The BizTalk Server 2010 offers a new feature called AppFabric Connect, which allows developers to use the BizTalk Mapper and Adapter Pack capabilities in their solutions, without depending on the BizTalk runtime itself. The developer can use the BizTalk Mapper with the same UI as in BizTalk projects to utilize the XML-based data transformation capabilities and connect to the backend Line of Business (LOB) systems, such as SAP, Oracle database, Oracle E-Business Suite, Seibel, and the SQL Server without writing custom code for the LOB connectivity. Within a project, the developer uses Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) activities to programmatically access the BizTalk Server's LOB connectivity and data transformation capabilities. The project can be deployed, hosted, and managed in Windows Server AppFabric/Internet Information Services (IIS).
In this chapter, you will find a recipe of the application that uses Mapper and LOB connectivity and is hosted on IIS. You can create...