BizTalk Server consists of a number of architectural components, only some of which have parity in BizTalk Services. These are listed in the following table, which shows the comparison of BizTalk Server and BizTalk Services:
|
BizTalk Server |
BizTalk Services |
|---|---|
|
Map |
Transform |
|
Pipeline |
Bridge |
|
Business Rules Engine |
No equivalent / custom coding needed |
|
Business Activity Monitoring |
No equivalent / custom coding needed |
|
Orchestration |
Workflow outside of service |
|
Adapters |
Bridge sources and destinations |
|
Schema |
Schema |
|
Tracking |
Tracking |
|
Trading Partner Management |
Trading Partner Management |
As you can see from the preceding table, there are a number of functional differences between BizTalk Services v1.0 and BizTalk Server. This is to be expected, as BizTalk Server is an established, mature product that was first shipped in 2000; it has received numerous updates over time. BizTalk Services, on the other hand, was GA'd (released for general availability) on November...