Its been sometime that BizTalk 2004 has been making its mark in EAI industry. It has come a long way while focusing on EAI; the focus has shifted to broader range within EAI domain rather than specific areas such as only TPM etc.
BizTalk 2006 has some noticeable improvements owing to the community feedback which has been acitvely incorporated in this version. Some of the improved features (esp. compared to 2004) are outlined below:
- Deployment Convenience
- Runtime Enhancements (built on .NET 2.0)
- Developer tools such as File Adapter Wizard
- New Out-of-the-Box Adapters e.g. POP3, Sharepoint, MQSeries, MSMQ
- Integrated with Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, Virtual Server 2005
- Windows 64-bit support
- Pipeline Enhancements e.g. Larger Message Processing
- Better Message Handling e.g. Resumable Receive side messages
- Manamgent Console for Enterprise Management
- Seamless upgrade from BizTalk 2004