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<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/85e0/d8bf3fccccaf7c5c9ad2a9a93472f9ccdaef.pdf |title=Inter-Organizational Information and Middleware System Projects: Success, Failure, Complexity, and Challenges}}</ref> that enables companies to automate business processes, through the use of ''adapters'' which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in an enterprise. Created by [[Microsoft]], it provides [[enterprise application integration]], [[business process automation]], [[business-to-business]] communication, [[message broker]] and [[business activity monitoring]].
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/85e0/d8bf3fccccaf7c5c9ad2a9a93472f9ccdaef.pdf |title=Inter-Organizational Information and Middleware System Projects: Success, Failure, Complexity, and Challenges}}</ref> that enables companies to automate business processes, through the use of ''adapters'' which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in an enterprise. Created by [[Microsoft]], it provides [[enterprise application integration]], [[business process automation]], [[business-to-business]] communication, [[message broker]] and [[business activity monitoring]].


BizTalk Server was previously positioned as both an [[application server]] and an {{clarify-span|application integration server|date=July 2013}}. Microsoft changed this strategy when they released the [[AppFabric]] server which became their official application server. Research firm [[Gartner]] consider Microsoft's offering one of their 'Leaders' for Application Integration Suites. While there is discussion of the product direction of BizTalk, especially with cloud software becoming more common, Microsoft continues to support and update the product and offer coverage at their popular conferences such as Worldwide Partner Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-biztalks-future-is-cloudy-no-pun-intended/ |title=Microsoft BizTalk's future is cloudy (no pun intended)}}</ref>
BizTalk Server was previously positioned as both an [[application server]] and an {{clarify-span|application integration server|date=July 2013}}. Microsoft changed this strategy when they released the [[AppFabric]] server which became their official application server. Research firm [[Gartner]] consider Microsoft's offering one of their 'Leaders' for Application Integration Suites. While there is discussion of the product direction of BizTalk, especially with cloud software becoming more common, Microsoft continues to support and update the product and offer coverage at their popular conferences such as Worldwide Partner Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-biztalks-future-is-cloudy-no-pun-intended/ |title=Microsoft BizTalk's future is cloudy (no pun intended)}}</ref> The Azure iPaaS (integration platform as a service) equivalents to BizTalk are API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and Event Grid<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/product-categories/integration/|title=Azure Integration Services—Build Integrated Solutions {{!}} Microsoft Azure|website=azure.microsoft.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> and between 2013-11-21<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/windows-azure-general-availability-release-of-biztalk-services-traffic-manager-azure-ad-app-access-xamarin-support-for-mobile-services|title=Windows Azure: General Availability Release of BizTalk Services, Traffic Manager, Azure AD App Access + Xamarin support for Mobile Services|website=weblogs.asp.net|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> and 2018-05-31<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-biztalk-services-simplifying-our-azure-offerings/|title=Azure BizTalk Services: Simplifying our Azure offerings {{!}} Azure updates {{!}} Microsoft Azure|website=azure.microsoft.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> included "Azure BizTalk Services"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/tip/Pay-as-you-go-Windows-Azure-BizTalk-services-changes-EAI-and-EDI|title=Pay-as-you-go Windows Azure BizTalk services changes EAI and EDI|website=SearchWinDevelopment|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>. The successor to BizTalk 2016 is on the product roadmap and slated for completion approximately 9 months following the general availability of Windows Server 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/2018/08/09/our-integration-product-roadmap/|title=Our Integration Product Roadmap – BizTalk Team Blog|website=blogs.msdn.microsoft.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>


In a common scenario, BizTalk enables companies to integrate and manage automated business processes by exchanging business documents such as purchase orders and invoices between disparate applications, within or across organizational boundaries.
In a common scenario, BizTalk enables companies to integrate and manage automated business processes by exchanging business documents such as purchase orders and invoices between disparate applications, within or across organizational boundaries.
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==History==
==History==
Starting in 2000, the following versions were released:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://geekswithblogs.net/LeonidGaneline/archive/2010/10/19/biztalk-timeline-platform-support.aspx | title=BizTalk: Timeline: Platform Support | publisher=[[WP:SPS|Self-published]] | work=Biztalkien | date=19 October 2010 | accessdate=27 July 2013 | first=Leonid | last=Ganeline}}</ref><ref name="BizTalk on MSDN">{{cite web|title=Microsoft BizTalk Server|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd547397%28v=bts.10%29.aspx|work=[[MSDN]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref>
Starting in 2000, the following versions were released:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://geekswithblogs.net/LeonidGaneline/archive/2010/10/19/biztalk-timeline-platform-support.aspx | title=BizTalk: Timeline: Platform Support | publisher=[[WP:SPS|Self-published]] | work=Biztalkien | date=19 October 2010 | accessdate=27 July 2013 | first=Leonid | last=Ganeline}}</ref><ref name="BizTalk on MSDN">{{cite web|title=Microsoft BizTalk Server|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd547397%28v=bts.10%29.aspx|work=[[MSDN]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7915.biztalk-server-versions.aspx|title=BizTalk Server: Versions - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki|website=social.technet.microsoft.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>

* 2000 - BizTalk Server 2000
* 2002 - BizTalk Server 2002
* 2000-12-01 BizTalk Server 2000
* 2002-02-04 BizTalk Server 2002<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2002/02/04/microsoft-announces-general-availability-of-biztalk-server-2002/|title=Microsoft Announces General Availability of BizTalk Server 2002|date=2002-02-04|website=Stories|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>
* 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)
* 2004-03-02 BizTalk Server 2004 (First version to run on [[Microsoft .NET]] 1.0)
* 2007 - BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (First version to utilize the new [[Windows Communication Foundation]] (WCF) via native adapter - (Release date 2 October 2007))
* 2006-03-27 BizTalk Server 2006 (First version to run on Microsoft .NET 2.0)
* 2007-10-02 BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (First version to utilize the new [[Windows Communication Foundation]] (WCF) via native adapter - (Release date 2 October 2007))
* 2009 - BizTalk Server 2009 (First version to work with [[Visual Studio]] 2008)
* 2010-04-27 BizTalk Server 2009 (First version to work with [[Visual Studio]] 2008)
* 2010 - BizTalk Server 2010<ref>{{cite web |first=Mary Jo |last=Foley | url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/biztalk-2009-r2-gets-a-new-name-still-due-in-2010/5656 | title=BizTalk 2009 R2 gets a new name; still due in 2010 | work=[[ZDNet]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |date=23 March 2013 |accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref> (First version to work with Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET 4.0)
* 2010-10-01 BizTalk Server 2010<ref>{{cite web |first=Mary Jo |last=Foley | url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/biztalk-2009-r2-gets-a-new-name-still-due-in-2010/5656 | title=BizTalk 2009 R2 gets a new name; still due in 2010 | work=[[ZDNet]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |date=23 March 2013 |accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref> (First version to work with Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET 4.0)
* 2013 - BizTalk 2013 (First version to work with [[Visual Studio]] 2012 and Microsoft .NET 4.5)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/jj248697(v=bts.80).aspx | title=Release Notes: BizTalk Server 2013 Beta | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[MSDN]] | accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref>
* 2013-03-21 BizTalk 2013 (First version to work with [[Visual Studio]] 2012 and Microsoft .NET 4.5)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/jj248697(v=bts.80).aspx | title=Release Notes: BizTalk Server 2013 Beta | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[MSDN]] | accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref>
* 2014 - BizTalk 2013 R2 (First version to work with [[Visual Studio]] 2013 and Microsoft .NET 4.5.1)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj248703(v=bts.80).aspx | title=What's New in BizTalk Server 2013 and 2013 R2 | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[MSDN]] | accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref>
* 2014-06-23 BizTalk 2013 R2 (First version to work with [[Visual Studio]] 2013 and Microsoft .NET 4.5.1)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj248703(v=bts.80).aspx | title=What's New in BizTalk Server 2013 and 2013 R2 | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[MSDN]] | accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref>
* 2016 - BizTalk Server 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt670742.aspx|title=What's New in BizTalk Server 2016| publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[MSDN]] |access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref>
* 2016-09-30 BizTalk Server 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt670742.aspx|title=What's New in BizTalk Server 2016| publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[MSDN]] |access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref>
* 2017 - BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aka.ms/biztalkfp1|title=BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1| publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[Microsoft Azure|Azure]] |access-date=2016-04-26}}</ref>
* 2017-04-26 BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1 (Application Insights and [[Power BI]] integration; [[Swagger (software)|Swagger]]-compatible REST APIs)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aka.ms/biztalkfp1|title=BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1| publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[Microsoft Azure|Azure]] |access-date=2016-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/2017/04/26/biztalk-server-2016-feature-pack-1-is-live/|title=BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1 is live – BizTalk Team Blog|website=blogs.msdn.microsoft.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>
*2017-11-21 BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2 ([[Microsoft Azure|Azure]] integration)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/2017/11/21/microsoft-biztalk-server-2016-feature-pack-2/|title=Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2 – BizTalk Team Blog|website=blogs.msdn.microsoft.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>
*2018-06-26 BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 3 ([[Office 365]] integration)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/2018/06/26/4625/|title=BizTalk Team Blog|website=blogs.msdn.microsoft.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>


==Features==
==Features==

Revision as of 23:19, 6 February 2019

Microsoft BizTalk Server
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release19 December 2000; 24 years ago (2000-12-19)[1]
Stable release
2016 / 1 December 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12-01)[2]
Operating systemWindows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, Windows 8.1[2]
PlatformIA-32 or x64[2]
Size628.3 MB[2]
Available in9 languages[2]
List of languages
English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
TypeApplication server
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/biztalk

Microsoft BizTalk Server (or simply "BizTalk") is an Inter-Organizational Middleware System (IOMS) [3] that enables companies to automate business processes, through the use of adapters which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in an enterprise. Created by Microsoft, it provides enterprise application integration, business process automation, business-to-business communication, message broker and business activity monitoring.

BizTalk Server was previously positioned as both an application server and an application integration server[clarify]. Microsoft changed this strategy when they released the AppFabric server which became their official application server. Research firm Gartner consider Microsoft's offering one of their 'Leaders' for Application Integration Suites. While there is discussion of the product direction of BizTalk, especially with cloud software becoming more common, Microsoft continues to support and update the product and offer coverage at their popular conferences such as Worldwide Partner Conference.[4] The Azure iPaaS (integration platform as a service) equivalents to BizTalk are API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and Event Grid[5] and between 2013-11-21[6] and 2018-05-31[7] included "Azure BizTalk Services"[8]. The successor to BizTalk 2016 is on the product roadmap and slated for completion approximately 9 months following the general availability of Windows Server 2019.[9]

In a common scenario, BizTalk enables companies to integrate and manage automated business processes by exchanging business documents such as purchase orders and invoices between disparate applications, within or across organizational boundaries.

Development for BizTalk Server is done through Microsoft Visual Studio. A developer can create transformation maps transforming one message type to another. (For example, an XML file can be transformed to SAP IDocs.) Messages inside BizTalk are implemented through the XML documents and defined with the XML schemas in XSD standard. Maps are implemented with the XSLT standard. Orchestrations are implemented with the WS-BPEL compatible process language xLANG. Schemas, maps, pipelines and orchestrations are created visually using graphical tools within Microsoft Visual Studio. The additional functionality can be delivered by .NET assemblies that can be called from existing modules—including, for instance, orchestrations, maps, pipelines, business rules.

History

Starting in 2000, the following versions were released:[10][11][12]

  • 2000-12-01 BizTalk Server 2000
  • 2002-02-04 BizTalk Server 2002[13]
  • 2004-03-02 BizTalk Server 2004 (First version to run on Microsoft .NET 1.0)
  • 2006-03-27 BizTalk Server 2006 (First version to run on Microsoft .NET 2.0)
  • 2007-10-02 BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (First version to utilize the new Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) via native adapter - (Release date 2 October 2007))
  • 2010-04-27 BizTalk Server 2009 (First version to work with Visual Studio 2008)
  • 2010-10-01 BizTalk Server 2010[14] (First version to work with Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET 4.0)
  • 2013-03-21 BizTalk 2013 (First version to work with Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft .NET 4.5)[15]
  • 2014-06-23 BizTalk 2013 R2 (First version to work with Visual Studio 2013 and Microsoft .NET 4.5.1)[16]
  • 2016-09-30 BizTalk Server 2016[17]
  • 2017-04-26 BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1 (Application Insights and Power BI integration; Swagger-compatible REST APIs)[18][19]
  • 2017-11-21 BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2 (Azure integration)[20]
  • 2018-06-26 BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 3 (Office 365 integration)[21]

Features

The following is an incomplete list of the technical features in the BizTalk Server:

  • The use of adapters to simplify integration to line of business (LOB) applications (Siebel, SAP, IFS Applications, JD Edwards, Oracle,[clarification needed] Microsoft Dynamics CRM), databases (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database and DB2) and other Technologies (TIBCO and Java EE)
  • Accelerators offer support for enterprise standards like RosettaNet, HL7, HIPAA and SWIFT.
  • Business rules engine (BRE). This is a Rete algorithm rule engine.
  • Business activity monitoring (BAM), which allows a dashboard, aggregated (PivotTable) view on how the Business Processes are doing and how messages are processed.
  • A unified administration console for deployment, monitoring and operations of solutions on BizTalk servers in environment.
  • Built-in electronic data interchange (EDI) functionality supporting X12 and EDIFACT, as of BizTalk 2006 R2.
  • Ability to do graphical modelling of business processes in Visual Studio, model documents with XML schemas, graphically mapping (with the assistance of functoids) between different schemas, and building pipelines to decrypt, verify, parse messages as they enter or exit the system via adapters.
  • Users can automate business management processes via Orchestrations.
  • BizTalk integrates with other Microsoft products like Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft SQL Server, and SharePoint to allow interaction with a user participating in a workflow process.
  • Extensive support for web services (consuming and exposing)
  • RFID support, as of BizTalk 2006 R2. Deprecated in the 2016 release
  • Support for Application Insight, as of BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1
  • Automatic deployment through Visual Studio Team Service, as of BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1
  • Exposed management REST APIs with full Swagger support, as of BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1
  • Exposed operational data with Power BI support, as of BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1

Human-centric processes cannot be implemented directly with BizTalk Server and need additional applications like Microsoft SharePoint server.[citation needed]

Architecture

The BizTalk Server runtime is built on a publish/subscribe architecture, sometimes called "content-based publish/subscribe". Messages are published into BizTalk, transformed to the desired format, and then routed to one or more subscribers.[22]

BizTalk makes processing safe by serialization (called dehydration in Biztalk's terminology) - placing messages into a database while waiting for external events, thus preventing data loss. This architecture binds BizTalk with Microsoft SQL Server. Processing flow can be tracked by administrators using an Administration Console. BizTalk supports the transaction flow through the whole line from one customer to another. BizTalk orchestrations also implement long-running transactions.

Adapters

BizTalk uses adapters for communications with different protocols, message formats, and specific software products. Some of the adapters are: EDI, File, HTTP, SFTP, FTP SMTP, POP3, SOAP, SQL, MSMQ, MLLP, Azure Logic App, Azure API Management, Microsoft SharePoint Server, IBM mainframe zSeries (CICS and IMS) and midrange iSeries (AS/400) server, IBM DB2, IBM WebSphere MQ adapters.[23]

The WCF Adapter set[24] was added with 2006 R2. It includes: WCF-WSHttp, WCF-BasicHttp, WCF-NetTcp, WCF-NetMsmq, WCF-NetNamedPipe, WCF-Custom, WCF-CustomIsolated adapters. Microsoft also ships a BizTalk Adapter Pack that includes WCF-based adapters for LOB systems. Currently, this includes adapters for SAP and Oracle database, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PeopleSoft Enterprise and Siebel Systems.

Additional adapters[25] (for Active Directory, for example) are available from third party Microsoft BizTalk core partners.

References

  1. ^ Jones, Allen (19 December 2000). "Microsoft Releases BizTalk Server 2000 to Manufacturing". Windows IT Pro. Penton Media. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "BizTalk Server 2016 General Availability". Download Center. Microsoft. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Inter-Organizational Information and Middleware System Projects: Success, Failure, Complexity, and Challenges" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Microsoft BizTalk's future is cloudy (no pun intended)".
  5. ^ "Azure Integration Services—Build Integrated Solutions | Microsoft Azure". azure.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Windows Azure: General Availability Release of BizTalk Services, Traffic Manager, Azure AD App Access + Xamarin support for Mobile Services". weblogs.asp.net. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Azure BizTalk Services: Simplifying our Azure offerings | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure". azure.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Pay-as-you-go Windows Azure BizTalk services changes EAI and EDI". SearchWinDevelopment. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Our Integration Product Roadmap – BizTalk Team Blog". blogs.msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  10. ^ Ganeline, Leonid (19 October 2010). "BizTalk: Timeline: Platform Support". Biztalkien. Self-published. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Microsoft BizTalk Server". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  12. ^ "BizTalk Server: Versions - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki". social.technet.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Microsoft Announces General Availability of BizTalk Server 2002". Stories. 4 February 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  14. ^ Foley, Mary Jo (23 March 2013). "BizTalk 2009 R2 gets a new name; still due in 2010". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  15. ^ "Release Notes: BizTalk Server 2013 Beta". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  16. ^ "What's New in BizTalk Server 2013 and 2013 R2". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  17. ^ "What's New in BizTalk Server 2016". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  18. ^ "BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1". Azure. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  19. ^ "BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 1 is live – BizTalk Team Blog". blogs.msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  20. ^ "Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2 – BizTalk Team Blog". blogs.msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  21. ^ "BizTalk Team Blog". blogs.msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  22. ^ "Runtime architecture". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  23. ^ "BizTalk Adapters".
  24. ^ "WCF Adapters". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  25. ^ "BizTalk Server: List of Third-Party Adapters". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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