BizTalk Server 2010 R2

BizTalk Server is Microsoft's integration and connectivity server and is one of the most deployed integration servers in the industry. BizTalk Server 2010 was released just over a year ago. Today we are happy to share details on what customers can expect from the next release: BizTalk Server 2010 R2.

BizTalk Server 2010 R2 will focus on three primary themes:

  • Platform Support – Supporting new and current server and development platforms
  • Improved B2B – Aligning with industry standards and continuing to invest in performance improvements
  • Ready for the Cloud – Enabling customers to take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing

BizTalk Server 2010 R2 will be delivered approximately 6 months following the release of Windows Server 8. Release timing for Windows Server 8 is yet to be announced and will be disclosed by the Windows Server team in the future.

In addition to the investments we are making in BizTalk Server 2010 R2, we will continue the tradition of providing regular cumulative updates on a quarterly basis. These include updates to comply with Line-Of-Business (LOB) systems, schema changes, accelerator certifications, and bug fixes.

We believe that with this release we continue to deliver a mature, reliable and stable integration server that honors the trust of the thousands of customers who run their mission critical business processes on BizTalk Server.

Below is the detailed view of the features we are releasing:

Platform Support

Improved B2B

Ready for the Cloud

New Platforms and Infrastructure

  • Windows Server 8*
  • SQL Server 2012*

Increased Developer and IT Productivity

  • Visual Studio 11* and Windows 8* to develop solutions
  • In-place migration from BizTalk Server 2010

Extended Platform Integration

  • DB2 client connectivity to SQL Server, conversion of commands to T-SQL, migration of packages to stored procedures
  • Adapter connectivity to new data sources, including IBM Informix V11 and IBM IMS/DB V11

Agile Alignment to Industry Standards

  • Regular updates to schemas, accelerators certifications and adapters. Highlights include:
  • Healthcare: HIPAA 5010 extensions: 2777CA, 999, HL7 2.5.1
  • Finance: SWIFT SRG 2011 support, SWIFT SRG 2012, SWIFTNet 7.0 (new messaging platform)

Improved Performance and Scalability

  • HL7 MLLP adapter performance improvements
  • Better performance with ordered send ports
  • Enhanced scale out configuration with multiple hosts
  • Expanded adapter options for faster batch processing

Extend on-premises solutions to the cloud

  • Easily extend your on-premises BizTalk Server solution to the cloud in a secure manner
  • Tighter integration of on-premises BizTalk Server applications with Windows Azure Service Bus

Improved Licensing

  • Adjustments to licensing that are geared towards cloud hosting, including:
  • Purchase from a hoster on a monthly basis (SPLA)
  • Register your existing license with a hoster (License Mobility)

* Release dates for these products have not been disclosed yet

 

For additional details on BizTalk Server and purchasing options please contact your local Microsoft Account Manager or visit our website.

 

The BizTalk Server Team.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2011
    We, who work with integration welcome R2 but customers will appreciate it even more. Glad to se investments wich of course leads to improvements. I'm seeing forward to the future developement of this great product wich is a pillar of many successfully companies.

  • Anonymous
    December 08, 2011
    Thanks for outline on new BizTalk Server 2010 R2 release.

  • Anonymous
    December 19, 2011
    Is there a release date for this new version

  • Anonymous
    December 28, 2011
    Seems BizTalk Team is monitoring the market trends. :)The healthcare and finance industries are adopting BizTalk platform very fast last two years. Mainfraim integration start to make buzzz with BizTalk also. Nice trends.

  • Anonymous
    January 10, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 25, 2012
    Great news.. :)

  • Anonymous
    February 01, 2012
    Thanks for the useful information.

  • Anonymous
    February 07, 2012
    Thank you for the insides - what about PowerShell Support on the new Plattform Windows Server?

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2012
    Will MSMQ be updated to larger message sizes than 4 GB? A vendor convinced my organization not to buy BizTalk because they would have to re-write their software to "chunk" messages to fit under the 4 MB restriction in MSMQ. They also claimed BizTalk is based on 1990's technology that was never updated because it "never took hold".

  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    May 30, 2012
    Is there anywhere we can get a hands-on preview of the changes?

  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2012
    Hi there,  do you guys have a time frame for this release yet?

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2012
    will BizTalk 2010 R2 have capability to host and run WF 4.5 workflows just like BizTalk applications.

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2012
    How about complete support to REST and ODATA services both for consumption and exposing REST/ODATA services.

  • Anonymous
    September 21, 2012
    No XSLT 2.0 support?  No improvements to the Business Rule Composer, such as adding web service integration?  Wow thanks for another release of the same exact product.

  • Anonymous
    November 13, 2012
    Biztalk site has very little information on current developments around biztalk. The site even reads 2011. Some updates on biztalk site would be very helpful.

  • Anonymous
    January 13, 2016
    I have a question. I don't know where to place my Biztalk learning queries so I am asking it here. I want to know a sql query which will give me the list of all biztalk resources which are dependent on the Biztalk assembly that will be input to my sql query? You know that will come handy while removing a Biztalk resource that is being used by other Biztalk resources.

  • Anonymous
    August 05, 2016
    How can we tell if we have BizTalk 2010 or BizTalk 2010/R2 currently installed? I've looked at Registry, but unclear how to know from what I see there.