BizTalk Server Roadmap Update

• BizTalk Server 2020 is the first version to work with Windows Server 2019, SQL Server 2019, and Visual Studio 2019.
• The new version will especially benefit customers whose existing BizTalk Server systems need a platform upgrade.
• Azure Logic Apps is now Microsoft’s primary integration technology.

The BizTalk Server software is Microsoft’s most mature application integration and business-to-business commerce product. It will probably continue to receive new versions, but Azure Logic Apps is now Microsoft’s primary integration technology.

Overview

BizTalk Server offers a workflow component (called Orchestration) for defining and executing long-running business processes (such as submitting a purchase order) and messaging components for communications between applications. It implements common Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messaging standards and many industry-specific standards (such as HL7 for healthcare). The BizTalk Server license also covers Microsoft’s mainframe integration software, Host Integration Server, versions of which sometimes ship separately. (See “Host Integration Server Timeline.”)