BizTalk Server Powershell extension

Question

It seems that the PowerShell Extension for BizTalk Server now ships with the BizTalk Server 2013 media, does that mean that it is now an official part of the product?

I have a few questions regarding the product:

If I get help for the CmdLet: Terminate-ServiceInstances it says that it supports CommonParameters, yet if I run it with the -whatif parameter I get the following error:

Terminate-ServiceInstance : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'whatif'

Also I am puzzled as to where I can find Maps in the PowerShell Extension?

If I use Get-ChildItem on an Application I get the following:

Name
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Back References
Orchestrations
Policies
Pipelines
References
Receive Locations
Receive Ports
Resources
Schemas
Send Port Groups
Send Ports

I also can't find any map references etc. in Send Ports nor Receive Ports?

Morten la Cour

Answer 1

I think the PowerShell provider was just included (bundled) but there is not Microsoft Support that I know of for it. It is community supported through the CodePlex site - http://psbiztalk.codeplex.com.

For both of your questions, these sound like gaps in the provider. Please add an issue on the CodePlex site. I help with some of the coding for the provider so I can work on adding this functionality.

Thanks,

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Answer 2

Just updating this thread, I added issues to the CodePlex site for the gaps mentioned in this thread.

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If this answers your question, please use the "Answer" button to say so | Ben Cline