Overview

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 enables the development and management of business processes within and between organizations. Companies can easily build distributed business processes that integrate applications and partners, as well as quickly establish reliable, secure trading relationships with customers and key partners over the Internet. By supporting important Web technologies such as XML and SOAP, Biztalk Server 2000 allows an organization to leverage open standards and specification in order to integrate disparate applications independent of operating system, programming model or programming language.

Benefits

• Graphical Development Tools... The BizTalk Editor and the BizTalk Mapper are included for developing and transforming XML schema and business documents.
• Reliable Document Interchange Engine... Supports content-based routing and multiple document types including XML, EDI (EDIFACT and X12), as well as custom and flat file formats.
• Robust Security... Including support for public key infrastructure, digital signatures, and encryption.
• Application Adapters... Provide end-to-end integration with popular back-end business systems.

Features

• Rich EAI and B2B Integration Tools
  Easily integrates applications and business partners
• Support for W3C-standard XML, SOAP, popular EDI, and other industry standards
  Ensures highest level of security and interoperability
• Full support for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), X. 509 Certificates, S/MIME, and other leading security standards
  Enables secured communications with trading partners over the web
• Visual design environment based on Visio
  Quickly builds dynamic business processes
• Advanced orchestration technology
  Automatically handles complex business process integration

BizTalk Server 2000 System Requirements

• Computer/Processor: Intel-compatible 300-megahertz (MHz)processor or higher
• Memory: 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM
• Hard Disk: 6-gigabyte (GB)hard disk
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, or Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with the NTFS file system and Service Pack 1 (SP1) or higher
• Miscellaneous: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, Microsoft Visio 2000 SR-1a (included) required to use BizTalk Orchestration Designer, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server Service Pack 2 (SP2) or SQL Server 2000

Visio 2000 System Requirements

• Computer/Processor: Intel-compatible 166-MHz Pentium or higher
• Memory: 16 MB of RAM
• Hard Disk: 80 MB of hard-disk space
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 95 or later, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, or Windows NT Server version 4.0 (SP3 or later)