14 DAY TRIAL // BizTalk Server 2010 is one step closer to finalization, having hit an important development milestone on May 20, 2010. The Beta bits of the next generation of BizTalk Server are now available for download, with Microsoft encouraging early adopters to grab the release and start testing. In the Redmond company’s perspective, BizTalk Server 2010 is a key piece of Microsoft’s application infrastructure technologies puzzle, along with offerings such as Windows Azure AppFabric and Windows Server AppFabric. Of course, the Redmond company’s vision is much more complex and spans across a wide range of products, including some released recently.
“BizTalk Server 2010 aligns with the latest Microsoft platform releases, including SQL Server 2008 R2, Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint 2010, and will integrate with Windows Server AppFabric. This alignment, along with the availability of a wide array of platform adapters, allows customers to stitch together more flexible and manageable composite applications,” revealed a member of the BizTalk Server team.
According to current plans, BizTalk Server 2010 will be released to manufacturing in the third quarter of 2010. Microsoft hasn’t provided a specific availability deadline so far, and it isn’t expected to until the development process of the product is almost finalized. BizTalk Server 2010 is, of course, the successor of Microsoft’s current version of the Integration and connectivity server solution, BizTalk Server 2009, and the seventh release of the product.
“Updates include enhanced trading partner management, a new BizTalk mapper and simplified management through a single dashboard that enables customers to backup and restore BizTalk configurations. Also included in this release are new Business to Business integration capabilities such as rapidly on-board and easy management of trading partners and secure FTP adapter (FTPS),” the BizTalk Server team representative added.
BizTalk Server 2010 Beta is available for download here.