often use InfoPath as a front-end for updating and posting XML files to SharePoint. Biztalk can then consume the XML messages from via Biztalk's SharePoint Adapter (in Biztalk 2004 available from GotDotNet, but in Biztalk2006 is included with the install).
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I was tasked with basically learning BizTalk (like yesterday) to do a project that has to get done by the end of March. I purchased the only book on the subject right now (Unleashed) and went through the first 5 chapters. I was despairing when I happened upon your web site. I've watched all of the free videos repeatedly while I impatiently wait for my CD which is on the way. You've done a fantastic job. I learned more from you in about two hours than I learned from 5 chapters of my book.
What I like most about your videos is that you cut to the chase. Books tend to be verbose. Sure I'd like to be an expert eventually but right now I just need know ramp up fast. Another thing I like is that your videos don't seem overly rehearsed. Some might find this to be a detractor but I like it. If you make a mistake while doing something, I want to see it because I'm assuredly going to make that same mistake and making mistakes and learning from them is what actually makes someone an expert.
Keep up the good work and thanks.
Mike Hickman
Senior Programmer
Baylor Health Care System
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