BizTalk Server 2009 Now on MSDN - Stephen W. Thomas BizTalk MVP - BizTalk Blogs

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The latest edition of BizTalk Server is now available on MSDN.

The following editions are available for download (this may vary based on your MSDN subscription):

Developer Edition
Branch Edition
Standard Edition
Enterprise Edition

I only see the x86 version of each product available for download right now.

BizTalk Server 2009 has the following enhancements and improvements over the past version of BizTalk:

Support for .Net 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studios 2008 SP2

XSLT Debugger in Visual Studios
Support for Unit Tests in Visual Studios
Full Application Life Cycle Management

Windows 2008 and SQL 2008
Support for Hyper-V
New ESB Guidance 2.0
Mobile RFID
Updated and enhanced EDI, AS2, and SWIFT
New SQL Server Adapter

Important Notes:

BizTalk 2009 will support SQL 2005
HAT and HWS will be deprecated

In addition to BizTalk Server 2009, the 2009 Accelerators, 2009 Adapters for Host Systems, 2009 Line of Business Adapters, 2009 RFID, and 2009 Host Integration Server are also available. These are all under the BizTalk Server 2009 section under Servers.