The third CTP release of the ESB Guidance has been posted to CodePlex.

From Marty Wasznicky’s email, some of the new features include:

  • New Resolver and Adapter Provider Framework provides messaging-level and end point resolution for:
    • UDDI
    • WS-MetaDataExchange
    • Business Rules Engine
    • XPath
    • STATIC
  • Messaging-Level Transformation services (using the new Resolver Framework) allows BizTalk maps to be executed in pipelines based on the following resolution methods:
    • UDDI
    • WS-MetaDataExchange
    • Business Rules Engine
    • XPath
    • STATIC
  • Request-Response support for on and off ramps (partial)
  • WCF Adapter integration
  • UDDI publishing and query service
  • BizTalk runtime query service
  • New Dynamic Resolution sample
  • Third-party SOA Management and Governance integration:
  • ESB Guidance documentation in CHM format

Check out the new release at http://www.codeplex.com/esb.