Feature List

The Deployment Framework for BizTalk includes the following features:

• Support for BizTalk 2004 through 2016 (BizTalk 2004 is supported by v4.x, BizTalk 2006 and 2006 R2 are supported up to v5.5, BizTalk 2009 is supported up to v5.6)
• Automation of the entire BizTalk application deployment and updating processes
• Full and Quick application update modes to reduce development cycle time
• Detailed logging for informational and troubleshooting purposes
• Visual Studio add-in provides menu and output window integration and IntelliSense
• Support for deployment of various BizTalk artifacts including:
  • Messaging bindings
  • Orchestrations
  • Schemas
  • Maps
  • Pipelines
  • Custom components (DLL’s)
  • Custom pipeline components
  • Custom functoids
  • Rules and vocabularies
  • IIS virtual directories
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) applications
  • BAM activities and views
  • ESB Toolkit 2.x itineraries
• Configuration settings infrastructure including user-friendly settings management spreadsheet and .NET object for settings access at runtime
• SSO Settings Editor GUI for viewing and editing settings stored in SSO on the fly
• Custom ESB Toolkit 2.x SSO Resolver that pulls settings data from SSO at runtime (settings data is centrally stored in settings mgmt. spreadsheet)
• Templated bindings file that automatically targets multiple runtime environments
• Enables use of un-encoded XML for easy maintenance of adapter and port configurations in binding files
• Single deployment script serves both development workstations and production servers
• Automated packaging of entire application into standard Windows Installer MSI file
• Support for side-by-side deployment of multiple versions of a single application
• Easily customizable installation wizard for server deployments
• Deployment verification via NUnit unit test tool
• Integrated deployment of Log4Net for runtime event logging
• Automated configuration of FILE adapter directories and security
• Automated configuration of BizTalk runtime settings including debugging features and .NET assembly-to-AppDomain mappings
• Automated restart of one or more BizTalk host instances and IIS services
• Automatic addition of cross-application references
• Automatic deployment of debugging PDB files to the Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
• Support for Windows x64
• Full source code
• Infinite extensibility through open-source license

Virtually all of these features may be selectively enabled or disabled, and easily customized to meet the particular requirements of your application.