Biztalk newbie question

[timscronin]

We will be implementing an installation using Biztalk to receive and push XML data to and From SQL 2000. I have been a SQL DBA for 12 years, so hopefully I have some useful experience. Any good books recommended to get started? Also, is Visio 2002 required for this type of environment, or does it just make life easier?

 

[jalby]

I found BizTalk Unleashed by SAMs to be interesting as well as WROX publishing of BizTalk Server.

 

[ryebread]

i recommend the Wrox book. However, to truely understand the software reading the .chm files were far more helpful.

Also we use biztalk to manage data going into sql server. I recommend looking into the sql adapter for biztalk.

Visio is only required if you plan on using the orchestration features.