• WCF Adapter
  • Framework for building distributed, service-oriented applications
  • Ships as part of .NET 3.0
• EDI/AS2 Infrastructure
  • Comprehensive EDI functionality
    • Support for both X12 and EDIFACT
    • Supplants HIPAA accelerator
    • Over 8000 EDI schemas
    • EDI/AS2 Receive pipelines
    • Party resolution
    • Acknowledgements
  •  Drummond Group certified AS2 (HTTP EDIINT)
• BAM Interceptors for WCF/WFWCF
  • Two new interceptors
    • Windows Workflow Foundation
    • Windows Communication Foundation
  • Both are no-code interceptors
    • Configure the runtime environment
    • Configure the interceptor
  • Enables declarative end-to-end business level tracking
• LOB Adapter
  • A framework for building “Adapters to LOB applications
    • Custom applications or even databases
  • Builds on top of WCF channel infrastructure
    • Essentially an easy way to build a WCF channe
  • Can plug into BizTalk using WCF-Custom adapter
  • Do not confuse with WCF adapter
    • Completely separate functionality/code
• SDKWCF
  • Built on the WCF Line of Business Adapter SDK framework
    • Provide non-BizTalk specific access to
      • SAP
      • Oracle
      • Siebel
      • TIBCO
• BizTalk RFID
  • An open platform for building RFID-based solutions
  • A standalone product
    • Not dependent on any part of BizTalk Server 2006
    • Does require/include Rules Engine component
    • Various methods to connect to BizTalk Server
• Lives at the “edge” of the enterprise

Case Study on FFF Enterprise

• Using New Features for SOA Success
  • FFF Enterprises is a pharmaceutical distribution company that specializes in maintaining the integrity of supply chain in the pharmaceutical industry.
    
• Case Study highlights:
  • SOA platform that can grow with the Organization
  • Full-feature adapter with MOVEX ERP system
  • Exposing services (mostly MOVEX functionality) as Service endpoints for various consumers (e.g. eCommerce)
  • X.12 EDI and AS2
    

Resourceful links provided during meeting

• ESB toolkit
  • Geared towards creating an Enterprise Service Bus, smaller BizTalk projects will also find tremendous value in this kit. It contains the best practices in Exception Management, System Decoupling, and Management and Monitoring.

Special Thanks to:

Avanade, Facility Sponsor
Chris Romp, Speaker, Microsoft Technology Specialist for BizTalk, SOA and Process Platform in Southern California
Michael Klotz, Speaker, Managing Partner, eBI Solutions
Paul Divan, Meeting Facilitator and Senior Consultant, eBI Solutions

And all those who attended the kickoff meeting on November 8th