Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2004 supports the goal of creating business processes that unite separate applications into a coherent whole. The upcoming release enables you to connect diverse applications, and then to graphically construct and modify business processes that use the services those applications provide. Additionally, the next release brings more to the core BizTalk Server 2004 engine, including a mechanism for specifying business rules, better ways to manage and monitor applications, and support for single sign-on for those applications.
This paper discusses the various services, features, and functionality available to developers, IT professionals, and information workers in BizTalk Server 2004, and how each of those users can use BizTalk Server to help solve their business problems.
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