Using BizTalk Server to build support for a new business model in the Dairy industry

1. Using BizTalk Server to build support for a new business model in the Dairy industry Anders Kingstedt, Consultant Manager Alan Smith, BizTalk expert and MS MVP

2. Road map • Overview, the FRAS project • The FRAS Hub, Technology Overview • Integration Patterns in BizTalk Server 2004 • Lessons learned • Q & A • “Extras” • The Integration Factory™ - overview • Using BizTalk to create SOA based Integration solutions

3. About us • Alan Smith: • Senior developer, BizTalk Mentor at Know IT • MCSD and MS MVP BizTalk. MCT BizTalk. • Experience from several BizTalk 2004 projects Technical profile: BizTalk, C# • Anders Kingstedt: • Responsible for Know IT’s Integration offering • Alliance manager with Microsoft • Consultant manager • Technical profile: <obsolete >

4. FRAS – Business Objective • The Swedish Dairies will launch a new business model in 2005: • Using common transport capacity (logistics) • Selling dairy products nation wide • This called for: • An integration solution • Support for various message formats • Support for various business messages • Support for future changes without having to do a complete rewrite of the solution • Our solution: • Relies on MS BizTalk Server 2004 as the integration mechanisms – allowing for changes in the underlying IT structure • Provides a communications infrastructure that allows for future growth • Provides web-access to operational status for critical information (stock, invoice, order etc.)

5. FRAS – Business Process Support

6. FRAS – Project Challenges • Challenge: No previous large scale BizTalk 2004 experience • Solution: Hire ”the right people”, invest in training, use MS, rely on a SOA architecture • Challenge: Many people and companies involved in the project • Solution: Establish a project plan…and stick to it, focus on risk, inform & communicate • Challenge: Tough requirements on throughput and availability • Solution: Evaluate (test) various ways of communicating messages, bet on a multi server environment

7. FRAS – Technical Overview

8. Integration Patterns in BizTalk Server 2004 • <start> • Alan Smith’s presentation • </start>

9. Lessons learned • Setting up an Integration Factory™ is definitely a great a idea for large scale integration projects • Using checklists, templates, integration / enterprise patterns is an investment that pays off in the long run. • Sharepoint provides project information exchange. • Going from the test & development environment to production is challenging • Creating a reusable process to go from dev to test to release did the trick… • BizTalk Server 2004 is a rich but sometimes challenging integration environment • Investing in a good architectural base crucial • Training is a good idea - we recommend the DeepDive training program (provided by Microsoft) • In our experience, it takes roughly a year to become a proficient BizTalk developer…

10. Integration is about more than just integration…

11. Contact information • Alan Smith, alan.smith@knowit.se • Anders Kingstedt, anders.kingstedt@knowit.se Thank you for listening! Ps. Don’t miss our SOA seminar June 3 arranged by KnowIT, SAP and Microsoft. For more information and registration – visit www.knowit.se

12. Comments or questions? Q & A

13. The Integration Factory™

14. The Integration Factory™ - Offer The Integration Factory™ • Relies on a set model for integration • Is an integration ”On-stop-shop” – we provide solutions from start to finish • Provides activity support • Facilitates customer specific Integration Factories • we help our clients to establish their own factories

15. The Integration Factory™ - Activities Inception Elaboration Construction Transition Supports activities such as: • Proof-of-concept / proof-of-product • Security and access solution • Process analysis & development • Message design • Testing • Implementation av integration & enteprise patterns • Mentoring – technology, methodology and project support • Maintenance and long-term support of the integration solution

16. The Integration Factory™ – combines Pejl and RUP

17. Typical Integration Factory™ Artifacts Inception Elaboration Transition Construction Status- rapport Project Contract Conclusionreport Status report Pejl DeliveryAcceptance Agreement The Sales Process TestPlan CodeDatabaseWeb Component Test spec.Test prot. SoftwareArchitectureDocument Use Case Model FunctionalDesign User ManualOperation Manual K-RUP (integration) Integration Use Cases Integration Patterns

18. Use Case Model: System Use Case Integration Use Case

19. Integration – General requirements • Design and architecture • Meddelandespecificering • System- och informations- design • IT-arkitektur • Operations • Kartläggning - behovsanalys • Processutveckling • Verksamhetsmodellering • Mainenance • Löpande underhåll • Löpande utveckling och övervakning Integration requirements • Technology & IT infrastructure • Orkestrering • Konstruktion & Implementation • Verktygsstöd (EAI-verktyg) • Etablering av infrastruktur • Test and Quality Assurance • Etablering av testplaner och genomförande av test • Konfigurering, kravhantering