Steef-Jan Wiggers is IT architect/Consultant has over 15 years of experience as a technical lead developer and application architect, specializing in custom applications, enterprise application integration (BizTalk), Web services and Windows Azure. He has experience in architecting, designing, developing, and supporting sophisticated and innovative software using many different Microsoft technologies and products. Steef-Jan is very active in BizTalk community as blogger, Wiki author/editor, forums, writer and public speaker. He has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award (2010) for his contributions to the world-wide BizTalk Server community. He has been re-awarded July 2011, July 2012, July 2013, July 2014 and July 2015. Steef-Jan has been elected "MVP of the Year" in 2011 and 2013 by his peers in BizTalk/Integration expertise and Microsoft.
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Blogs
Steef-Jan shares his knowledge around SOA, Azure AppFabric (ServiceBus) and BizTalk through:
- his personal: http://soa-thoughts.blogspot.com/
- BizTalk Administrators: http://www.biztalkadminsblogging.com/
TechNet Wiki
Steef-Jan is member of the TechNet Wiki advisory board.
All Steef-Jan's Wiki articles he authored or co-authored:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/tags/Steef_2D00_Jan+Wiggers/default.aspx
Steef-Jan's MVP Profile:
http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/steef-jan%20wiggers-4028898
Steef-Jan's MSDN Profile:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/Steef-Jan%20Wiggers
WikiNinjas - Official Blog of TechNet Wiki
Steef-Jan has written the following blog posts:
- Wiki-Ninjas on Technology: BizTalk Server
- Wiki-Ninjas on Technology: Windows Azure- and Server AppFabric
- Wiki-Ninja’s on Technology: SQL Azure
- Featured Wiki Article:BizTalk Server 2010 Throttling
- Interview with a BizTalk MVP Wiki Ninja!!! - Sandro Pereira
- TechNet Wiki: BizTalk Server Administration
- TechNet Wiki: BizTalk Server Development
- TechNet Wiki: BizTalk Server Deployment
- Interview with a BizTalk Advisor Wiki Ninja!!! - Tord G. Nordahl
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - BizTalk Virtual Mapper VS Custom-XSLT
- TechNet Wiki: Microsoft Integration Stack
- Wiki-Ninjas on Technology: Windows Azure Service Bus EAI & EDI
- Future TechNet Wiki articles: Windows Azure, Windows 8, Office 15 and Visual Studio 2012
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - BizTalk: List of Errors and Warnings, Causes and Solutions
- Wiki-Ninjas on Technology: BizTalk Server Part 2 Update
- Wiki-Ninjas on Technology: SharePoint Server
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - Behaviour Driven Development with BizTalk
- Friday with International Community Update - Number of BizTalk community contributors increases
- Windows 8 - The new OS
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - BizTalk Server: Transform text files (Flat Files) into XML
- Shift from BizTalk to Integration from a Microsoft Integration MVP perspective
- TechNet WikiNinjas: TechNet Wiki Offline Promotion
- Interview with a Microsoft Integration MVP: Dan Rosanova
- Wiki Life: One year anniversary of a BizTalk TechNet Wiki Ninja
- Interview with a Microsoft Integration MVP: Michael Stephenson
- New BizTalk Beta Release - BizTalk 2013
- BizTalk community members meet during the BizTalk Summit 2012
- BizTalk and TechNet Wiki: The Year 2012 in retrospective
- BizTalk Server 2013: The new cloud related adapters
- Microsoft offers REST Support in BizTalk Server 2013
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - Windows Azure Service Bus Resources
- TNWiki, Community, and being an MVP: a marathon run!
- BizTalk Server 2013 is here!
- Interview with a Wiki Ninja: Mandi Ohlinger
- SQL Server and BizTalk Server
- TechNet Wiki Evangelism: How to enhance visibility in communities?
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - BizTalk Server: REST Services Error Handling
- Hybrid Solutions with BizTalk Server 2013, Windows Azure Service Bus and REST
- BizTalk PaaS: BizTalk Services
- Integration is my business and business is good!
- Interview with a Wiki Ninja: Howard S. Edidin
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - BizTalk Administrator Interview Questions and Answers (50 Q&a ...
- Learning about BizTalk Server has never been easier now with the TechNet Wiki
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - BizTalk Server: Glossary
- BizTalk Professionals Toolbox
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - How to use REST in BizTalk Server 2013 to send a message to W ...
- Brothers in Wiki
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - Integration Product Options on the Microsoft Platform
- TechNet Wiki BizTalk Administration: Authors, articles, and commitment!
- TNWiki Article Spotlight - BizTalk Server 2013: How to use SFTP Adapter
- Interview with a Microsoft Integration MVP - Leonid Ganeline
- Guardians of the BizTalk TechNet Wiki Articles
- MVP, BizTalk Integration Summit and the Technet Wiki
- TechNet Wiki BizTalk Server Year Overview: New versions, contributors and content
Code Gallery
Steef-Jan has made the following contributions to code gallery:
- BizTalk Table Operations - Messaging
- BizTalk Server 2010 Adapter Pack: Call SQL Azure View
- BizTalk SalesForce Integration: Login authentication
- ExecuteReader, ExecuteNonQuery, ExecuteScalar Operation with BizTalk Messaging
- Polling SQL Azure Table - BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010
- BizTalk AppFabric Connect for Services: Expose SQL Server Database View
- Sample - Table Operations on Oracle 11g XE with OracleDbBinding
- WCF-SQL Adapter Stored Procedure : SQL Azure
- BizTalk Messaging Archive Custom Solution
- Custom Configuration options for BizTalk Solution
- BizTalk Server - Determine Version and Edition
- Determine size of database and underlying tables
- Show assemblies for deployed orchestrations
- Show Receive Locations and/or Send Ports that are down
- Query for Failed/Successful BizTalk Database Jobs
- BizTalk Server 2013: WCF-BasicHttpRelay Adapter Sample
- BizTalk Server 2013: WCF-NetTcpRelay Adapter Sample
- BizTalk Server 2013: WCF-WebHttp Adapter Sample
- BizTalk Server 2013: Sign and verifying a message
- BizTalk Server 2013: Connect to Window Azure Blob Storage Sample
Books and White Papers
Books
Author:
Technical reviewer:
White papers
Author:
Technical reviewer:
- Proactively keep an eye on health of your Microsoft BizTalk Server Environments
- Guidance for integration architecture on the Microsoft Business Platform
- BizTalk Monitoring Solutions
- BizTalk Server Monitoring Solutions (SCOM vs BizTalk360)
- Installing BizTalk Server 2013 in a Standalone Machine (complete user guide)
BizTalk Innovation Day
BizTalk Innovation Day is a one-day event focused purely on Microsoft BizTalk Server related topics that has been conducted in several major European cities since Feb 2011: Nieuwegein (Netherland), Milan (Italy), Stavanger (Norway), London (UK) and Porto (Portugal).
Steef-Jan is member of BizTalk Crew that are responsible to organize this events along with MVP's: Sandro Pereira, Tord Glad Nordahl, Saravana Kumar and Nino Crudele.
You can follow BizTalk Innovation Day through its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BizTalkInnovationDay
You can follow Steef-Jan in the upcoming events:
- Azure Integration Day in Calgary Canada
BizTalk User Group
Steef-Jan is member of the BizTalk User Group the Netherlands. The board is responsible for organizing meetings that can be attended by anyone with an interest in the Microsoft integration platform. Ranging from BizTalk to Windows Azure BizTalk Services.
Other Contributions
Steef-Jan also contributed to the following projects:
Certifications
Steef-Jan has the following certifications:
- MCTS: Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006
- MCTS: Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2
- MCTS: Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010
- MCTS: Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013
In Steef-Jan's Twitter account, @SteefJan, he tweets mostly about BizTalk Server, Windows Azure, and SQL Azure: http://twitter.com/#%21/steefjan
Contact
If you need to contact Steef-Jan contact him through email: SteefJan add msn dot com or link through LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steefjan
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