BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)

In this section you’ll install BizTalk Server, confirm that the installation succeeded, and then configure BizTalk Server.

When you installed SQL Server, setup granted your account Database Administrator rights. Since these rights are also required for installing BizTalk Server, you must do one of the following:

• Use the same account you used when you installed SQL Server.
• Or make sure the account you’re using now also has Database Administrator rights and is also local administrator.

To install BizTalk Server 2013

• Close any programs you have open. Run the BizTalk Server 2013 installer as Administrator.
• On the Start screen, click “Install Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013”

• On the Customer Information screen, type your user name and organization, enter your product key, and then click “Next”

• On the License Agreement screen, accept the license agreement, and then click “Next”

• On the Customer Experience Improvement Program screen, specify whether you want to participate in the program, and then click “Next”
• BizTalk Server 2013 participates in the Customer Experience Improvement Program. As part of this support, you can choose to provide useful feedback to Microsoft regarding feature usage reporting functionality of BizTalk Server. The data collected from you is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you. Microsoft collects feature usage statistics as part of this program. By participating in this program, you can help improve the reliability and performance of various features of BizTalk Server. For more information about this program and its privacy policy, see Microsoft BizTalk Server CEIP Privacy Policy (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=188553).

• On the Component Installation screen, review the available components and select the ones you want to install.
• Choose all possible components
• Accept the default installation location or click Browse to move to the location where you want to install BizTalk Server 2013.
• And then click “Next”

• If your computer is missing a prerequisite component such as ADOMD.NET, Setup can install the redistributable prerequisites. You can either:
• Select “Automatically install the redistributable prerequisites from the web”
• Or if you prefer you can select “Automatically install the redistributable prerequisites from a CAB file” if you have already downloaded the CAB file. If you select this, you can then browse to the location of the CAB file and select it.
• And then click “Next” to continue.

• On the Summary screen, verify that the components that you select to install are correct.
• To enable auto-logon after a system reboot, click “Set” and provide your logon information. Auto-logon is enabled only for reboots during setup, and is disabled when setup is complete.
• Click “Install” to start the installation process.

• On the Microsoft Update Setup screen, specify whether you want to use Microsoft Update for checking for regular updates from Microsoft:
• Select “Use Microsoft Update when I check for updates (recommended)”
• And then click “Next” to continue.

• On the Installation Completed screen, clear the “Launch BizTalk Server Configuration” check box, and then click “Finish”

Verify Your Installation

You can check to see whether your installation was successful by using either Programs and Features or the Registry.

To verify installation using Programs and Features

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI.
• Type “Programs and Features” and click in “Programs and Features” option on Settings menu.
• When the list is fully populated, look for BizTalk Server 2013. If it appears in the list, setup succeeded.

To verify installation using the Registry:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “regedit” and click in “regedit” option on Apps menu.

• When the Registry opens, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\BizTalk Server\3.0
• If files exist in the 3.0 folder, setup succeeded.

• Close the Registry, and then close the command prompt.

Configre BizTalk Server 2013

Use the following procedure to complete a basic configuration of BizTalk Server. For information on customizing your configuration, see Custom Configuration.

Note: If your BizTalk Server environment uses SQL Server 2012 and you wish to configure BAM Alerts, you must have already configured SQL Server Database Mail feature.

To configure BizTalk Server 2013 using Basic Configuration:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “BizTalk Server Configuration” or “BizTalk”, right-click “BizTalk Server Configuration” option on Apps menu, and then click Run as Administrator.

• On the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 Configuration screen, apply the following configurations and then click “Configure” to continue:
• Select “Basic configuration” option
• In the “Database server name” field under “Database” properties, enter the name of the local computer.
• In the “Service credential” properties, type the User name and Password for the account that the BizTalk services will run under.

• Note: You may receive a warning if you enter a user name with administrative credentials on this computer. Click “Yes” to continue.

• On the Summary screen, review the configuration about to be performed, and then click “Next”

• On the Completion screen, click “Finish”

We now have BizTalk Server 2013 Installed and Configured!!!

Pin BizTalk Server Administration to taskbar

Everybody knows that BizTalk Server Administration Console is the most important tool, it’s a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) that you can use to manage and monitor BizTalk Server, and that you can use to deploy and manage your BizTalk Server applications.

With the new UI in Windows Server 2013, almost all programs are “hidden” and can be easily be accessed through context search from the metro UI. However be constantly doing this type of operation eventually becomes annoying.

So to be able to quickly and easily access BizTalk Server Administration Console you can pin the console to the taskbar, to accomplish that you need:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “BizTalk Server Administration” or “BizTalk” and right click in “BizTalk Server Administration” option on Apps menu to open the option bar at the bottom of the window.
• In the option bar, select “Pin to taskbar” option to add “BizTalk Server Administration” to your desktop taskbar.

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)

If your BizTalk Server environment uses SQL Server 2012 and you wish to configure BAM Alerts, you must have already configured SQL Server Database Mail feature before you try to configure BAM Alerts, otherwise the BizTalk Basic configuration will ignore this feature (BAM Alerts).

Database Mail is an enterprise solution for sending e-mail messages from the SQL Server Database Engine. Using Database Mail, your database applications can send e-mail messages to users. The messages can contain query results, and can also include files from any resource on your network. You can read more here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189635.aspx

Note: You still can have BAM Portal with activities and aggregations without alerts, this is mandatory if you want alerts.

Before we begin, we need to determine the server name and port number for the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server that we will use to send e-mail (If the SMTP server requires authentication, determine the user name and password for the SMTP server). In our case will be the local SMTP Server that we previous install and configure.

To Configure SQL Server Database Mail Account:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “SQL Management” or “SQL” and click in “SQL Server Management Studio” option on Apps menu.

• In Object Explorer panel, connect to the SQL Server instance you want to configure Database Mail on, and expand the server tree.
  • Expand the “Management” node

• Double click “Database Mail” to open the Database Mail Configuration Wizard.
  • Or right click under “Database Mail” and select the option “Configure Database Mail”

• On the Welcome to Database Mail Configuration Wizard page, click “Next” to continue

• On the Select Configuration Task page, select “Set up Database Mail by performing the following tasks:” and click “Next” to continue.
  • Set up Database Mail by performing the following tasks: Perform all of the tasks required to set up Database Mail for the first time. This option includes all of the other three options.
  • Manage Database Mail accounts and profiles: Create new Database Mail accounts and profiles or to view, change, or delete existing Database Mail accounts and profiles.
  • Manage profile security: Configure which users have access to Database Mail profiles.
  • View or change system parameters: Configure Database Mail system parameters such as the maximum file size for attachments.

• If Database Mail has not been enabled, you will receive the message: “The Database Mail feature is not available. Would you like to enable this feature?” Click “Yes” to continue.

• On the New Profile page, specify the “Profile name” and “Description” to be included in the profile, and click “Add…” to specify an account

• On the New Database Mail Account page, specify the account name, description, mail server information, and authentication type. Click “OK”
  • A Database Mail account contains the information that SQL Server uses to send e-mail messages to an SMTP server. Each account contains information for one e-mail server and doesn’t correspond to a SQL Server account or a Microsoft Windows account. Database Mail can be sent using the credentials of the SQL Server Database Engine, using other credentials that you supply, or anonymously. When using basic authentication, the user name and password in a Database Mail account are only used for authentication with the e-mail server. An account need not correspond to a SQL Server user or a user on the computer running SQL Server.
    • Account name: Type the name of the new account.
    • Description: Type a description of the account. The description is optional.
    • E-mail address: Type the name of the e-mail address for the account. This is the e-mail address that e-mail is sent from. For example, an account for SQL Server Agent may send e-mail from the address SqlAgent@Adventure-Works.com.
    • Display name: Type the name to show on e-mail messages sent from this account. The display name is optional. This is the name displayed on messages sent from this account. For example, an account for SQL Server Agent may display the name “SQL Server Agent Automated Mailer” on e-mail messages.
    • Reply e-mail: Type the e-mail address that will be used for replies to e-mail messages sent from this account. The reply e-mail is optional. For example, replies to an account for SQL Server Agent may go to the database administrator, danw@Adventure-Works.com.
    • Server name: Type the name or IP address of the SMTP server the account uses to send e-mail. Typically this is in a format similar to smtp.<your_company>.com. For help with this, consult your mail administrator. As I say early we will use our local SMTP Server, so the server name will be “localhost”
    • Port number: Type the port number of the SMTP server for this account. Most SMTP servers use port 25.
    • This server requires a secure connection (SSL): Encrypts communication using Secure Sockets Layer.
    • Windows Authentication using Database Engine service credentials: Connection is made to the SMTP server using the credentials configured for the SQL Server Database Engine service.
    • Basic Authentication: Specify the user name and password required by the SMTP server.
    • Anonymous authentication: Mail is sent to the SMTP server without login credentials. Use this option when the SMTP server does not require authentication.

• Back on the New Profile page, click “Next” to continue

• On the Manage Profile Security page, you will be able to set the Public, Private and Default Profiles, select our profile as public and default and click “Next”.

• On the Configure System Parameters page, leave the default values and click “Next”

• On the Complete the Wizard page, review the actions to be performed and click “Finish” to complete creating the new account.

• On the “Configuring…” page, ensure that all actions succeed and then click “Close”

The Database Mail should now be configured successfully and all should be correctly setup to send emails, but we must make sure by testing it. So we will send a test email and confirm the reception. To do that:

• Right-click on Database Mail and select “Send Test E-Mail…”

• On the Send Test E-mail from windows, specify a “To:” email and click “Send Test E-Mail”

If all goes well you should receive the email in a few seconds. If you have received the email, you have been able to configure Database Mail successfully.

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)

BizTalk Server provides the capability to specify a business process and also a mechanism by which the applications used in that business process can communicate with each other. SQL Server is the main repository for this communication mechanism. For optimal performance, Microsoft recommends using the Enterprise Edition of SQL Server.

Note: Using SQL Server Express Edition is not recommended or supported. The Express edition does not include certain features needed by BizTalk Server.

To install SQL Server 2012:

• Insert the SQL Server installation disk into the DVD-ROM drive. The setup program will begin automatically. If prompted for automatic installation of prerequisite software, click “OK”
• On the SQL Server Installation Center, click “Installation” and then click “New SQL Server stand-alone or add features to an existing installation”

• On the Setup Support Rules screen, review the information and then click “OK”

• On the Product Key screen, enter your product key and click “Next”

• On the License Terms screen, select “I accept the license terms”, and then click “Next”

• On the Product Updates page, the latest available SQL Server product updates are displayed. Select “Include SQL Server product updates”, and then click “Next”

• On the Install Setup files page, Setup provides the progress of downloading, extracting, and installing the Setup files. If an update for SQL Server Setup is found, and is specified to be included, that update will also be installed, Click “Install”
  • The System Configuration Checker verifies the system state of your computer before Setup continues.
  • If prompted to restart the computer, click “OK”

• On the Setup Role page, select “SQL Server Feature Installation”, and then click “Next” to continue to the Feature Selection page.

• On the Feature Selection screen, select the following features, and then click “Next”
  • Database Engine Services
    • SQL Server Replication
    • Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search
  • Analysis Services
  • Reporting Services – Native
  • Shared Features
    • SQL Server Data Tools
    • Client Tools Connectivity
    • Integration Services
    • Management Tools – Basic
      • Management Tools – Complete

• On the Installation Rules page, Setup verifies the system state of your computer before Setup continues, and then click “Next”

• On the Instance Configuration screen, select “Default instance”, leave the rest of the default values, and then click “Next” to continue.

• Review the information on the Disk Space Requirements screen, this page calculates the required disk space for the features that you specify and compares with available disk space. Click “Next” to continue.

• On the Server Configuration screen, you can specify login accounts for each SQL Server services. You can assign the same login account to all SQL Server services, or you can configure each service account individually. You can also specify whether services start automatically, are started manually, or are disabled (Microsoft recommends that you configure service accounts individually to provide least privileges for each service).
  • Leave the default login account to all SQL Server services
  • Configure all of them with the startup type: “Automatic”
  • And then click “Next”

• On the Database Engine Configuration screen, select “Windows authentication mode”, click “Add Current User”, and then click “Next”
  • Authentication Mode: Select “Windows authentication mode”. If you select Mixed Mode Authentication, you must provide a strong password for the built-in SQL Server system administrator account.
  • Specify SQL Server administrators: You must specify at least one system administrator for the instance of SQL Server. To add the account under which SQL Server Setup is running, click “Add Current User”

• On the Analysis Services Configuration screen, select “Multidimensional and Data mining Mode”, click “Add Current User”, and then click “Next”
  • Server Mode: Select “Multidimensional and Data mining Mode”. Server mode determines which memory and storage subsystems are used on the server. If you plan to run multidimensional cube databases on the server, choose the default option, Multidimensional and Data Mining server mode.
  • Specify which users have administrative permissions for Analysis Services: you must specify at least one system administrator for Analysis Services. To add the account under which SQL Server Setup is running, click Add Current User.

• On the Reporting Services Configuration screen, select “Install and configure”, and then click “Next” to continue.

• On the Error and Usage Reporting screen, leave the default values, and then click “Next”

• On the Installation Configuration Rules screen, review the information and resolve any issues, and then click “Next”

• On the Ready to Install screen, review the information, and then click “Install”

• On the Complete screen, click “Close”

Note: Once again, after this installation, I like to do a Windows update, this step is not necessary.

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)

The BizTalk Server development tools are based on Visual Studio. And like previous versions, at a minimum, you must have the Microsoft Visual C#® .NET component of Visual Studio installed on your computer if you wish to install the BizTalk Server Developer Tools and SDK component.

Note: Visual Studio 2012 is not required if you are installing BizTalk Server on a production computer (runtime only), on which no application development or debugging is required to be done.

The BizTalk Server runtime components require .NET Framework 4.5. In addition, the .NET Framework 3.0 is required if the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) adapter or WCF Interceptor is installed.

However, unlike previous versions of Visual Studio and the official documentation, with Visual Studio 2012 you cannot customize the features to install to the point of only install Visual C#, at least that I know of.

To install Visual Studio 2012:

• Insert the Visual Studio 2012 installation disk into the DVD-ROM drive.
• On the Start page, accept the license agreement by selecting “I agree to the License terms and conditions” and then click “Next”.

• On the Optional features to install page, you can clear all features, however I think that is important at least to install “Microsoft Web Developer Tools“. Add the following features to your installation:
  • Microsoft Web Developer Tools
  • Microsoft Office Developer Tools (not required)

• And then click “Install”
• On the Finish page, close the window or click “Launch”.

Important Note: Your version of Visual Studio will include Microsoft SQL Server Express or compact as an optional feature. This feature it may cause BizTalk Server setup to fail and should not be installed but as we cannot customize the Visual Studio 2012 installation, we should remove this features afterwards.

Remove Microsoft SQL Server Express

As I say previous your version of Visual Studio will include Microsoft SQL Server Express or compact as an optional feature. This feature it may cause BizTalk Server setup to fail and should not be installed but as we cannot customize the Visual Studio 2012 installation, it’s very important that we remove this features.

To avoid futures complications I choose to uninstall this two features:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalBd
• Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 SP1 x4 ENU: Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 is a free, embedded database that software developers can use for building ASP.NET websites and Windows desktop applications. SQL Server Compact 4.0 has a small footprint and supports private deployment of its binaries within the application folder, easy application development in Visual Studio and WebMatrix, and seamless migration of schema and data to SQL Server

To uninstall this features:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI.
• Type “Programs and Features” and click in “Programs and Features” option on Settings menu.

• Select “Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalBd” and click “Uninstall”.

• Repeat the process, select “Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 SP1 x4 ENU” and click “Uninstall”.

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)

Microsoft Office Excel is required for using the Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) feature in BizTalk Server. You use the BAM Office Excel Workbook to define the business processes you want to monitor. You also use the BAM Excel Workbook to define the way in which business users see the data collected by BAM.

Note: BizTalk Server 2013 supports only 32-bit version of Microsoft Office.

The following procedure installs only Microsoft Office Excel. You can install additional Microsoft Office system applications and tools if you wish, but they are not necessary to complete the installation of BizTalk Server.

Note: To successfully load BAM.xla into Excel, install the “Visual Basic for Applications” option under “Office Shared Features”. Otherwise, you may get the error “This workbook has lost its VBA project, ActiveX controls and any other programmability-related features.”

To install Microsoft Office Excel:

• Insert the Microsoft Office installation disk into the DVD-ROM drive.
• On Read the Microsoft Software License Terms screen, select “I accept the terms of this agreement” and click “Continue”

• On the Type of Installation screen, select Custom Install, and then click “Next”.

• On the Custom Setup screen, ensure that:
  • Microsoft Excel option is selected.
  • And “Visual Basic for Applications” option under Office Shared Features is select.

• And then click “Install Now”.
• On the Setup Completed screen, click “Finish”.

After installing the office Excel and tools I like to do a Windows update, this step is not necessary.

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)

Again in the previous step “Enable Internet Information Services” I mentioned that we should install the SMTP Server feature, why?

If you wish to configure BAM Alerts, you must have configured SQL Server Database Mail feature (we will see how to accomplish that afterwards) and I will intend to configure this features using your local SMTP Server.

Note: This type of configuration is optional and you don’t need to install the local SMTP Server, you can configured SQL Server Database Mail feature using an external SMTP.

If you didn’t previous install SMTP Server then you should following this steps:

• Open “Server Manager”.
• Under “Manage” menu, select “Add Roles and Features” (or press “Add roles and features” under the Dashboard panel)
• On the Before You Begin screen, click “Next”
• On the Installation Type screen, select “Role-based or Feature-based Installation” and click “Next”
• On the Server Selection screen, select the appropriate server, leave the default options and click “Next”
• On the Server Roles screen, click “Next”
• On the Features screen, select “SMTP Server” and click “Next”
  • If prompted, click “Add Features”, and then click “Next”
• On the Confirmation screen, select “Restart the destination server automatically if required” and click “Install”:
• When the installation completes, the wizard reflects the installation status on the Results screen
• Click “Close” to exit the wizard.

To configure the SMTP Server you should following this steps:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “IIS 6.0 Manager” and click in “Internet information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager” option on Apps menu.

• Right click on the SMTP Server ([SMTP Virtual Server #1]) and select “Properties” to open the properties window

Note: For the purpose of this installation, we will assume that email only can be generated from this machine. If the application that generates the email runs on a separate server, you need to grant relaying access for that server in IIS SMTP.

• On the Properties windows, click on the “Access” tab and click “Relay…” under “Relay restrictions”

• On Rely Restrictions windows, click” Add…”

• On Computer window, enter 127.0.0.1 for the address and then click “OK”
  • The Connection setting controls which computers can connect to the SMTP server and send mail. By granting only localhost (127.0.0.1) access limits only the server itself the ability to connect to the SMTP server. This is a requirement for security, it prevents the SMTP server from being an open relay and being used to send unsolicited spam email by other computers on the internet, which could lead to the SMTP server being blacklisted.

• On the Properties windows, click on the “Delivery” tab and click “Outbound Security…”

• On the Outbound Security windows, select “Basic authentication” and enter the login credentials you use for your Exchange or personal account (Gmail, Live and so on). Click “OK” to continue.
  • If required, enable “TLS encryption”
  • This will be the account that will transmitted the emails.

• On the Outbound Security windows, click “Advanced…”. Enter the SMTP server URL you got in the previous step in the Smart host edit box and then click “OK” to continue.

• On the Outbound Security windows, click on “Outgoing connections…” and set the port of your server
  • Limit number of connections to: When the check box is selected, this option specifies the total number of simultaneous outbound connections to all remote domains that can exist at one time. The default is 1,000 connections. The minimum is 1.
  • Time-out (minutes): Specifies the time allowed before an inactive connection is closed. The default is 10 minutes.
  • Limit number of connections per domain to: When the check box is selected, this option limits connections to any single remote domain. The default is 100 connections. This number should be less than or equal to the value for the Limit number of connections to option.
  • TCP port: Designates the TCP port used for outgoing transmissions. The default is port 25. The outgoing port setting can be the same as that for incoming transmissions or it can be different.

• Click “Ok” twice to apply the settings on the SMTP local server
• Right-click “SMTP Virtual Server #1” again, and then restart the service to pick up the new configuration.

Verify Your Installation

The next step is to verify if the SMTP is successful configured by using the simple Telnet Client, however Telnet Client is not installed by default on Windows Server 2012.

To install Telnet Client by using a command line

• Open a command prompt window. , Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “cmd” and click in “Command Prompt” option on Apps menu.
• Type the following command:

pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"

• If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.

To send a test email:

• Open a command prompt window. , Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “cmd” and click in “Command Prompt” option on Apps menu.
• Type the following sequence of command:

telnet localhost 25
Helo serevr
mail from:email
rcpt to:email
data
put the body of the email message

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)

In the previous step “Enable Internet Information Services” I mentioned that we should install the Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 feature, why?

If we plan to use/configure SharePoint Services adapter or SharePoint Online when used with SharePoint Services Client Side Object Model (CSOM), then Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) feature is required.

WIF is required if you are planning to use:

• SharePoint Services Adapter with CSOM
• SharePoint Online with CSOM

WIF is not required if you are planning to use:

• SharePoint Services Adapter Web Service (deprecated)
• No plan to use SharePoint

Windows Identity Foundation is included with the operating system (Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012) as a Feature in Turn Windows features on or off. (if you plan to use Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 the download is available here Windows Identity Foundation):

If you didn’t previous install WIF then you should following this steps:

· Open “Server Manager”.

· Under “Manage” menu, select “Add Roles and Features” (or press “Add roles and features” under the Dashboard panel)

• On the Before You Begin screen, click “Next”
• On the Installation Type screen, select “Role-based or Feature-based Installation” and click “Next”
• On the Server Selection screen, select the appropriate server, leave the default options and click “Next”
• On the Server Roles screen, click “Next”
• On the Features screen, select “Windows Identity Foundation 3.5″ and click “Next”

• On the Confirmation screen, select “Restart the destination server automatically if required” and click “Install”

• When the installation completes, the wizard reflects the installation status on the Results screen
• Click “Close” to exit the wizard.

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) provides a Web application infrastructure for many BizTalk Server features. BizTalk Server requires IIS for the following features:

• HTTP adapter
• SOAP adapter
• Windows SharePoint Services adapter
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption
• BAM Portal

To install IIS 8, use the following steps:

• Open “Server Manager”.
• Under “Manage” menu, select “Add Roles and Features” (or press “Add roles and features” under the Dashboard panel)

• On the Before You Begin screen, click “Next”

• On the Installation Type screen, select “Role-based or feature-based installation” and click “Next”

• On the Server Selection screen, select the appropriate server, leave the default options and click “Next”
  • Select a server from the server pool
  • local is selected by default

• On the Server Roles screen, select “Web Server (IIS)” option
  • If prompted, click “Add Features”, and then click “Next”

• On the Features screen, no additional features are needed for IIS, however, in addition to the default values, we will need or should select the following options:
  • .Net Framework 3.5 Features
  • SMTP Server (If prompted, click “Add Features”) – optional
  • Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 – optional: Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) is required for the SharePoint Services adapter or SharePoint Online when used with SharePoint Services Client Side Object Model (CSOM).

• Then click “Next”
• On the Web Server Role (IIS) screen, click “Next”
• On the Role Services screen under Web Server Role (IIS), we will customize our installation of IIS with the following options:
  • Common HTTP Features
    • Default Document
    • Directory Browsing
    • HTTP Errors
    • Static Content
  • Health and Diagnostics
    • Http Logging
    • Logging Tools
    • ODBC Logging
    • Request Monitor
    • Tracking
  • Performance
    • Static Content Compression
    • Dynamic Content Compression
  • Security
    • Request Filtering
    • Basic Authentication
    • Digest Authentication
    • Windows Authentication
  • Application Development
    • Select all options
  • Management Tools
    • IIS Management Console
    • IIS 6 Management Compatibility
      • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
      • IIS 6 Management Console
      • IIS 6 Scripting Tools
      • IIS 6 WMI Compatibility

• Then click “Next”
• On the Confirmation screen, click “Install”

• When the IIS installation completes, the wizard reflects the installation status on the Results screen
• Click Close to exit the wizard.

Running the BAM Portal in a 64-bit Environment

BAM Portal runs only runs on a 32-bit mode. If you are using Internet Information Services (IIS) in a 64-bit environment, you must set IIS to 32-bit mode to run the BAM portal. To do this, follow these steps:

• Open a command prompt and run the adsutil command. To do this, Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI and type “cmd” and click in “Command Prompt” option on Apps menu.
• Type the following at the command prompt:
  • cscript c:\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs SET W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1
• Close the command prompt.

Or:

· Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI.

• Type “Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager” or “IIS” and click in “Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager” option on Apps menu.
• Expand the server and click on “Application Pools” to display available application pools in center panel.
• Right-click on ‘DefaultAppPool’ and select “Advanced Settings”.

• Change the value of ‘Enable 32-bit Applications’ from False to True. Click OK.

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)

BizTalk Server Installation Scenario

This article explains how to install and configure Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 on a single computer (development standalone machine) running Windows Server 2012. This information will help you plan the installation and configuration of BizTalk Server 2013, applications and components on which it depends.

We will assume that the machine already have installed the operating system: Windows Server 2012 and latest critical Windows updates from Microsoft.

In this scenario I will perform a full installation of Microsoft BizTalk Server, with the exception of the deprecated SharePoint Adapter (SharePoint Services Service Side Object Model (SSOM)). The following components will be installed:

• Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO).
• BizTalk Group.
• BizTalk Runtime.
• Business Rule Engine.
• BAM Tools and Alerts.
• BAM Portal.
• BizTalk EDI/AS2 Runtime
• Microsoft BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications (BizTalk Adapter Pack)
• Microsoft UDDI Services
• Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit

Important considerations before set up the server

There are some important considerations or suggestions, since some of these operations are not mandatory, that we can set before starting the installation and configuration of the server.

One of the downsides of dealing with a new version of Windows Server is figuring out where things have moved in the new release.

Join the Local Administrators Group

To be able to install and configure BizTalk Server 2013, you have to log on the server using an administrator account on the local computer.

To add a member to a local group using the Windows interface

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI.
• Type “Computer Management” and click in “Computer Management” option on Apps menu.

• Right-click the group to which you want to add a member, click “Add to Group”, and then click “Add”.

• In the “Select Users, Computers, or Groups” dialog box, do the following:
  • To add a user account or group account to this group, under “Enter the object names to select” , type the name of the user account or group account that you want to add to the group, and then click “OK”.
  • To add a computer account to this group, click Object Types, select the Computers check box, and then click “OK”. Under “Enter the object names to select”, type the name of the computer account that you want to add to the group, and then click “OK”.

Change the Machine Name

An important consideration that you take into consideration is: if your computer name is longer than 15 characters, BizTalk Server Configuration will not work.

• Start by running the Server Manager from either the Start Screen or the Desktop.
• In the Server Manager Dashboard, click on “Local Server” on the left side.

• In the Server Properties for the Local Server, click in the “Computer name” property to be able to change it

• Click on the “Change” button to edit computer name and domain information, which will pop up this dialog:

Now you can finally change the name of the computer. You’ll have to reboot after you make this change.

Disable IPv6

IPv6 is the latest address protocol that will eventually replace IPv4. Windows Server 2012 kept this protocol enabled by default, but it is also a fact that IPv6 is not yet common and many software, routers, modems, and other network equipment do not support it yet. So it may be a wise approach to disable it for now. Also by turning off it will facilitate the process of detecting which port certain application are listening.

IPv6 can be disabled either through the DisabledComponents registry value or through the check box for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) component in the list of items on the Networking tab for the properties of connections in the Network Connections folder. The following figure shows an example:

Turn off Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration

Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration established a configuration for your server and for Microsoft Internet Explorer that decreases the exposure of your server to potential attacks that can occur through Web content and application scripts. As a result, some Web sites may not display or perform as expected.

By default, Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration is enabled on Windows Server 2012 and can be configured through Server Manager.

To disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) in Windows Server 2012

• Start by running the Server Manager from either the Start Screen or the Desktop.

• In the Server Manager Dashboard, click on Local Server on the left side.

• In the Server Properties for the Local Server, you’ll see the option for IE Enhanced Security Configuration. Click “On” to change the option.

• A dialog box appears, letting Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration be enabled/disable separately for normal users and administrators, turn off both. After disable both options, click “OK”.
• Click the Refresh button at the top of the Server Manager and the IE Enhanced Security Configuration should now show as “Off”

Disable User Account Control (UAC)

User Account Control (UAC) is a security component that allows an administrator to enter credentials during a non-administrator’s user session to perform occasional administrative tasks.

Whenever you need to configure a Windows Server 2012 setting, even if you are logged on as the administrator – you need elevated privileges.  This is by design, and part of the fierce security initiative in Windows Server 2012. Before you can complete any administrative task, the User Account Control manager pops-up with a ‘Continue’ message.

To Disable User Account Control (UAC):

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI.
• Type “Change User Account Control Settings” or “UAC” and click in “Change User Account Control Settings” option on Settings menu.

• Select “Never notify me when…” to disable UAC.

Turn Windows Firewall Off

I always advise you to turn Windows Firewall on BizTalk Server.

To turn Windows Firewall off:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI.
• Type “Windows Firewall” and click in “Windows Firewall” option on Settings menu.

• Select “Turn Windows Firewall on or off” option

• And select the option “Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended)” in both settings

Configure the Application Event Log

BizTalk Server setup keeps a record of events in the Application Event Log. Depending on the BizTalk Server features installed, the amount of space required in the log may exceed its limit. If the application event log runs out of space during BizTalk Server setup, the installation will fail. To prevent this from happening, you can change the settings in the Application Event Log.

To change settings in the Application Event Log:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI.
• Type “Event Viewer” and click in “Event Viewer” option on Apps menu.

• In the Event Viewer, expand Windows Logs.
• Right-click Application, and then click Properties. This opens the Log Properties dialog box.

• To see how much available space your log has, compare the Log Size field with the Maximum log size field.
• To provide more space in the event log, enter a higher number in the Maximum log size field.
• To enable overwriting of old events when the log becomes full, select Overwrite events as needed.
• To clear the log events, click Clear log.

• Click OK, to close the Event Viewer.

Install Critical Windows Updates

Before installing BizTalk Server or its prerequisites, make sure you have installed the latest critical Windows updates from Microsoft.

To install Windows updates:

• Press the “Windows key” to switch to Metro UI.
• Type “Windows Update” and click in “Install optional updates” option on Settings menu.

• Click “Check for updates” and if exist new updates available, install them

• If prompted, restart your computer

Related links

• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Enable Internet Information Services (Part 2)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Windows Identity Foundation (Part 3)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and configure SMTP Server Feature (Part 4)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (Part 5)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install Visual Studio 2012 (Part 6)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install SQL Server 2012 (Part 7)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Configure SQL Server Database Mail feature (Part 8)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration – Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2013 (Part 9)
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 10) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 11) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 12) – Coming soon
• BizTalk 2013 Installation and Configuration (Part 13) – Coming soon

BizTalk Server: Cannot see my BAM View in BAM Portal after I deploy it

It´s a common factor that before users can view data from a BAM model in the BAM Portal website, they must be granted access to the views. However, and contrary to what I thought, the user that makes the deploy of the BAM Definition don’t necessarily have access to this particular view in the BAM Portal! (I was being misled because usually I am the owner… hehe)

Instead the only user that always has access to the view and cannot be added to or removed from the view(s) is the Database Owner (BAMPrimaryImport)!

You can check who the database owner is by running the following query:

SELECT SUSER_SNAME(owner_sid),name
FROM sys.DATABASES

So after I run this query I realize that another user was the owner and to solve this “problem” I had to give permissions to my user to access this View in BAM Portal by running the following BAM Management Utility command:

bm.exe add-account -AccountName:DOMAIN\USER -View:MyView

Mystery solved