30. oktober ble det lagt ut pressemelding om BizTalk kodenavn Oslo. Har ennå ikke funnet ut hvordan de kom opp med dette kodenavnet, men moro er det i alle fall.

Det er fem hovedområder man definerer som sentrale i denne versjonen:

• Server. Microsoft BizTalk Server "6" will continue to provide a core foundation for distributed and highly scalable SOA and BPM solutions, and deliver the capability to develop, manage and deploy composite applications.
• Services. BizTalk Services "1" will offer a commercially supported release of Web-based services enabling hosted composite applications that cross organizational boundaries. This release will include advanced messaging, identity and workflow capabilities.
• Framework. The Microsoft .NET Framework "4" release will further enable model-driven development with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
• Tools. New technology planned for Visual Studio "10" will make significant strides in end-to-end application life-cycle management through new tools for model-driven design of distributed applications.
• Repository. There will also be investments in aligning the metadata repositories across the Server and Tools product sets. Microsoft System Center "5," Visual Studio "10" and BizTalk Server "6" will utilize a repository technology for managing, versioning and deploying models

Les mer:

• Pressemelding på microsoft.com [link]
• Directions on Microsoft har en 4 siders artikkel som gir en grei innføring om hvor dette går hen [link]
• Annen informasjon/pressemeldinger fra Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference 2007 som går denne uken i Seattle [link]