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"Specified cast is not valid" error message when you deploy an Orchestration that was created in BizTalk Server 2004

Symptoms

When you try to deploy an Orchestration that was created in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:
[Microsoft.BizTalk.Deployment.DeploymentException] Unable to deploy early bindings.

[Microsoft.BizTalk.Deployment.Binding.BindingException] Failed updating binding information.
BindingException: Specified cast is not valid.

[System.InvalidCastException] Specified cast is not valid.

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Cause

This behavior occurs because BizTalk Server 2004 requires that the COM+ Rollup QXP6 for Microsoft Windows XP or the COM+ Rollup 29 for Microsoft Windows 2000 be installed, depending on your operating system.

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Resolution

To avoid this behavior, install the COM+ Rollup package for your operating system and language.

The following tables list the COM+ Rollup packages that are available in the Microsoft Download Center. Click the link to download the package for your operating system and language.

COM+ Rollup QXP6 for Windows XP

LanguagePackage
English146346_ENU_i316_zip.exe
Chinese (Traditional)146341_CHT_i386_zip.exe
Chinese (Simplified)146340_CHS_i386_zip.exe
French146349_FRA_i386_zip.exe
German146344_DEU_i386_zip.exe
Japanese146353_JPN_i386_zip.exe
Korean146354_KOR_i386_zip.exe
Spanish146347_ESN_i386_zip.exe

COM+ Rollup 29 for Windows 2000

LanguagePackage
English158264_ENU_i386_zip.exe
Chinese (Traditional)158272_CHT_i386_zip.exe
Korean158267_KOR_i386_zip.exe

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Status

This behavior is by design.

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Article Info
Article ID : 837119
Revision : 1
Created on : 3/25/2017
Published on : 6/4/2013
Exists online : False
Views : 314