Microsoft Azure MVP, cloud and integration specialist and partner at XLENT Johan Hedberg presents on how to use VSTS to deploy BizTalk Server solutions.

1. Using VSTS to deploy BizTalk
Server solutions
Johan Hedberg
Consultant &Partner @ XLENT | Cloud and Integration specialist | Microsoft MVP

2. For you who…
- are not doing automated build & deploy
- have not yet looked at doing it with VSTS
- or do not know what FP2 brings
Using Visual Studio Team Service & BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2
Application projects to establish a Continuous Integration and
Continuous Deployment pipeline for a BizTalk Server 2016 solution

3. Session
Roadmap
Install & Configure
BizTalk Server 2016
Feature Pack 2
Create BizTalk
Solution, including
BizTalk Application
project
Configure BizTalk
Application project
& bindings
Commit code to
VSTS Git repo
Download and
install VSTS Agent,
and configure with
VSTS Token
Create Build
Definition & Build
BizTalk Solution
Create and Run
Unit Tests
Create Release
Definition & Deploy
BizTalk Solution
Adding scripts &
additional actions

4. Demo

5. What more
do I add
from here?
For example…
BizTalk Powershell Provider (SDKUtilitiesPowerShell)
REST Management Endpoint (FP2)
WMI interfaces
ExplorerOM dll
Bm.exe
Btstask.exe
Additional community REST APIs & PS Modules
Your own Powershell scripts…

6. Summary
• Using an automated CI/CD pipeline is always a good idea
• The concepts of CI/CD are not limited to VSTS as a tool
• Or to BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2
• BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2 gives you the BizTalk
Server Application project, and VSTS actions to deploy
the same.
• You still need to create a number of scripts –
download community content to get you started

7. Thank you!
• Questions and/or follow ups?
• Catch me at the event, or contact me at:
• Johan Hedberg
• johan@jeh.se
• @JoHed
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/mvpjohanhedberg