Understanding the Windows Azure BizTalk Services
WABS is not a new BizTalk Server in the cloud. It does, however, bear a lot of resemblance to the classic BizTalk Server Product and, as we shall see in this chapter, many of the BizTalk Server mechanisms have been ported to this new integration tool residing purely in the Cloud (Azure).
The product consists of the following main artifacts:
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Artifact |
Description |
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WABS Portal |
A portal used for receiving and sending EDI documents from/to trading partners. As of now only X12 is supported, but support for EDIFACT has been announced by Microsoft. The Portal is also used for Tracking and maintenance of other artifacts. |
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Itinerary |
Surface or canvas inside Visual Studio used for placing Bridges, Sources, Destinations, and connections between these. |
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Bridges |
Used for receiving messages in Azure, processing them, transforming them, promoting properties, and routing the messages onwards. |
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Sources |
Entry points for receiving messages. FTP, SFTP, and... |
