BizTalk Server Overview

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BizTalk Server Overview

• For those familiar with SeeBeyond

Part II Business Value
Scott Cairney, Cactus Commerce
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Session Objectives

• Microsoft Superplatform as a Market Leader
• BizTalk Resources
• Consider the entire platform
• Cohesiveness
• BizTalk within the existing environment
• A Migration Plan
• BizTalk Skills
• BizTalk Futures
• Looking ahead

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Dimensions of Integration

• Style
• Data Synchronization
• Straight-Through Processing
• Composed Programs
• Mode
• Batch
• Near real-time
• Real-time

• Domain
• Within a business unit
• Within an organization
• Between organizations
• Endpoints
• People
• Applications
• Devices
• Databases

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BizTalk Server
Business Activity Services
Business Activity Monitoring
BAS
BAM
Win FX / Office
BizTalk Orchestration
Visual Studio
Microsoft Management Console
Accelerators for BizTalk Server
.Net Framework
Business Rules Engine
Adapters / SQL Integration
BizTalk Core Engine
Enterprise Single Sign-on
Databases
Applications
Communication Protocols
Trading Partners
Services
Legacy Systems
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ESB?
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Enterprise Service Bus
Information
Processes
People
Applications
Legacy Applications
Partners
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Enterprise Service Bus

• ESB provides
• Transport
• Transformation and Routing
• Event Handling
• Webservices support
• ESB Must Support
• Service based applications
• Existing application interfaces (Cobol, VB etc)

• ESB provides
• BizTalk Messaging Windows / WCF
• Pipelines / Map Editor
• Message Box Pub/Sub
• SOAP is core to BizTalk
• ESB Must Support
• Through adapters
• Existing adapters OR Custom adapters / Adapter
  Framework

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What is Missing?

• Persistence / Database
• Processing capabilities
• Collaboration
• Application Platform (across all apps)
• Identity
• Security
• Management
• Presentation
• Web server
• Cohesion of parts
• Trustworthy Computing
• Common Engineering Roadmap
• Dynamic Systems Initiative

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Windows Server System
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The Microsoft Superplatform
Applications
CLR / Visual Studio
API / Protocol
.Net
Frameworks
OS Infrastructure
Windows Server System
Processing
Networking
Storage
Security
Application Platform
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Windows Server SystemMission Critical

• Mission Critical application definition

Gartner defines mission-critical applications
as business applications, excluding email, that
would bring your company to a stop if they were
not running. Mission-critical applications are
typically supported and managed by a central IT
staff. Examples of such applications are airline
reservation systems and order processing for a
retail store chain.
http//download.microsoft.com/download/7/6/c/76ca8
514-aea5-4114-8820-7ab3d8bd45fb/Gartnermissioncrit
.pdf
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Mission Critical Application Survey

• What percentage of your mission-critical
  applications run on each type of server operating
  system?

(1) Unix includes IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris,
and non-specific Unix.
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Mission Critical Application Survey

• What vendor is the primary supplier of the
  software application platform running your
  companys largest number of mission-critical
  applications?

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Mission Critical Application Survey

• And which one platform does your company
  currently use for the greatest number of its
  mission-critical applications?

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Mission Critical Application Survey

• Which vendors does your company use for Web
  services?

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Roles and Tools Increase Productivity with
Cohesive Tools

• TCO depends greatly on the effectiveness of
  people
• BizTalk offers the right interface for the right
  role
• Developer (Visual Studio)
• Visual Studio is the core developer tool for all
  development activities
• Business Analyst / Information Worker
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Visio and Sharepoint)
• Administrator
• Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

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Cohesion of the Platform

• Windows Server System is held as the example of a
  cohesive platform
• Trustworthy Computing
• Common Engineering Roadmap
• Dynamic Systems Initiative

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Considering? BizTalk

• Multiple drivers
• SeeBeyond promoting upgrade
• Desire to adopt an IT strategy more aligned with
  the business
• Looking to reduce Cost
• Looking in increase capabilities

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Existing Infrastructure - Example
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Desired SolutionBusiness Process Across
Boundaries
Order Process
Business Process Management
Logistics Process
Internal Services
Replenishment Process
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Interim SolutionStaged Approach
Business Process Management
Internal Services
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Interim SolutionStaged Approach
Business Process Management
Internal Services
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Immediate Benefits

• Easiest to use platform
• Tools that people are already familiar with
• Reliable low TCO processes
• Immediate flexibility
• Solution responsive to Business Needs
• Solution Agile / able to adapt quickly

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Training and Support

• Information is abundant!
• Partner model
• Blogs
• Community activity second to none!
• Public newsgroups
• Monitored Microsoft newsgroups
• Frequent MSDN live presentation
• MSDN Subscription and http//mdsn.microsoft.com
• Web presentations such as this one
• Product documentation updated quarterly
• Including SDK, samples, utilities

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Connected Systems

• Connected Systems include
• Adapters
• Builtin Adapters (Protocol, Data, Application)
• Microsoft value add adapters
• Partner adapters (hundreds available)
• Accelerators
• Vertical solutions such as
• GDS,
• HL7,
• HIPAA,
• SWIFT,
• RosettaNet
• Integration solutions such as HIS (Host
  Integration Server)

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Connected Systems BizTalk, Workflow and
Communication Foundation

• WCF represents the core messaging for the entire
  Microsoft platform including
• Queuing
• Distributed transactions
• Protocol support
• SOAP over TCP
• ws- support
• WWF A Dedicated framework for workflow
• Human-Human
• Human-System
• System-System

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Connected SystemsSummary

• BizTalk is result of years of research and
  development
• Current migration plan for BizTalk is a simple as
  installing new version (pure upgrade)
• Future plans are based on the integrated
  messaging platform (WCF)
• Best of Breed Cohesive Superplatform!

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Thank You
Scott Cairney, Cactus Scairney_at_cactuscommerce.com
Phone 1.888.CACTUS.0