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Volume 5, Number 17 -- April 30, 2008

Beta of BizTalk Server R3 Expected Later This Year

Published: April 30, 2008

by Alex Woodie

Later this year, Microsoft will deliver the first preview of the new release of its BizTalk Server middleware platform that supports Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, and the .NET Framework 3.5, with general availability during the first half of 2009, a Microsoft product manager said on his blog last week.

BizTalk Server is Microsoft's core business process management (BPM) middleware platform for integrating enterprise applications, synchronizing the flow of data with external systems, and sending and receiving business documents as part of a supply chain. In short, if it's B2B processing you need on a Windows Server, BizTalk Server is a good start.

There has been some concern among Windows customers that Microsoft had not yet communicated its plans to support the new Windows Server stack--anchored by Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, and the .NET Framework 3.5--with a new release of BizTalk Server.

Those fears were addressed last week by Steven Martin, director of product management for the Connected Systems Division, on his blog, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Simple Middleware.

"Once SQL Server 2008 . . . becomes generally available, we will follow with an updated version of BizTalk Server designed for the latest versions of Windows Server, the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, and SQL Server," Martin wrote on his blog.

The new release will be called BizTalk Server 2006 Release 3, and the first community technology preview (CTP) will go out later this year, with a release to manufacturing (RTM) expected during the first half of 2009, according to Martin.

Here's what else you can expect, in addition to expanded platform support: support for UDDI 3.0, the Web services repository; new adapters for ERP systems, databases, and legacy hosts; enhanced support for RFID devices through BizTalk RFID Mobile, a new product Microsoft announced last week and which will ship later this year; better support for B2B protocols like SWIFT and EDI; and support for SOA patterns and best practices.

More information will be available in the forthcoming weeks, according to Martin. The best bet is a more formal announcement at the upcoming TechEd conference being held the first and second week of June in Orlando, Florida.


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