So are WCF and BizTalk Server competing technologies, or complementary ones? Let's review the role of each.
BizTalk Server 2009 |
Enterprise offering for messaging solutions that require consistent lifecycle for design, build, and deployment Process orchestration made available through a stateful, durable workflow engine Adapters to numerous protocols, technologies, and line of business systems Route data through high-performing, scalable, and persistent publish-subscribe message broker Runtime services with built-in scalability and load balancing Supplementary modules such as Business Activity Monitoring, Single Sign On, and Business Rules Engine |
Windows Communication Foundation |
Unify existing .NET communication technologies under a single umbrella Offer rich cross-platform support for WS* extensions targeting security, transactions, and stateful sessions Variety of flexible service host containers available Significant amount of service configuration... |