The final release of the BizTalk Adapter Pack version 2.0 is now available on MSDN and TechNet for subscribers. The single download contains both 32bit and 64bit versions.
Overview:
The Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack contains adapters that enable enterprise applications and databases to interface with each other by implementing a common adapter framework. They expose line of business applications and data as Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services. Technically, the adapters are Windows Communication Framework (WCF) bindings, and they are built on top of the WCF Line Of Business Adapter SDK SP2.
Note that the adapters in the adapter pack do not require BizTalk Server – because they are bindings of WCF you can use them to expose the enterprise applications and databases by developing the solutions in Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 and hosting them on IIS or SharePoint or a custom WCF application.
TechEd USA had a presentation on the SAP adapters available in the Adapter Pack and how to use it with MOSS. Some more live meeting presentations introducing the adapters in the adapter pack are on their way so keep tuned!
If you want to start playing with the adapters now and don’t have a licence there’s a 120 day evaluation download available.
Adapters:
Version 2.0 of the adapter pack includes 5 adapters:
Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for SQL Server – Supports SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. For BizTalk users this replaces the previous SQL Server adapter. There is a separate download for this adapter that
Microsoft BizTalk Adapter 3.0 for Oracle Database – Oracle 9.2, Oracle 10.1, Oracle 10.2, Oracle 11.1
Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite
Microsoft BizTalk Adapter 3.0 for mySAP Business Suite – SAP R/3 4.6c Non-Unicode, SAP R/3 4.7 Non-Unicode, SAP R/3 4.7 Unicode, SAP R/3 5.0 Non-Unicode, SAP R/3 5.0 Unicode, SAP R/3 6.0 Unicode
Microsoft BizTalk Adapter 3.0 for Siebel eBusiness Applications (32bit only) – Siebel 7.5 (7.5.3.15), Siebel 7.7 (7.7.2.8), Siebel 7.8 (7.8.2.6), Siebel 8.0 (8.0.0.1)
Licensing:
BizTalk Server 2009 Developer, Standard, Enterprise with or without software assurance – Included in the license
BizTalk Server 2009 Branch Edition – Not included in the licence
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Developer, Standard, Enterprise with software assurance – Included in the license
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Branch Edition – Not included in the licence
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Developer, Standard, Enterprise without software assurance – Not included in the license
BizTalk Server 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000 🙂 – Does not work with these versions and of course not included in the license
For non BizTalk customers and BizTalk 2006 R2 customers without software assurance the current license price is US$5000 per processor socket. Please refer to the licensing page for an accurate price.
A separate download just for the SQL Adapter for BizTalk 2006 R2 and 2009 customers is available as well.
For more information refer to the adapters blog on MSDN.
–Thiago
