Posted by: kurtsh | September 6, 2008

NEWS: Biztalk Server 2009 announced

image Just announced: BizTalk Server 2009. 
(See Biztalk Server roadmap here:  http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/en/
us/roadmap.aspx
)

The release schedule appears to remain unchanged from the 2006 R3 version, with an expected release date in H1 CY09.  There should also be a CTP release in Q4 CY08.

Summary of Changes, Additions
(See Chris Romp’s blog for more details)

Updated Platform Support

  • New Application Platform Support

  • New Hyper-V Virtualization Support

  • Improved Failover Clustering

Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services

  • New Web Services Registry

  • New Line of Business Adapters

  • Enhanced Host Systems Integration

  • Enhanced Business Activity Monitoring

  • Enhanced Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Guidance 

Business to Business Integration

  • Enhanced Support for EDI and AS2 Protocols

  • Updated SWIFT Support

  • Device Connectivity

  • New Mobile RFID Platform and device management

  • New RFID industry standards support

Developer and Team Productivity

  • New Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) support

  • Enhanced Developer Productivity

Other Enhancements

  • Messaging

  • Administration


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