Author Archives: Shashi Raina

Shashi Raina

About Shashi Raina

Shashi’s area of expertise is BPAI (Business Processes Automation and Integration). He has worked with multiple technologies across multiple domains, and his primary specialization is in Microsoft technologies. He has over 12 years of experience in working with connected system technologies. His role at EDI Specialists includes, but is not limited to, providing leadership and vision, project management, and system architecture. Shashi currently holds the following certifications: PMP (Project Management), MCTS (Biztalk) and SOA. Shashi earned his MBA in Information Systems from State University of New York at Albany.

Microsoft PDC Rebranded as Microsoft BUILD

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Shashi Raina

Beginning with the 2011 conference, Microsoft has decided to rebrand the Professional Developer Conference (PDC) as Microsoft BUILD (http://www.buildwindows.com/). The name change of this popular conference from Microsoft PDC to Microsoft BUILD does not appear to convey a different meaning. … Continue reading →

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BizTalk is Dead? Really?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Shashi Raina

Seriously, every time I hear the phrase “BizTalk is Dead” or “BizTalk is Obsolete”, I want to scream. The speculation of BizTalk’s downfall multiplies exponentially with each new release of Connected System stack technology. With the announcements of Oslo and recent … Continue reading →

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Processing Empty Files in BizTalk

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Shashi Raina

Over the past few weeks, I have been working on a particular BizTalk integration project, which required me to process empty BizTalk files (0 byte). The default behavior of FILE adapter is to delete empty BizTalk files, and then raise … Continue reading →

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BizTalk and EDI Implementation

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Shashi Raina

Microsoft BizTalk Server entered the EDI workspace riding over Covast’s shoulder. Starting with the BizTalk 2006 version, Microsoft replaced Covast with built-in EDI support for BizTalk. EDI support became tightly integrated with BizTalk’s core engine. Since then, Electronic data interchange … Continue reading →

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