The new ‘Adapter Framework’ (in BizTalk speak – this would be the Adapter V2.0 Framework) is now available.
This new WCF based Adapter Framework allows developers to build, deploy and execute
standalone Adapters – whether BizTalk Server is present or not.
The framework is designed very much for standalone application (& can be ‘plugged’
into BizTalk R2 if desired), and as a .NET developer you can consider this as an additional
.NET library that provides the abilility to allow you to build standalone adapters
for your .NET applications (e.g. console app, or Word)
p.s. The BizTalk Adapter Pack is built ontop of this framework. 🙂
Grab SP1 below: