Microsoft announced that the upcoming release of BizTalk Server 2009 R2 will be renamed to BizTalk Server 2010. Why was this done – well, Microsoft says that initially the release was meant to provide support for Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010. Since then they have included a key features, thereby expanding on the scope of the release. These features include:
- Enhanced trading partner management – enabling customers to manage complex B2B relationships with ease.
- Enhanced BizTalk Mapper – critical to increasing productivity in both EAI and B2B solutions.
- Enable secure data transfer – across business partners with FTPS adapter
- Updated adapters for SAP 7, Oracle eBusiness Suite 12.1, SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2.
- Improved and simplified management – including an updated System Center management pack.
- Simplified management through single dashboard – further enabling backup and restore BizTalk configuration.
- Enhanced performance tuning capabilities – at Host and Host Instance level.
- Out of box event filtering and delivery of RFID events.
One benefit customers will see is the support window being reset to 10 years (5 years mainstream and 5 years extended support).
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