Running BizTalk on a Windows Azure Virtual Machine
As of BizTalk Server 2013, we can now choose to either run our BizTalk Server(s) on-premise as before, or run them on a virtual server in Azure.
Besides the actual benefits of hosting your BizTalk Server(s) in the cloud, it is also possible to connect your cloud servers to your on-premise network or domain by setting up a Virtual Network in Azure.
Setting up a single BizTalk Server
We will now set up a standalone BizTalk Server evaluation edition that also has SQL Server evaluation edition installed, as follows:
Note
The evaluation edition will only work for 120 days...