Steve Martin som er product manager for divisjonen for Connected System, annonserte i dag (23. april) BizTalk Server R3.

R3 vil fokusere mye på støtte for SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 m/.NET Framework 3.5 og Windows Server 2008, men også en del nye egenskaper ved produktet. Det er planlagt en CTP (Community Technical Preview) i løpet av året, og endelig versjon i løpet av første halvdel 2009.

Fra Steve Martins blogg:

...We are also taking the opportunity as part of this BizTalk Server release to deliver additional customer-requested capabilities for our core SOA infrastructure.  We will give more updates on specific features in the coming months, but at a high level we are planning some new investments in the release that includes:

• New web service registry capabilities with support for UDDI (Universal Description Discovery and Integration) version 3.0
• Enhanced service enablement of applications (through new and enhanced adapters for LOB applications, databases, and legacy/host systems)
• Enhanced service enablement of "edge" devices through BizTalk RFID Mobile
• Enhanced interoperability and connectivity support for B2B protocols (like SWIFT, EDI, etc)
• SOA patterns and best practices guidance to assist our customer's implementations

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