BizTalk Server 2004 Pricing

The forthcoming release of BizTalk Server 2004 will increase application and partner connectivity limits for Standard and Partner Editions, giving businesses using those editions more headroom to grow their BizTalk networks before incurring additional licensing costs. BizTalk 2004 customers will also receive free copies of Visual Studio .NET (VS.NET) and InfoPath 2003, which could encourage businesses to build workflows with user interaction using BizTalk’s new Human Workflow Services feature. Pricing and packaging for BizTalk 2004 is similar to that of BizTalk Server 2002: only the product’s Developer Edition shows a price increase.

Same Editions, Expanded Connectivity

BizTalk is designed to automate intercompany business processes, such as purchase order exchanges between trading partners, and enable intracompany enterprise application integration scenarios, such as connecting a company’s warehousing and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Such functionality allows businesses to exchange information among systems with incompatible data formats and communication protocols.