BizTalk 2009

Microsoft has just updated it’s BizTalk Roadmap , the key change in the roadmap is the introduction of BizTalk 2009. BizTalk 2009 replaces the planned 2006r3 release. The 2009 release should be with us early in 2009 with some great features including development in Visual Studio 2008 :), I have summarised the features below

Updated Platform – Support for Windows Server 2008  including virtualisation using Hyper-V & SQL Server 2008.

Developer & Team Productivity – Support for Visual Studio 2008 , .Net 3.5 and  improved application lifecycle mgmt support including TFS with integrated source control, bug tracking and MSBuild automation.

B2B Integration – new mobile RFID support, enhanced RFID device support, improved AS2 and EDI support

SOA & Web Services - UDDI v.3 Web Services Registry, new Oracle EBS and SQL LOB adapters, enhanced host system integration (MQ, IMS, DB2, CICS) and a new release of ESB Guidance 2.0 patterns and practices.

Microsoft are committing to release a version approximately every two years, which looks good.

I would expect a CTP or Beta soon.

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