Some good news in the BizTalk and Host Integration Server (HIS) world:
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The new Host
Integration Server Team Blog has launched! Looking forward to good content on
the new features in HIS 2006. -
The BizTalk
Developer Center in MSDN has new content for december, focusing on integrating
BizTalk with Windows Communication Foundation and Workflow Foundation: -
The Reference
Application Pack for Retail whitepaper: Presents one possible reference architecture
for retail (store-oriented) applications based on Web Services and standards like IXRetail.
The whitepaper comes with a sample implementation of a part of the model using WCF,
BizTalk Server and Business Scorecard Manager. -
Windows
Workflow Foundation and BizTalk Server 2006 Code
Sample: This is a simple example of integrating WF with BizTalk by having a workflow
invoke a BizTalk orchestration exposed as a WebService. The scenario is that of a
purchase order workflow validating the order and based on the total amount it either
suspends it or sends it over to BizTalk for further processing.