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MICROSOFT BIZTALK SERVER FEATURESMicrosoft BizTalk Server 2004 and 2006 share the following core services:

Process Automation and Management Services—Services that support the integration

of applications and data sources into streamlined business processes within and between

organizations

Internal Application Integration Services—Services and adapters that support the

integration of applications and technologies into business processes

Trading Partner Deployment and Management Services—Support for the creation of

trading partner relationships and automation of the testing and deployment of those

relationships through wizards

Vertical Solutions and Industry Accelerators—Additional components to support HIPAA,

HL7, RosettaNet, and SWIFT

Business Activity Monitoring—Powerful tools for information workers to monitor

transactions and processes in real time

Comprehensive Rules Engine—Core functionality for defi ning, managing, and deploying

complex business rules used for one or many business processes across the organization

Document Transport and Routing Services—Evaluation of where documents should be

routed and the underlying transport services to perform document delivery

Document Transformation Services—Services that allow data to be transformed

between the dramatically varying formats used by different business applications and

trading communities, such as XML, EDI, RosettaNet, and many others

Data Analysis Services—Services for combining, accessing, and analyzing operational

data through graphical tools and automated data mining utilities to discover patterns and

spot trends

Confi guration and Management Services—Support for automated monitoring,

management, and administration of the production integration solution

Microsoft Windows Platform Integration Services—Core platform services that

support directory, data, security, and operating system interoperability scenarios for a

heterogeneous enterprise infrastructure

Scalability Services—Services that support scaling the integration solution up and out to

address the volumes required by the largest enterprises

Security Integration Services—Services that support seamless confi guration of security

credentials across heterogeneous enterprise domains

PRODUCT COMPATIBILITY BIZTALK SERVER 2004 BIZTALK SERVER 2006

SQL Server 2000 X X

SQL Server 2005 X

Visual Studio 2003 X

Visual Studio 2005 X

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BIZTALK SERVER: BUILDING, MANAGING, AND MONITORING DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS PROCESSES

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

Delivering Business Agility Through Flexible and Manageable Business Process Automation Solutions

The continued acceleration of business, with

requirements for a faster time to market and

better business insight all within a highly

competitive global trading community, has placed

companies in a position to demand more from

their integration solutions. In this environment, it

is not enough to simply connect one application

to another with custom code or link one’s trading

partners using costly, complex, and proprietary

communication protocols. Businesses must have

the tools, technologies, and infrastructure to

automate business processes end to end to help

them increase their competitive advantage and

deliver tremendous value and visibility to their

business, customers, and trading partners.

Microsoft understands these requirements and

delivers a comprehensive, award-winning business

process automation offering based on Microsoft®

BizTalk® Server 2004 and Microsoft Windows Server

System™. BizTalk Server 2006 builds on top of the

core architecture of 2004 and includes enhancements

in management and deployment, developer

productivity, and the business user experience.

The new version is tightly integrated with Microsoft

Visual Studio® 2005 and Microsoft SQL Server™

2000/2005 and delivers a seamless upgrade

experience for BizTalk Server 2004 customers.

Together these tools and technologies deliver

the next generation of business process and

integration solutions that empower organizations

to rapidly build, manage, monitor, and optimize

business processes.

BUSINESS PROCESS AUTOMATION BENEFITSFaster, enhanced business decisions. A robust

business process automation solution that

seamlessly connects applications, employees,

customers, and trading partners allows data to be

consolidated and analyzed in real time to facilitate

faster, more informed business decisions.

Improved time to value. A common

infrastructure for business process automation,

enterprise application integration (EAI), and

business-to-business (B2B) trading communities

provides a lower overall cost of ownership and

expedites solution development.

Increased fl exibility. A fl exible business process

automation architecture based on BizTalk Server

and Visual Studio provides the agility to react to

business and market demands that require rapid

internal and external process changes.

Greater customer loyalty and satisfaction. Achieve new levels of customer loyalty and

satisfaction by providing customers with improved

access and visibility into key business processes,

while empowering employees with tools and real-

time information to strengthen those relationships

and differentiate your business.

BizTalk Server 2006 is a seamless upgrade experience from BizTalk Server 2004 and includes improved management capabilities. The new management console provides an integrated view of the BizTalk Server environment that enables IT professionals to more effectively deploy, monitor, and optimize business processes.

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WINDOWS SERVER SYSTEM: AN INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE PLATFORM FOR BUSINESS PROCESS AUTOMATION

With the Windows Server System integrated server infrastructure, Microsoft has helped

companies reduce the cost and complexity associated with building applications and

managing IT environments. BizTalk Server builds on this platform, providing companies

with a single unifi ed tool for business process automation and integration. The product

also delivers business process management capabilities through Microsoft Offi ce System to

empower business users with better insight to design and monitor key business processes. This

integrated infrastructure is the unique value Microsoft provides customers in building business

process automation solutions.

Components of business process automation:

Microsoft BizTalk Server: Core technology for delivering EAI, B2B integration, and business

process automation solutions

Microsoft SQL Server: Advanced database technology for data management and business

intelligence that provides core infrastructure for delivering the Business Activity Monitoring

(BAM) capabilities of BizTalk Server

Microsoft Visual Studio: The development environment for BizTalk Server that enables

business process development and debugging

Microsoft Offi ce System:

Microsoft Offi ce Visio®: A business tool for defi ning and modeling business processes

Microsoft Offi ce Excel: A leading business analyst tool that enables business process

monitoring and analysis

Microsoft Offi ce InfoPath®: An electronic, XML-based form for delivering human

interaction and collaboration within a business process or workfl ow

Microsoft Offi ce SharePoint Portal Server: A portal infrastructure for sharing BAM reports,

managing trading partner relationships, and enhancing human-based workfl ow capabilities

within specifi c business process automation scenarios

UNIQUE TOOLS FOR UNIQUE USERSBizTalk Server 2006 delivers unique, integrated tools to IT professionals and developers, as well

as business analysts, that help reduce complexity and achieve new levels of agility in business

process design and optimization.

Integrated management tools for IT professionals

The Microsoft business process automation offering provides IT professionals with a common

management environment based on Windows Server System, which allows them to more

easily manage and monitor business processes across the extended enterprise. This single

unifi ed management environment expedites business process optimization and empowers IT

to deliver more solutions to the business at a lower cost.

Enhanced developer productivity

Tight integration of BizTalk Server with Visual Studio empowers developers to rapidly build

mission-critical business process automation solutions that orchestrate Web services to

connect applications, people, or systems. Delivering this capability to developers enables more

manageable business processes that require less code and deliver greater fl exibility.

Greater benefi t to the business user

With access to information in real time through Microsoft Offi ce, business users can initiate

business process designs and actively analyze and optimize them all within a familiar

environment, such as Microsoft Offi ce Excel and Visio. This integrated environment allows

them to spend less time gathering information and more time acting on it.

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EXTENDING BEYOND THE ENTERPRISE WITH B2B INTEGRATIONMost mission-critical business processes require

connectivity that extends beyond the fi rewall to

trading partners and customers. The Microsoft

business process automation offering delivers

this connectivity in one integrated environment

that allows companies of any size to set up an

external trading relationship.

Faster deployment of trading partner relationships. Using a common set of

reusable integration services, organizations can

deploy new applications and trading partner

relationships far more quickly and easily.

Streamlined testing and deployment of new trading partners. With BizTalk Server, trading

partners can test and deploy their integration

solutions in hours instead of days or weeks.

Increased revenue. Business process

automation technology allows organizations to

take advantage of new market opportunities

and expand revenue and market share by

extending internal applications and processes

to an electronic marketplace or a new sales

channel.

Greater fl exibility in dealing with business customers and suppliers. BizTalk Server

allows organizations to use the preferred or

mandatory trading protocol of their suppliers

(EDI, XML, Web forms, etc.) and deliver

greater business visibility, which helps improve

customer satisfaction and retention.

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WHAT’S NEW IN BIZTALK SERVER 2006 More than 5,000 customers have experienced the value and agility that BizTalk Server

delivers. That momentum was sparked by the introduction of BizTalk Server 2004, which

revolutionized the integration industry. BizTalk Server 2006 builds on that heritage and

core architecture to provide customers with a powerful tool that uses the latest Microsoft

technologies and industry standards for automating and managing business processes. The

core release themes for the product include:

Enhanced management, setup, and deployment capabilities

BizTalk Server 2006 helps you get started faster with a simplifi ed installation wizard, a

component updater, and a one-click confi guration. These tools enable you to install and

confi gure BizTalk Server 2006 in a more straightforward and effi cient way. In addition,

BizTalk Server 2006 provides new capabilities that enable the IT administrator to be more

productive in managing and operating an enterprise deployment, such as the ability to

modify all confi guration information. BizTalk Server 2006 includes a new management

console that delivers enhanced monitoring and deployment capabilities. Included in those

capabilities is the ability for IT to package complete applications into .msi fi les by using

Microsoft Windows® Installer.

Seamless upgrade from BizTalk Server 2004

Building on these new setup and confi guration capabilities and maintaining the core

architecture of BizTalk Server 2004, BizTalk Server 2006 provides a seamless upgrade path

for current BizTalk Server 2004 customers.

Richer business user and developer experiences

BizTalk Server 2006 extends business user capabilities introduced in BizTalk Server 2004 such

as the new Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) features that now deliver real-time support

for business activity subscriptions and alerts. In addition, the product includes out-of-the-

box customizable BAM portal capabilities built on Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 technology.

BizTalk Server 2006 also continues to deliver unparalleled developer productivity in building

and optimizing business processes with upgraded development tools such as the new Flat

File Schema Creation Wizard, a Windows SharePoint® Services adapter, and a POP3 adapter,

all tightly integrated within Visual Studio 2005 and built on the .NET Framework 2.0.

Additional support across Windows Server System

BizTalk Server 2006 delivers continued support for the Windows Server System Common

Engineering Criteria, including an x86-based 64-bit version and support for SQL Server

2005, Visual Studio 2005, and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.

Availability

Customers can begin today with BizTalk Server 2004 for mission-critical business process

and integration solutions or employ the BizTalk Server 2006 beta if they are quickly

migrating to SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. While installing the beta, customers

will need to deploy Visual Studio 2005 because BizTalk Server 2006 takes advantage of

the latest security, productivity, and performance improvements delivered in the .NET

Framework 2.0. The release of BizTalk Server 2006 will be made available in Q1 of 2006.

More information on the product is available at www.microsoft.com/biztalk.

For more information, please visit www.microsoft.com/biztalk

The Technology of the Year Awards

recognize signifi cant technologies of the

past year that promise to make the greatest

impact on enterprise IT strategies as well

as the products that best exemplify the

implementation of those technologies. The

InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards

are awarded to products that have been

reviewed by the InfoWorld Test Center during

the previous year.

BizTalk Server brings everybody into the process

2004 release puts business process

management in the hands of businesspeople

By: Tom YagerApril 23, 2004

“Microsoft’s BizTalk Server introduced the concepts of business process automation, management, and orchestration to many IT organizations. With the release of BizTalk Server 2004, Microsoft delivers the benefi ts of leading-edge business process design, development, management, and monitoring technology, while remaining true to smart corporate practices that are timeless.“

AWARD-WINNING SOLUTION

Microsoft was recently

awarded InfoWorld’s

Technology of the

Year Award for best

business process

automation solution.

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