Professional BizTalk Server 2006/R2 is written by two industry-leading consultants in the BizTalk space. Darren Jefford is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services in the UK and Kevin Smith, formerly of the BizTalk Product Team responsible for the engine design and implementation as a Technical Lead Developer, now works as a Senior Architect for a UK-based investment bank.
Instead of walking through the high-level features, the book covers the entire product in depth, details ground-breaking techniques used to great effect in a number of real-world scenarios, and describes all the aspects of development with BizTalk, including performance and testing to ensure your project stands the best chance of success.
BizTalk is an incredibly complex, technical product, with many ways to achieve a given solution, some of which result in poor performance or not using the product to its full potential. With our real-world guidance, we explain how best to solve your requirements using BizTalk and why some approaches are better than others.
Professional BizTalk Server 2006/R2 also covers the new features introduced with BizTalk Server 2006 R2, scheduled for release in H1 2007. And because BizTalk Server 2006 is built on the same architectural platform as BizTalk Server 2004, most of the book applies to BizTalk Server 2004 development as well.
