BizTalk Server 2010 is a straightforward recipient of Azure Service Bus messages. For the foreseeable future, organizations will continue to maintain significant on-premises software investments while looking to the cloud for expansion of their application portfolio. Architects will have to pay particular attention to integration between on-premises software and cloud platforms. Extending BizTalk Server through the Azure Service Bus opens up a host of possibilities and helps leverage the scalability and accessibility of the cloud while exploiting prior software investments.
The remainder of this chapter walks through a complete solution scenario that demonstrates how to send messages through the Service Bus into BizTalk Server and back from BizTalk Server to the Service Bus.
In this scenario, we represent the fictitious company named WatsonBSafe. This company manages building access security for organizations that subscribe...