Normally I’m developing on a Windows Server system. But within our company we are moving as developers to Windows 7, because we segregate our duties to some other disciplines (like testing and building packages). I still like working on a server machine, because I will run into problems which also can occur in a production environment. On a Windows 7 machine I have to trust my colleagues that they will test everything (sorry guys 
). Note: I wouldn’t have a problem when our integration test server machine was part of the daily build (so automated integration tests). Nice discussion. Leave some comments on how you feel about this.
Back to installing BizTalk Server 2009 on Windows 7. The setup runs smoothly, BUT if you want to use the BAM portal then it is possible that you receive the next screen:
In my case it had to do with my 64-bit system. The BAM portal runs in 32 bit mode. To make this work do the following:
Enable IIS 6 compatibility mode via Windows features (Control Panel –> Programs and Features).
Start a command prompt as an Administrator:
Execute the next command: cscript.exe c:\Inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 1
Continue the BizTalk Server 2009 Configuration tool. Now you can select the BAM Portal Web Site (default or another one).
Best wishes for 2010 and happy BizTalk-ing!!!
