BizTalk Adapters for Line-of-Business and B2B Trading Partner Integration

For the latest version of Commerce Server 2007 Help, see the Microsoft Web site.

Commerce Server 2007 introduces several enhancements through the introduction of Microsoft BizTalk Server line-of-business (LOB) adapters. The bidirectional send and receive adapters provide the following:

  • A robust implementation—you only add orchestration and data mapping.

  • Support scenarios, such as line-of-business integration and multiple trading partners.

  • Target user roles, such as developers and IT professionals.

  • Offer bulk and individual instance operations.

  • BizTalk Server-level transactional message capabilities, such as "always abort" or "always commit."

  • Transaction coordination, concurrency control, and stateful orchestrations for orders.

The following table describes the BizTalk Server LOB adapters enhancements.

Feature

Description

BizTalk Adapter for Catalogs

Exchange catalog data with external systems.

BizTalk Adapter for Inventory

Exchange inventory data with external systems.

BizTalk Adapter for Orders

Exchange order data with external systems.

BizTalk Adapter for Profiles

Exchange profile data with external systems.

Connection and Configuration Wizard

Configuration for business users through a standard BizTalk Server user interface.

Export or Import message types

With these message types, you can export and import data with external systems.

Query message types

Use the query message types to query data.

Orders transactional capability

Commerce Server 2007 provides support for Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) transactions between BizTalk Adapter for Orders and Orders Web service.

Stateful orchestration

Use stateful orchestrations to guarantee data consistency in orchestrations.

See Also

Other Resources

SDK Items and Tools

Catalog System

Inventory System

Orders System

Profiles System

Introducing Commerce Server 2007