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Volume 4, Number 27 -- July 18, 2007

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Due in September

Published: July 18, 2007

by Alex Woodie

The next release of Microsoft's B2B platform, BizTalk Server, is currently in beta and should be ready to go by September, the company revealed during its annual business partner conference in Denver, Colorado, last week.

When Microsoft shipped BizTalk Server 2006 about 15 months ago, the big features awaiting users of the enterprise application integration (EAI) were support for SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005, a set of 23 adapters and connectors for popular ERP and database systems, and new business activity monitoring (BAM!) capabilities, among other features.

With BizTalk Server 2006 R2, Microsoft isn't adding new features so much as repackaging the product into something a little more palatable for smaller businesses. Chief among these is the new Branch Edition of BizTalk Server that sells for just $1,800 per CPU, compared to the $30,000-per-processor price tag accompanying the first release of BizTalk Server 2006.

That's a pretty hefty discount, and while R2's Branch Edition isn't likely to offer all the capabilities of the full product, it will contain radio frequency identification (RFID) capabilities that are important among manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

The other major piece of news with R2 is the delivery of the Service-Oriented Architecture & Business Process pack. According to Microsoft, this pack combines BizTalk Server 2006 R2, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Visual Studio Team System, SQL Server 2005, the .NET Framework, and four Office Business Applications Reference Application Packs. When customers buy this, they get a 10 percent discount compared to the cost of buying these products separately.

The beta for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 is currently underway. The product is expected to become available by September, Microsoft says.

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