In Chapter 2, Messages and Transforms, we covered a fundamental aspect of integration and transformation. But transformation is just one of the capabilities that bridges in BizTalk Services provide. In this chapter, we will take a closer look at bridges and the following features:
Pipeline stages
Validating, enriching, and formatting messages
Lookup data
Message routing and filters
BizTalk Services Explorer
A bridge is actually a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) behind the scenes. While you cannot create your own bridge definitions, three templates are provided for you:
These templates provide some standard processing steps that you can use to act on or affect messages as they are processed. These steps form...