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| BizTalk Server Overview |
| What is BizTalk Server? BizTalk™ Server is a is an adaptable, capable, and open
suite of EDI services and objects that simplifies the handling of b-to-b data
interchange. Microsoft® BizTalk™ Server provides the tools and infrastructure that
businesses require to automate, integrate, and manage business processes. The
integration of business applications within and between businesses or across
organizational boundaries is made possible, regardless of the platforms and
operating systems used.
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| Top ten reasons to use BizTalk Server |
Business process integration.
Commerce-site-to-ERP integration, commerce-site-to-legacy integration, and
ERP-to-ERP integration.
Trading partner integration. Web-based or
traditional electronic data interchange (EDI), supply-chain integration, order
management, invoicing, and shipping coordination.
Automated procurement. Maintenance repair and
operations (MRO) pricing and purchasing, order tracking, and government
procurement.
B2B portals. Enterprise portals and extranets,
trading communities, electronic catalog management, content syndication, and
post-sale customer management.
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| BizTalk Server Tools |
BizTalk Orchestration Designer: A design
tool that enables business analysts, developers and IT professionals to interact
on a common platform.
BizTalk Editor: Creates and edits XML documents.
BizTalk Mapper: Transforms one XML document into
another XML schema.(Schemas are different ways that an XML document can be
structured and predefined in order to simplify data exchange).
BizTalk Messaging Manger: Allows the exchange of
information and applications with minimal programming.
BizTalk Framework: Enables routing, tracking and
analyzing sent and received data.
BizTalk Administration Tool: Allows end-to-end
integration and easy online analytical processing of user-specific information.
Pipeline Editor: Tracks document processing from
start to finish.
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| BizTalk Server and XML |
Even though the XML language has been promoted as a panacea for EDI (electronic
data interchange), most businesses have yet to fully exploit its power. Microsoft BizTalk server allows
business data produced and consumed within your company to easily transform to XML,
and accomodates business-to-business data interchange. With BizTalk Server, there's no need
to convene in lengthy meetings with suppliers, clients, and other partners to
hammer out business document conventions. In fact, your partners don't even
need to use XML, because BizTalk Server can turn any document that meets your
standards into XML.
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