BizTalk Step-by-Step Recipe: Installing and Configuring BizTalk Server 2010

(BizTalk Server 2010 trial version for 120 Days)

Prerequisite

We need to have the following software/files before we proceed into installation. In this training, we are going to use local system rather using a virtual machine. If you have Virtual Machine, then download all the below listed prerequisites into virtual machine.

Don't have Virtual Machine?
If you need to download & install SQL Server & BizTalk directly into your local rather Virtual PC, then just ignore the Virtual PC section. Otherwise you need to download MSSQL Server 2008, Redistributable CAB file, and BizTalk Server into Virtual PC.

Virtual PC

Don't have Virtual Machines? or Do you want to use Virtual Machine? It is always a better choice to learn new software. If you don't have Virtual Machine installed in your PC, you may need to download and install from

Windows Virtual PC 2007: It runs on Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows Vista SP1 (Enterprise, Business, Ultimate) and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3).
VMWare: it runs on Windows Vista, Windows 7

Note: If you need to configure your Virtual PC memory settings or any other settings:

First Shutdown the virtual PC.
Locate the file (.vhd) in your local drive. Default location will be C:\Users\< Current Username >\Virtual Machines
Right click on the file and choose the option "Settings". This will open a window with all default settings.
Now specify all the settings you needed to install required software (you cannot change the settings if your Virtual PC is in Logged off or Hibernate mode)

SQL Server 2008 (Trial Version)

Click on this link to get the SQL Server Enterprise Evaluation version.

BizTalk Server 2010 Setup

Click on this link to get BizTalk Server 2010 Trial Version.

Redistributable CAB File

You may need to download prerequisites redistributable CAB file from this location if you don't have internet access.

BizTalk Server 2010

Windows Server 2008 R2

64-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=189409&clcid=0x409

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows 7

BizTalk Server 2009

Windows XP

32-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137256
64-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137262

Windows Server 2003

32-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=137166
64-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137260

Windows Vista

32-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137259
64-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137263

Windows Server 2008

32-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=137254
64-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137261

BizTalk Server 2006 R2

Windows XP

32-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81450
64-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81441

Windows Server 2003

32-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81468
64-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81459

Windows Vista

32-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81432
64-bit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81423

User Account Control Settings

If you are planning to install on Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you can simply set the user account control settings. Set "Never notify" in user account control settings. By doing this, a confirmation notification popup will not appear on screen for each and every steps in the installation.

Windows Firewall Rules: Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)

The distributed transaction coordinator rules for Inbound and Outbound should be enabled in Windows Firewall. For that you need to open Server Manager (see the above section to know how to open Server Manager). Then expand the "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" node in the tree view.

Inbound DTC Rule: All three rules in Inbound for DTC should be enabled as shown below.

Outbound DTC Rule: TCP-Out rules in Outbound for DTC should be enabled as shown below.

Component Services: Enabling DTC Service

All the transaction in BizTalk Server are Distributed Transactions. So we need to enable the DTC Service in the both SQL Server box and BizTalk Server box. The distributed transaction coordinator service should be enabled and configured to have Network DTC Access. To verify whether DTC Service properties set correct:

1. Open the Component Services.

2. Expand the node “Component Services ->Computers -> My Computer” and select Distributed Transaction Coordinator.

3. Right-click on “Local DTC” and select “Properties”

4. Select the “Security” tab and configure as despite in the picture.

Note: After the change, click on “Apply” button to start the DTC service. You may be prompted with a warning message. Say Yes to proceed

Note: You need to make sure the DTC is enabled on SQL Server side.

Roles

You need to have few roles in the server machine. The roles are

Application Server: Provides central management and hosting of high-performance distributed business applications such as those built with Enterprise Services and .NET Framework 3.5.1

File services: Provides technologies that help you manage storage, enable file replication, manage shared folders, ensure fast file searching, and enable access for UNIX client computers.

Web Server (IIS): This role is required to expose and/or consume Web Service/WCF. Also provides a reliable, manageable, and scalable Web application infrastructure