BizTalk Server Editions and Limits

The low-cost Partner Edition has been discontinued in BizTalk Server 2006, while capacity limits have changed for Standard Edition. Shown here are the editions of BizTalk Server 2006, their capacity limits, and the corresponding limits for BizTalk Server 2004. “Trading partners” are external organizations configured in a BizTalk Server installation (e.g., vendors in a company’s supply chain). “Processors” means physical processors; Microsoft treats multicore processors as single processors for licensing purposes. A “BizTalk application” is a solution running on the BizTalk Server engine; each such solution might integrate several business applications (such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and line-of-business applications).