Integration Capabilities of the Adapter Pack
BizTalk Server, Windows Azure Service Bus, Connect for services

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MVP BizTalk Server
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Working on different integration project in the Netherlands
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Writer of numerous articles for Dutch IT Magazine like.NET Magazine,
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BizTalk Server 2010 Patterns
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Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 (MCTS)

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Role of the Adapter Pack
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Understanding of the Adapter Pack
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Show Capabilities of the Adapter Pack

Business
Rules
Engine
Enterprise
Service
Bus
Trading
Partner
Management
RFID
Adapters &
Adapter SDK
EDI/B2B
Business
Activity
Monitoring
Accelerators
(SWIFT/HL7)

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Adapter Pack provides versatile and consistent interoperability with LOB systems like SAP, Siebel, Oracle, and TIBCO.
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It is a collection of application adapters that enables any Windows application to integrate with LOB applications using the Windows
Communication Foundation (WCF) programming model.
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Introduced with BizTalk Server 2006 R2.
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Adapter Packs has been evolving last years with more adapters and enhancements to support latest versions of LOB systems and SQL Server.

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First adapter Microsoft supported was SAP
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2005 Microsoft acquired eight adapters from iWay before major release of
BizTalk 2006
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Adapters (Amdocs, JD Edwards, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft, Siebel
Systems Inc. and TIBCO)
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Based upon BizTalk Server Adapter Framework
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Subsequent adapters (not all) in later packs are based on WCF

Each version is aligned with Microsoft Platform (Operating System, SQL Server, and Visual Studio)
BizTalk Adapters for
Enterprise Applications
BTS 2006
.NET 2.0
Adapter Pack 1.0
WCF LOB SDK
WCF LOB SDK SP1
BTS 2006 R2
.NET 3.0
WCF
2006 2007
Adapter Pack 2.0
WCF LOB SDK SP2
Adapter Pack 2010
WCF LOB SDK SP2
Adapter Pack 2010 R2
WCF LOB SDK 2010
BTS 2009
.NET 3.5
WCF
2009
BTS 2010
.NET 4.0
WCF
2010
BTS 2010 R2
.NET 4.5
WCF
2013

Visual Studio 2010
Adapter Meta Data
Utility Tool
Connectivity
LoB
Client
Configuration
Binding file
Connectivity
LoB
Client
Browse meta data
LOB System
Perform operation
LOB System

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On-premise scenario with Oracle 11g XE
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Connect for services scenario using the Service Bus Relay
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Hybrid Scenario using Service Bus Queues, SQL Azure and BizTalk
Server
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Using EAI Bridge to Send Message to On-premise LOBs (SQL Server)
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BizTalk Server 2010 R2 CTP SB-Messaging

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Adapter Packs 1.0 to 2010 support connectivity with different Oracle
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With BizTalk Adapter (WCF) OracleDb Binding you can:
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Perform Table Operations
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Invoke functions, functions with Record Types, or with REF CURSORs
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Invoke Overloaded Procedures, Procedures with BFILE Parameters, Stored-
Procedures
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Polling
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Execute Statement

• OracleDbBinding Configuration
• Port Configuration
• Query Messages

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Connect for Services’ feature extends:
 the reach of LOB Services and
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BizTalk application into Windows Azure Service Bus.
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Note: LOB Service or BizTalk application runs on-premise, but can be accessed securely and easily through the Cloud.

• Adapter Service Project
• Walkthrough configuration
• Windows Azure ServiceBus

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Adapter offers connectivity from SQL Server 2000 edition until latest SQL
Server 2008 R2.
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Not every feature is supported in SQL Azure like:
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Common Language Runtime (CLR)
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Database file placement, mirroring
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Distributed queries, Distributed transactions (No MSDTC)
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Filegroup management
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Global temporary tables
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SQL Server configuration options
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SQL Server Service Broker ( Query Notifications )
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System tables, Trace Flags
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Note: Not documented as supported connectivity with SQL Azure is possible.

• Consume Adapter Service
• SQL Azure Instance
• BizTalk Configuration

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Service Bus Connect feature allows an application in the cloud to communicate with a Line-of-Business (LOB) system on-premise, in your network, behind your firewall
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LOB adapters in the BizTalk Adapter Pack (BAP), a Service Bus Connect application can execute LOB operations to the following on-premise LOB systems:
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Microsoft SQL Server
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Oracle Database
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Oracle E-Business Suite
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SAP
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Siebel eBusiness Applications

• Show SQL Bridge
• Send Message
Windows Azure Service Bus
SQL Server
Client

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QUEUES
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Provide loose coupling between components and enables load balancing and load leveling.
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Developers can interact with queues via WCF bindings, .NET API or REST
API.
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TOPICS
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Topics are like queues except that they allow messages to be consumed by multiple parties.
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Subscriptions are added to topics and rules can be applied to limit the messages received.
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Can have multiple subscribers for a single subscription (for load balancing) or one subscriber per subscription (multi-cast).

• Show BizTalk Server 2010 R2 SB-Message Adapter
Cloud
Queues
Client App On-Premise
BizTalk Server 2010 R2
Adapter Pack
Data-Tier

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Capabilities of Adapter Pack are versatile
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Adapter Pack Supports LOB systems SAP, Oracle eBS, SQL and Oracle databases
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Adapter Pack plays a role in different types of integration scenario’s:
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BizTalk On-premise
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Azure Service Bus

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BizTalk Server Adapter Pack 2010 Wiki
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Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 Documentation
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Working with BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 BizTalk Hotrod 8
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Installing BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 on x64
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BizTalk Server Adapters and Adapter Pack Forum
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Installing and Configuring Microsoft BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise
Applications
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Installing Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 1.0
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Installing Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0
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Installing Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010

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