BizTalk Concepts

BizTalk is Microsoft's entry into the EAI market. As with Microsoft's general approach to computing, BizTalk is designed to dramatically decrease the cost and time required to field EAI solutions and to automate processes that were formerly painstakingly performed by hand. This goal is accomplished by abstracting the process and developing software components that handle each step in an automated transaction.

BizTalk provides an integration platform that shields developers from the harsh world of communications protocols, data formats, and API details. It is based on the open standards of the Internet including HTTP, XML, SOAP, XSLT, and MIME. BizTalk supports both a loosely coupled asynchronous communications environment and ...

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