BizTalk Server 2013: Developer Edition – It’s Coming!
Here's the scoop:
The BizTalk Server Developer Edition is coming and is scheduled to arrive on November 1, 2013. It won’t be free but the cost should be under $50 USD. In the meantime, these are your options:
- MSDN Subscription includes the Enterprise Edition. The Enterprise Edition and the Developer Editions are the same software package except for licensing. Meaning, the Developer edition cannot be used in a Production environment. It is for development use only.
- Evaluation Edition is a 120-day time-bombed Enterprise Edition.
- The Enterprise Edition on Windows Azure IaaS, aka BizTalk Server 2013 on a Windows Azure VM - If you have MSDN, you get $50, $100, or $150 in free Windows Azure usage per month. With MSDN discounts, a medium BizTalk Enterprise instance is less than $50 a month.
I hope this helps!
Comments
Anonymous
August 06, 2013
Taking into account that BT is a server product and that MSDN subscriptions are a per-user product. Could you please clarify what type of users would need an MSDN subscription in order to access and/or use a BT dev/test environment?Anonymous
August 21, 2013
MSDN subscriptions are typically for developers but anyone can purchase a subscription. The MSDN subscription includes the BizTalk Server Developer edition which is licensed for dev environments. If you wanted to use BizTalk Server Standard/Enterprise editions (the "server product"), then you need to purchase those licenses separately from MSDN. Basically, it's the licensing requirements for each edition: Developer - dev environments; Standard/Enterprise - Production environments. I have a feeling I'm misunderstanding your question.Anonymous
August 28, 2013
Thanks Mandi, That covers Dev and Production very clearly. What about a "cold" DR server? This is arguably not a production environment if it's shut down unless there's some sort of disaster, when it becomes the only server running as a production environment. And what about a Test server, which is clearly not a production environment? Thanks.Anonymous
September 16, 2013
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October 31, 2013
Today is November 1st. Any sign of BTS 2013 Dev Edition ?Anonymous
November 19, 2013
Is it true that the BTS 2013 Dev Edition is only available through an MSDN subscription?Anonymous
December 06, 2013
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July 09, 2014
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