Chapter 8. Implementing Extended Capabilities

In this chapter, we will look at additional features that come with the BizTalk Server Product and also other products that ship with the BizTalk License.

Along with the BizTalk Server, several other features are available with the BizTalk Server License. The Business Rules Engine (BRE) helps implementing and maintaining complex business rules in both BizTalk and other applications. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a BizTalk feature that allows receiving and sending EDI messages, and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) is used both in BizTalk and other applications to collect data and present them to business users.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:

• Business Rules Engine

• Electronic Data Interchange

• Business Activity Monitoring

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