* BizTalk Server 2009 now available – New features

Top New Features

BizTalk Server 2009 introduces enhancements and new featured in four main areas:

Updated Platform Support

• Support for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

• Support for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

• Support for Windows Server 2008

• Virtualization support with Hyper-V

• Support for SQL Server 2008

Developer & Team Productivity

• New Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) experience - with Support for TFS - integrated source control, bug tracking, unit testing, MSBuild automation

• Enhanced Developer Productivity with Visual Studio project system updates & Map Debugging

SOA and Web Services

• ESB Guidance 2.0

• New UDDI v3 Web Services Registry

• New and enhanced LOB adapters (Oracle eBusiness Suite, SQL Server)

• Enhanced host systems integration (WebSphere MQ, CICS, IMS)

• Enhanced BAM support

Business to Business Integration

• New Mobile RFID Platform

• New RFID device management and industry standards support

• Enhanced Support for EDI and AS2 Protocols and Drummond certification

• Updated SWIFT Support and SWIFTReady Financial EAI Gold certification

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