Biztalk Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 101 : - What is meant by Virtual Directory? Why do we use?
Answer - 101 : -
The publishing wizard publishes service at IIS (isolated host) in the virtual directory (the directory at which schema reference is given and config file for this). this is also called as service end where we receive messages.
Question - 102 : - What is correlation?
Answer - 102 : -
- An Orchestration can have more than one instance running simultaneously. Even though each of those multiple instances perform the same action, it does it on different data contained within a message. Correlation is a process of associating an incoming message with the appropriate instance of an orchestration.
- For Example: If your orchestration issues a purchase order, receives an invoice, and sends a payment, the developer must make certain that the invoice message is received by the orchestration instance which corresponds to the orchestration that sent the Purchase Order. Without correlation, it would be possible to send out an invoice for thousands of items even though the purchase order is for one.
Question - 103 : - How does one enable subscriptions in BizTalk?
Answer - 103 : -
A filter on the Send Port is the first step to enable subscriptions in BizTalk.
Question - 104 : - What are un-typed messages, how does one create them?
Answer - 104 : -
A message created in BizTalk Orchestration is bound to a schema, this is a typed message. In un-typed messages, the message is bound to System.Xml.XmlDocument instead of a schema.
Question - 105 : - In which scenarios, would use a “promoted property” vs “distinguished fields”?
Answer - 105 : -
The rule here is, if you dont want the schema element to appear in send port filters/debugging information then make it a distinguished field.
Question - 106 : - What is property promotion, why is it required?
Answer - 106 : -
When a property is Promoted, it is exposed to the orchestration/send port filters etc.
Question - 107 : - Can multiple messages be processed or batched without an envelope schema?
Answer - 107 : -
It is possible to process multiple messages, without an envelope.
Question - 108 : - Can a flat file message be processed without a pipeline?
Answer - 108 : -
A Pipeline’s job is to convert any external format into XML, be it a flat file or EDI or anything else.
Question - 109 : - Services, what SQL components do you need on the Biztalk Server?
Answer - 109 : -
SQL Analysis Services Client Tools
Question - 110 : - What user rights do you need to perform most actions in HAT?
Answer - 110 : -
BizTalk Server Administrator
When installing Biztalk in a multi-server configuration with a remote SQL and Analysis