Chapter 2. Introduction to BizTalk Development

This section introduces BizTalk as a development platform. After a brief introduction to the developer experience, the remainder presents best practices for solution structure, and outlines the pieces of best practices in BizTalk solution.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

  • The BizTalk development experience
  • BizTalk solution architecture
  • Types in BizTalk
  • Monitoring a solution

Developing BizTalk solutions

The developer experience in BizTalk largely revolves around Microsoft Visual Studio, the premier integrated development environment for the Windows platform. Visual Studio has set the benchmark for IDEs for a decade regardless of the platform. Many developers who work in the Microsoft space ...

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