<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
BizTalk	I-Application
Server	I-Application
is	O
an	O
inter-organizational	O
middleware	O
system	O
(	O
IOMS	O
)	O
that	O
automates	O
business	O
processes	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
adapters	O
which	O
are	O
tailored	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
different	O
software	O
systems	O
used	O
in	O
an	O
enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
it	O
provides	O
enterprise	B-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
integration	I-Architecture
,	O
business	O
process	O
automation	O
,	O
business-to-business	O
communication	O
,	O
message	B-General_Concept
broker	I-General_Concept
and	O
business	B-Application
activity	I-Application
monitoring	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BizTalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
was	O
previously	O
positioned	O
as	O
both	O
an	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
an	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
changed	O
this	O
strategy	O
when	O
they	O
released	O
the	O
AppFabric	B-Application
server	O
which	O
became	O
their	O
official	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
of	O
Biztalk	B-Application
(	O
Biztalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2020	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
15th	O
of	O
January	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
common	O
scenario	O
,	O
BizTalk	B-Application
integrates	O
before	O
going	O
out	O
and	O
manages	O
automated	O
business	O
processes	O
by	O
exchanging	O
business	O
documents	O
such	O
as	O
purchase	O
orders	O
and	O
invoices	O
between	O
disparate	O
applications	O
,	O
within	O
or	O
across	O
organizational	O
boundaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
for	O
BizTalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
is	O
done	O
through	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
can	O
be	O
transformed	O
to	O
SAP	B-Application
IDocs	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Messages	O
inside	O
BizTalk	B-Application
are	O
implemented	O
through	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
and	O
defined	O
with	O
the	O
XML	B-Language
schemas	I-Language
in	O
XSD	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maps	O
are	O
implemented	O
with	O
the	O
XSLT	B-Application
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orchestrations	B-Application
are	O
implemented	O
with	O
the	O
WS-BPEL	O
compatible	O
process	O
language	O
xLANG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schemas	O
,	O
maps	O
,	O
pipelines	B-Operating_System
and	O
orchestrations	B-Application
are	O
created	O
visually	O
using	O
graphical	O
tools	O
within	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
additional	O
functionality	O
can	O
be	O
delivered	O
by	O
.NET	B-Application
assemblies	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
called	O
from	O
existing	O
modules	O
—	O
including	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
orchestrations	B-Application
,	O
maps	O
,	O
pipelines	B-Operating_System
,	O
business	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
is	O
an	O
incomplete	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
technical	O
features	O
in	O
the	O
BizTalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Accelerators	O
offer	O
support	O
for	O
enterprise	O
standards	O
like	O
RosettaNet	O
,	O
HL7	O
,	O
HIPAA	O
and	O
SWIFT	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
Rete	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
rule	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-Application
activity	I-Application
monitoring	I-Application
(	O
BAM	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
dashboard	O
,	O
aggregated	O
(	O
PivotTable	B-Application
)	O
view	O
on	O
how	O
the	O
Business	O
Processes	O
are	O
doing	O
and	O
how	O
messages	O
are	O
processed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
unified	O
administration	O
console	O
for	O
deployment	O
,	O
monitoring	O
and	O
operations	O
of	O
solutions	O
on	O
BizTalk	B-Application
servers	I-Application
in	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
electronic	O
data	O
interchange	O
(	O
EDI	O
)	O
functionality	O
supporting	O
X12	O
and	O
EDIFACT	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
BizTalk	B-Application
2006	O
R2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
do	O
graphical	O
modelling	O
of	O
business	O
processes	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
model	O
documents	O
with	O
XML	B-Language
schemas	I-Language
,	O
graphically	O
mapping	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
assistance	O
of	O
functoids	B-Operating_System
)	O
between	O
different	O
schemas	O
,	O
and	O
building	O
pipelines	B-Operating_System
to	O
decrypt	O
,	O
verify	O
,	O
parse	O
messages	O
as	O
they	O
enter	O
or	O
exit	O
the	O
system	O
via	O
adapters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
automate	O
business	O
management	O
processes	O
via	O
Orchestrations	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BizTalk	B-Application
integrates	O
with	O
other	O
Microsoft	O
products	O
like	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
CRM	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
and	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
to	O
allow	O
interaction	O
with	O
a	O
user	O
participating	O
in	O
a	O
workflow	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RFID	B-Application
support	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
BizTalk	B-Application
2006	O
R2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Human-centric	O
processes	O
cannot	O
be	O
implemented	O
directly	O
with	O
BizTalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
and	O
need	O
additional	O
applications	O
like	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BizTalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
runtime	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
publish/subscribe	B-Operating_System
architecture	O
,	O
sometimes	O
called	O
"	O
content-based	O
publish/subscribe	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Messages	O
are	O
published	O
into	O
BizTalk	B-Application
,	O
transformed	O
to	O
the	O
desired	O
format	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
routed	O
to	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BizTalk	B-Application
makes	O
processing	O
safe	O
by	O
serialization	B-Application
(	O
called	O
"	O
dehydration	O
"	O
in	O
Biztalk	B-Application
's	O
terminology	O
)	O
-	O
placing	O
messages	O
into	O
a	O
database	O
while	O
waiting	O
for	O
external	O
events	O
,	O
thus	O
preventing	O
data	O
loss	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
architecture	O
binds	O
BizTalk	B-Application
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BizTalk	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
transaction	O
flow	O
through	O
the	O
whole	O
line	O
from	O
one	O
customer	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BizTalk	B-Application
orchestrations	B-Application
also	O
implement	O
long-running	B-General_Concept
transactions	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
BizTalk	B-Application
uses	O
adapters	O
for	O
communications	O
with	O
different	O
protocols	O
,	O
message	O
formats	O
,	O
and	O
specific	O
software	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
adapters	O
are	O
:	O
electronic	O
data	O
interchange	O
,	O
file	O
,	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
SFTP	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
SMTP	B-Protocol
,	O
POP3	B-Protocol
,	O
SOAP	B-Application
,	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
MSMQ	B-Application
,	O
MLLP	O
,	O
Azure	B-Application
Logic	O
App	O
,	O
Azure	B-Application
API	O
Management	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
,	O
IBM	B-Device
mainframe	I-Device
zSeries	O
(	O
CICS	B-Application
and	O
IMS	B-Application
)	O
and	O
midrange	O
IBM	B-Application
i	I-Application
(	O
previously	O
AS/400	B-Device
)	O
systems	O
,	O
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
WebSphere	I-Application
MQ	I-Application
adapters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
this	O
includes	O
adapters	O
for	O
SAP	B-Application
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
E-Business	I-Application
Suite	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PeopleSoft	O
Enterprise	O
and	O
Siebel	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
adapters	O
(	O
for	O
Active	O
Directory	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
are	O
available	O
from	O
third	O
party	O
Microsoft	O
BizTalk	B-Application
core	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
