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    • May 1, 2006 at 1:35 PM #13479
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        I have started doing research on Biztalk 2006 for its BPM/workflow use. I need to know the answers to the following at the earliest.It is not possible without help from all of you.please contribute with your answers to as many questions as possible.
        you have to say only yes or no in most cases

        1. Do it have custom activity and event creation definition (creating
        own activities and event facility) available

        2. Number of concurrent workflow instances supported

        3. Is it able to use .net classes as activities inside workflow.

        4. Can we invoke workflow created in it being called from .net assembly

        5. Are the workflows created in biztalk available as a webservice

        6. Do it have logging support.

        7. Does it support reporting of multiple workflow instances.

        11. Is transaction and entire rollback supported throughout the

        workflow.

        12. Does it support multiple versions of the same workflow running

        simultaneously.

        13. Does it support recovery from abrupt breakdown. If yes, what is the

        features of its Error handling.

        regards

      • May 16, 2006 at 12:13 PM #13480
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          Hi Find the answers:

          1. Do it have custom activity and event creation definition (creating
          own activities and event facility) available
          – You can do it.

          2. Number of concurrent workflow instances supported
          – Dont know

          3. Is it able to use .net classes as activities inside workflow.
          – Yes it is possible

          4. Can we invoke workflow created in it being called from .net assembly
          – It is possible. But not straight forward.

          5. Are the workflows created in biztalk available as a webservice
          – Yes. You have to publish the workflow as a webservice using the WS Publishing tool.

          6. Do it have logging support.
          – Yes. It has.

          7. Does it support reporting of multiple workflow instances.
          – Dont know

          11. Is transaction and entire rollback supported throughout the
          workflow.
          – No

          12. Does it support multiple versions of the same workflow running
          simultaneously.
          – Yes

          13. Does it support recovery from abrupt breakdown. If yes, what is the
          features of its Error handling.
          – Dont know

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