Resources Guide for Biztalk RFID
Starting Page for BizTalk RFID
http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/en/us/rfid.aspx - contains links to whitepapers, partners, case studies, links to blogs, etc.
Starting Page for BizTalk RFID Mobile
http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/en/us/rfid-mobile.aspx - contains links to trial software, architecture and scenarios.
Overview Materials- Microsoft RFID platform landing site (whitepapers, partners [hardware, ISV, software], case studies, links to blogs, etc.).
- Microsoft’s RFID infrastructure is built on BizTalk Server 2006 R2, Microsoft’s foundational integration, business process management, and collaboration platform.
- BizTalk is one of the Microsoft platform components that supports certified interoperability with SAP, including our latest Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)-based Adapter to support broad-based interoperability.
Trial Software
- BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (includes BizTalk RFID)
- BizTalk RFID Mobile (x86 and x64)
- BizTalk RFID Standards Pack (x86 and x64)
- Visual Studio 2005
Technical
- Scalability - BizTalk is a fully scalable, widely deployed platform that is purpose-built for performance and scalability (BizTalk RFID Performance Guidelines).
- High Availability - BizTalk provides high availability for mission critical applications (BizTalk RFID: Clustering BizTalk RFID for High Availability)
- BizTalk RFID documentation on TechNet
- BizTalk RFID samples on TechNet
- BizTalk RFID tutorials on MSDN
- BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Installation and Upgrade Guide
- BizTalk RFID open source community on CodePlex
- Video channel on YouTube
Blogs
- Sudhir Hasbe (http://blogs.msdn.com/sudhir)
- Mark Simms (http://blogs.msdn.com/masimms)
- Krishnan Gopalan (http://blogs.msdn.com/krishg/default.aspx)
- J. Kalyana Sundaram (http://blogs.msdn.com/kalyanaj)
IT Asset Tracking- HP Webinar for IT & Data Center Asset Management (originally held on September 24, 2008)
Microsoft Sample RFID Case Studies
- iGPS – Second largest RFID implementation in North America with over 1 million assets, 2 million transactions per month, and 75 locations
- Kildeer Mountain Manufacturing – Boeing/DOD supplier case study
- CHEP – Asset tracking
- SYMX – Patient safety and inventory visibility
- Continental AG – Automated goods receipt and inventory tracking
