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    • October 25, 2007 at 6:41 AM #18269
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        Hi

        I'm looking for some kind of comparison chart where the the Biztalk Branch edition is included and compared to the other versions available. Could someone please point me in the right direction?

        I've for exampleh eard that Business Rule Engine isn't included, but i need that and some other things confirmed.

        Thanks

      • October 25, 2007 at 9:09 AM #18270
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          Branch edition exists primarily to support RFID.  You would typically deploy Branch edition at a warehouse so that the RFID readers could communicate with BizTalk RFID.  You would not want to purchase Branch edition unless you are working with RFID.

          • October 28, 2007 at 2:28 AM #18283
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              Ok, but the ONLY thing i need from Biztalk is HWS and Rule Engine. Theese are not included then?

              • October 28, 2007 at 9:40 AM #18286
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                  From http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/howtobuy/faq.mspx

                  "BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Branch Edition (BR) is a specialty version of BizTalk Server designed for hub and spoke deployment scenarios. Branch Edition (as the spoke) is used in conjunction with Enterprise Edition (at the hub) to support the distributed intra-enterprise connectivity needed for RFID scenarios, host gateway connectivity, and hub and spoke deployments. " 

                   This would definately rule out Branch edition for you.

                   Based on what you provided, I would thinkg that Standard edition would probably be your best bet:

                  http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/howtobuy/default.mspx

                   

                   

                  • October 28, 2007 at 10:03 AM #18288
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                      That's too bad. I miss the old Partner Edition. One would think that Microsoft could show a comparison chart anyway, wouldn't you?

                      • October 28, 2007 at 6:54 PM #18289
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                          Yes, I agree that they could go into more details. "Complete EAI, B2B, and Business Process Management functionality"  is definately subject to interpretation

                    • April 10, 2009 at 5:11 AM #22115
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                        [quote user="Anonymous"]Ok, but the ONLY thing i need from Biztalk is HWS and Rule Engine. Theese are not included then?

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                        If you are just looking for HWS and the BRE, any version of BizTalk maybe overkill for your solution. Have you considered some of the open-source BRE tools such as NXBRE (http://nxbre.wiki.sourceforge.net/) or Drools.Net (http://droolsdotnet.codehaus.org/) and possibly K2 for the workflow aspect?

                        Nick.

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