In an earlier post I posted a PowerShell script that automatically deploys BizTalk applications:

http://www.biztalkadminsblogging.com/index.php/item/44-installation-script

This version of the script stops when a older version of a BizTalk application that you are installing is detected. I had some discussions with other BizTalk admins and most of them wanted a ‘overwrite’ feature. I added this to a newer version of the script.

Note: You can find a new version here

In my first series of blog posts I blogged about useful (sample) PowerShell scripts, working towards a simple BizTalk application deployment script. This script is now finished. You can download the script and the example xml-files below or here. The script does the following:
• Import the msi
• Import the binding file
• Install the msi
• Create directories
• Create event sources
• Restart host instances

I recently published an article on TechNet Wiki explaining how to install Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 on a basic multi-server. However, when I was analyzing my BizTalk environment with BizTalk Server Best Practice Analyser tool, has appeared a warning that caught my attention:

Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) Signature Validation is Enabled on Server BTS2010LAB01.
On server BTS2010LAB01, Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) signature is enabled, which may cause some user-authentication delay

And led me to go deeper in trying to see what was causing this strange issue and I found a number of TCP settings that needs to be done (or is recommended) which can also prevent from occurring general network errors on BizTalk Server Environments.