Q. How does BizTalk
Server work with Office System products like
SharePoint and InfoPath?
In combination with InfoPath, developers
can design structured workflows including
form-based information. BizTalk Server has
native support for InfoPath enabling users
to:
Submit InfoPath documents to BizTalk Server
through web services Submit and receive InfoPath
documents through SharePoint Form Libraries
Manipulate the InfoPath form contents to create
new forms
Update information in an existing form within
BizTalk Server.
With BizTalk Server 2006, customers can tap
into SharePoint Portal Server to share BAM
reports, manage trading partner relationships,
and enhance human-based workflow capabilities
within specific business process automation
scenarios.
Q. What Microsoft
products does BizTalk Server provide integration
for?
BizTalk Server integrates directly with SQL
Server, Visual Studio, InfoPath, SharePoint
and Microsoft Office. In addition, Microsoft
is committed to providing adapters for the
most commonly used line-of-business applications
and technologies.
Q. Will BizTalk Server be able to grow continuously
with Enterprises?
BizTalk Server offers enterprise level scalability
and performance. The 2006 Enterprise edition
offers x64 capabilities, and when paired with
Intel or AMD-based servers, solutions can
easily be scaled up—in low cost increments—over
time. The Enterprise edition also provides
simple hardware scale-out capabilities and
has built-in load balancing.
Q: What should one do to upgrading from BizTalk
2004 to BizTalk 2006?
BizTalk 2004 requires .NET 1.1 for execution
and Visual Studio 2003 for development. BizTalk
2006 requires .NET 2.0 for execution and VS
2005 for development. After you complete the
upgrade:
• If you are using straight SOAP you
are good to go. You will need to configure
your SOAP receive locations to use ASP.NET
2.0. Please refer to BizTalk 2006 documentation
for details.
• If you use WSE 2.0 adapter you will
need to download and install service pack
for the adapter. All port configurations will
be preserved. You will be able to develop
BizTalk 2006 applications that use WSE 2.0
adapter.
• When
WCF adapter is released you can use it to
communicate to and from WCF-compliant services.
Q. What are the
Versions of Windows for BizTalk?
• 2000 - BizTalk Server 2000
• 2002 - BizTalk Server 2002
• 2004 - BizTalk Server 2004 (First
version to run on Microsoft .NET 1.0)
• 2006 - BizTalk Server 2006 (First
version to run on Microsoft .Net 2.0)
• 2007 - BizTalk Server 2007 (R2)
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