Chapter 1, Hello BizTalk Services, introduces BizTalk Services, its architecture, and how to create an instance of the service and deploy solutions.

Chapter 2, Messages and Transforms, explains message processing and how to transform messages to different formats. Also, it explains how to use mapping operations to aggregate data, perform reference data lookups, and use custom code in transformations.

Chapter 3, Bridges, gives a detailed look at bridges and explains how to enrich messages and route messages to different endpoints.

Chapter 4, Enterprise Application Integration, explains sources and destinations and how to connect BizTalk Services to enterprise applications and systems on-premises from the cloud.

Chapter 5, Business-to-business Integration, discusses B2B integration using industry standard protocols such as EDIFACT, X12, and AS2. It also discusses how to create partners and agreements in BizTalk Services to connect with trading partners and how to utilize message batching and archiving.

Chapter 6, API, discusses a rich API underpinning BizTalk Services. Also, it explains what it can do and how to use it in different contexts, including REST, PowerShell, and custom code.

Chapter 7, Tracking and Troubleshooting, discusses how messages are tracked in BizTalk Services and how to find and resolve problems when they occur using the tools BizTalk Services provides.

Chapter 8, Moving to BizTalk Services, explains how to move from BizTalk Server to BizTalk Services, the differences between the two products, and future plans.

To follow along with the code samples and solutions provided in the book, you will need the following pre requisites:

This book is for software developers, IT pros, architects, and technical managers who wish to understand BizTalk Services, what it can do, and how to use it to integrate services, on-premises applications, and businesses together.

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Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "Let's tackle the ShippingAddress node."

A block of code is set as follows:

public string CreateAddress (string Number, string Street, string City, string State, string Country)
{
  return Number + " " +
    Street + "," +
    City + "," +
    State + "," +
    Country;
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

select-azuresubscription –SubscriptionName "Test"

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