Today I did a short research on the new features of BizTalk 2006 with the help of www.microsoft.com:
- Improved Setup Process (simplified for beginners – “single account installation”, more flexible for advanced users – “server farm installation”)
- Seamless Upgrade installation from BT 2004 to 2006 possible
- BizTalk Application Concept: Logical container in Administration for all objects regarding a BizTalk solution
- BizTalk Application Packaging: One msi file for a whole BizTalk solution
- Enhanced Admin Console (create messaging components, …)
- New health monitoring tool: Better overview of running orchestrations at a glance
- Enhanced BAM (BAM portal, new WS-Interfaces, BAM alerts)
- Orchestration Zoom
- Flat File Wizard (no manual Flat File generation à generate XSD out of FlatFile Instance)
- New BT adapters (POP3, Sharepoint, MQ Series)
- Failed Message Routing (subscribe to suspended messages)
- Enhanced Message Recovery Capabilities
- Large Message Transformation (stored not only in RAM but in FileSystem)