BizTalk Server 2004 White Papers

Learn fundamental concepts and development methodologies of the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm and its implementation in BizTalk Server 2004, including the Microsoft .NET framework architecture.

Examine the creation and deployment of business rule "policies" in BizTalk Server 2004, and see how a development environment that enables business rules to function as transparent services can effectively drive business agility.

Read this in-depth analysis of how BizTalk Server 2004 delivers a more integrated business process automation (BPA) solution than the WebSphere Business Integration system from IBM.

See how BizTalk Server 2004 enables developers and system architects to use the same development methodology and components to create workflow processes, application integration interfaces, and trading partner interactions.

Discover how XML and Web services are implemented within BizTalk Server 2004, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and Microsoft Office 2003 and how they interact with each other to create a process-centric computing infrastructure.

Examine security mechanisms and deployment methodologies that BizTalk Server 2004 uses to authenticate data, authorize access, and maintain data privacy and integrity.

Use Microsoft InfoPath with BizTalk Server 2004 to address complex workflow issues, demanding documentation requirements, and application integration issues, with a view towards building an agile enterprise.

Microsoft Host Integration Server and BizTalk Server both support an extension of Microsoft Windows Enterprise Security integration called Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO). Learn how SSO can help solve a key problem that many enterprise organizations experience. Download this paper from the Microsoft Download Center for the details.

Learn more about this conceptual framework for BPM Server and how the major technologies of BizTalk Server 2004 correspond to these services.

Choose your Microsoft technology or technology combination wisely after reading this comparison of Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation, formerly code-named "Indigo"; BizTalk Server 2006; Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services; and others.

See how Microsoft tools for business process management (BPM) and supporting technologies help you create and execute highly transparent and modular process-oriented workflows and gain development and operational productivity.

Discover development solutions for BizTalk Server 2004 on MSDN.