News is already out: Beta 2 of BizTalk 2006 R2, the first public release, is available for download. Just go to Connect and sign in to BizTalk Server 2006 R2’s program.
If you want to know what’s new in this release, I direct you to my presentation at TechDays 2007, a few days ago, available here.
This beta includes the BizTalk 2006 R2 package itself, comprising:
- BizTalk EDI
- BizTalk RFID
- BizTalk WCF Adapter
- WCF and WF Interceptors
- BTS 2006 Accelerators
- BTS 2006 V1 LOB Adapters
- Product Documentation and Tutorials
As well as the .Net Line-Of-Business Adapters:
- .NET LOB Adapters
- Siebel Adapter
- SAP Adapter
- Oracle DB Adapter
And the WCF Line-Of-Business Adapter SDK.
Important to notice is that these 3 will have different release dates for the RTM versions, and that this beta 2 is an unsupported beta release. You can head for the forums for community support.