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Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge

Readers of Understanding BizTalk Server 2010 are expected to already have knowledge of EAI technologies and the general challenges of heterogeneous application integration.

The prerequisite skills and knowledge required for various roles is detailed below.

Prerequisites for Developers

A developer of BizTalk solutions must be at least moderately experienced with the use of

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and the development of .NET solutions
Programming with the .NET Framework
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
XML Schema Definition Language (XSD)
Web Service use and development

Prerequisites for IT Professionals

The following table shows the areas of proficiency expected for a system administrator or IT professional.

System administrator task	Prerequisite knowledge
Design the deployment infrastructure	An understanding of reliability, availability, security, performance, compatibility, networking, and hardware and software management concepts.
Deploy the infrastructure	Must know how to: Deploy Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Manage user and group accounts in Windows domains Configure networking and connectivity Implement network and file security in a Windows network environment Deploy Microsoft SQL Server Deploy Windows SharePoint Services
Deploy a larger installation	Must know how to configure SQL Server clustering and understand load balancing technologies.
Deploy and manage a BizTalk application	Must know how to manage server applications in a Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 environment and understand how to create and manage Web sites and virtual directories.

An IT Pro responsible for the deployment of BizTalk solutions must be at least moderately experienced with the use of the following:

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2
SQL Server
Windows SharePoint Services
Performance monitoring and optimization techniques
Back and restore concepts and techniques
Internet Information Services (IIS) if exposing orchestration as Web or WCF services.

Prerequisites for Business Analysts

Business Analysts responsible for encoding business rules or monitoring business activity must be at least moderately experienced with the use of

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Access
OLAP tools/programs for running reports
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Project
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook
Boolean logic

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