MSMQ from the plumber's mate
MSMQ is part of your business' IT plumbing which makes you the plumber and I'm your mate.
Signing off
After nearly two decades providing customer support at Microsoft, I've decided to take a well-earned...
Date: 03/30/2010
MSMQ on Windows Phone? Very unlikely.
The announcement of Windows Phone 7 Series is going to cause some interesting problems for existing...
Date: 03/24/2010
Understanding how MSMQ security blocks RPC traffic
MSMQ makes use of several protocols to do its work, including: MSMQ - confusingly the protocol name...
Date: 03/24/2010
TechReady: BizTalk Server 2009 R2 renamed to BizTalk Server 2010
This is something I'm glad about - the R2 numbering system just confuses people. Following is list...
Date: 03/23/2010
Big change for MSMQ newsgroup posters
This announcement has been posted to all the Microsoft-hosted MSMQ newsgroups by my colleague Ed...
Date: 03/19/2010
Powershell script to create and delete MSMQ queues
My colleague Sajay has put a Powershell script on his blog to help you create and delete MSMQ...
Date: 03/19/2010
Support for MSMQ on Windows XP Embedded devices
A few times now I've encountered people complaining that MSMQ isn't supported on Windows XPe. This...
Date: 03/15/2010
Supported hash algorithms in MSMQ
Here's some data I had to pull together today about authentication (message signing) and thought may...
Date: 03/11/2010
MSMQ’s internal ping mechanism over port 3527
If you are using Network Monitor or Wire Shark to view MSMQ traffic, you will see that there is a...
Date: 03/05/2010
Highlights & Top Issues for MSMQ on the Microsoft Support site
You'd think that by now I'd know where all the web content for MSMQ was on Microsoft.com but no....
Date: 02/27/2010
Good MSMQ documentation
A common request I receive is for links to MSMQ documentation. What I find is that people haven't...
Date: 02/24/2010
MSMQ in Server Manager - "Now you see me, now you don't"
Here's an oddity that one of my Japanese colleagues spotted. If you have installed MSMQ in Windows...
Date: 02/22/2010
Resources for Performance Monitoring
In the past I would have been digging for hours through performance monitor logs looking for...
Date: 02/16/2010
Windows Phone 7 Series Announced
Just watched some nice demos of Microsoft's next generation of mobile phones - the Windows Phone 7...
Date: 02/15/2010
MSMQ complains it cannot serve any more Dependent Clients
If you are seeing this error (or something similar): "MQError.DependentClientLicenseOverflow -...
Date: 02/12/2010
Moving MSMQ applications from 32-bit to 64-bit archirtecture
Migrating MSMQ applications from 32-bit to 64-bit systems shouldn't be a big deal. In theory you...
Date: 02/05/2010
You can't move a delivered MSMQ message
Quite often I see people discussing moving messages between queues and this mildly grates on my...
Date: 02/05/2010
Future of the MSMQ-MQSeries Bridge
With the announcement of Host Integration Server 2009 R2, there has been an update to the list of...
Date: 02/04/2010
Host Integration Server 2006 Service Pack 1 released
This service pack is now available for download from the Microsoft download centre. OverviewHost...
Date: 02/03/2010
SP1 for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 has been released
The service pack is available now from the Microsoft Download Centre. There's a list of fixes...
Date: 01/29/2010
MSMQ branch missing in Computer Management
Rob Fox has blogged today about how he resolved a problem where the MSMQ snap-in missing in MMC...
Date: 01/28/2010
How to tell if MSMQ is actually in use on a server
Let's say MSMQ is part of your company's standard server build but you have been given the objective...
Date: 01/27/2010
MSDN Video covering the removal from MSMQ 5.0 of the Windows 2000 client support service
And 3rd in the trio created for Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2, we have: Microsoft Message Queuing...
Date: 01/25/2010
MSDN Video discussing improved queue handling in MSMQ 5.0
Here's a short (3 minute) video from December covering an improvement on performance introduced in...
Date: 01/25/2010
MSDN Video demonstrating MSMQ 5.0 and SHA-2 incompatibility
Just noticed that MSMQ is featured on Microsoft Showcase as part of the "Windows 7 - Known...
Date: 01/25/2010
"Where have my MSMQ messages gone?"
A reasonably common question, this. It is important to note that MSMQ doesn't lose your data....
Date: 01/22/2010
Transactional MSMQ on a cluster
Before Windows 2008 (MSMQ 4.0) there was only one option if you needed to read messages...
Date: 01/20/2010
Real-world application of MSMQ - Warthogs and laser tagging
Over at PDC09, one of my colleagues, Paul Foster, had a chance to talk to Tim Higgins about his WiFi...
Date: 01/13/2010
Update released for MSMQ 3.0 Management Pack
This week the Management Pack for MSMQ 3.0 (Windows 2003/XP) was updated to version 6.0.6615.0. I...
Date: 12/16/2009
Deleting Stale MSMQ Active Directory Objects
[Sharing some information that comes in handy internally] If you have installed the MSMQ AD...
Date: 12/16/2009
"MSMQ Activation for WCF Workflow Service Application" article
A new article has been released today which describes how to set up MSMQ activation for WCF Workflow...
Date: 12/11/2009
The Microsoft Application Platform event at Reading
Going on the success of the Microsoft Business Integration Road Show last week, it seems worthwhile...
Date: 12/11/2009
Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1
Being a heavy user of virtual machines, this utility sounded useful so thought I would share....
Date: 12/08/2009
Windows Azure trial and training kit now available
The trial of Windows Azure has been opened until the end of January 2010. Register for the trial and...
Date: 12/04/2009
If you're interested in solving "Insufficient Resources" problems with MSMQ ...
then you definitely want to read these blog posts by Mark Russinovich: Pushing the Limits of...
Date: 12/03/2009
Licensing BizTalk by the CPU
[[Edited December 3rd, 2009 to correct core/processor misinformation]] A common subject that I see...
Date: 12/01/2009
Building a Pub/Sub Message Bus with WCF and MSMQ
Somebody mentioned a useful link to me today that I thought I would share: Building a Pub/Sub...
Date: 11/25/2009
Microsoft Business Integration Road Show reaches Reading
An opportunity (aimed at IT decision makers) to learn more about Biztalk Server: Microsoft Business...
Date: 11/18/2009
Free eBook download - "Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2"
Sadly no MSMQ 5.0 content but may still be of interest: Download the Free MS Press eBook:...
Date: 11/17/2009
Deleting MSMQ Queues with PowerShell
Here's a short blog post by Ivan Suhinin about deleting MSMQ queues with PowerShell: Friday, 13...
Date: 11/15/2009
MSMQ and Silverlight - pardon?
I was stalking the MSMQ topic on Twitter and found someone bemoaning the absence of MSMQ in...
Date: 11/04/2009
Which editions have full 64-bit support in BizTalk?
There are times when a table explains things so much better than just text. From BizTalk Server...
Date: 11/04/2009
Message Queuing Downlevel Client Support won't work with MSMQ error code 0xC00E1001
To test out a problem for a customer, I had to add a Windows 2000 server and MSMQ 2.0 to one of my...
Date: 11/03/2009
How much load does MSMQ put on Active Directory?
I recently had a request from a customer who is planning on changing his MSMQ servers from workgroup...
Date: 11/03/2009
TechEd Europe 2009 - Berlin here we come!
Only a few days to go before I'll be helping out on the "Ask The Experts" booths in Berlin. If you...
Date: 11/03/2009
Host Integration Server 2009 Management Pack for SCOM 2007 is now available in the Management Pack catalogue
The Host Integration Server 2009 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides the...
Date: 10/30/2009
MSMQ messages using HTTP just won't get delivered #17
If you are having trouble sending transactional messages from a Windows XP client, bear in mind that...
Date: 10/29/2009
Troubleshooting MSMQ over HTTP - nothing in the web server log files?
If you are scratching your head because the files in the %windir%\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 directory...
Date: 10/21/2009
Error 0xC00E0033 when you try and install MSMQ with Active Directory Integration
As is the way, when I set up various tests with my trusty servers I bump into problems that haven't...
Date: 10/21/2009
Setting storage quotas for multiple instances of MSMQ on a cluster
Microsoft Message Queuing is capable of handling a large volume of messages at any one time but this...
Date: 10/20/2009