BizTalk Development Made More Powerful With The Introduction Of AppFabric Connect

Online, November 11, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Updates and upgrades make the product even more useful to companies using them. Microsoft has proved this fact by adding an amazing feature called AppFabric Connect to the BizTalk server 2010 which now will allow BizTalk developers to use all its capabilities from Windows Azure AppFabric and Windows Server AppFabric for BizTalk development.

Windows Server AppFabric helps developers to use BizTalk Mapper and BizTalk LOB Adapters within Windows Workflow applications. On the other hand AppFabric Connect in Windows Azure AppFabric helps BizTalk developers working on any BizTalk development project to accommodate service endpoints in the cloud for BizTalk artifacts. The "connection" when used in this way facilitates communication with third parties without any complex firewall and security infrastructure.

AppFabric Connect for BizTalk development can be useful in different development scenarios like when the application does not need the use of all BizTalk capabilities to function properly or when additional BizTalk infrastructure is not needed. Microsoft has suggested a few scenarios where BizTalk developers can effectively use AppFabric Connect.

On-premises LOB integration: Through AppFabric Connect developers can use the BizTalk LOB Adapter Wizard in the interior of the workflow applications to create workflow activities which will show interactions with LOB systems. Besides this developers can also use BizTalk Mapper with BizTalk LOB Adapter Wizard for schema transformation.

Integration with customers and partners: Reach of the LOB Services can be extended in the Windows Azure AppFabric using AppFabric Connect. Though the services will run on premises, cloud can be used to access them easily and securely.

Developers can also use AppFabric connect in BizTalk development projects for low-latency on-premises LOB integration. Though this scenario is not explained in all that detail it is suggested that the adaptor enhances fast, easy and secure communication with partners and clients.

Besides all these BizTalk developers can work out different ways to use the AppFabric Adaptor in their BizTalk development project.