The first beta of BizTalk Server 2009 has been released today, and it is available for download from the connect website. Release notes, the single server installation guide, and the 2009 accelerators are also available for download on that same page. At the same time version 2.0 of the ESB Guidance that runs on BizTalk 2009 was released. Pretty exciting!
The installation and configuration guide alone has a lot of information and answers (for example, it’s supported on Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP with Service Pack 3, or Windows Vista with Service Pack 1, and the database can be SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2005 SP2).
This is an amazing effort by Microsoft’s Connected Systems Division who since its conception in 2005 have been releasing a lot of great applications and frameworks.