Item template for creating custom functoid classes

It’s hard to find useful Biztalk-related templates for VisualStudio especially one as useful as this item template that Sandro Pereira brought to my attention for creating Custom Functoid Classes. Thanks Sandro.

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Following my previous post here’s another small contribution: Item Template for Visual Studio 2010: Custom BizTalk Functoid.

The New Functoid Class item template for Visual Studio 2010 allows you to create new Functoids for BizTalk Server 2010 without having to code the entire class and therefore allowing you to focus on what really matters, the functoid behavior. Just start a new Visual Studio C# library project and add a functoid class to start building your BizTalk Server 2010 custom Functoid.

How can I install the Item Template?

To use this item template in your C# library projects just download the project (Don´t unzip) and copy the compressed file to C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\VisualC#.

Now when you add a new item to your project you will now see a new option: “Custom FunctoId Class”

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Creating a Windows 2008 R2 Server VM Template for vSphere/ESX

The original steps that I have followed come from this site: http://jeremywaldrop.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/how-to-build-a-windows-2008-vmware-esx-vm-template/

Although there are a few minor differences to the steps where I prefer the original ones I found, I somewhat prefer the more condensed version without screenshots here: http://www.jasonsamuel.com/2010/05/07/how-to-build-a-vmware-vsphere-vm-template-for-windows-server-2008-r2/