-- Two high profile BizTalk spokespersons -- John Matranga and Microsoft's BizTalk trainer Susie Adams.
-- Explanations of what every portion of BizTalk is, what it does and how it fits together.
-- Real-world scenarios, code examples and simulations for every major topic area.
BizTalk Unleashed explains systems, terms and interactions, give code examples and business scenarios and regular de-bugging tips and troubleshooting schema for each chapter and section. Subjects covered include: Purposes, goals and major components of BizTalk, BizTalk Administration -- installation, hardware requirements, scalability, security, team management issues, Backup, Modeling Business Documents -- Using the BizTalk Editor and the BizTalk Mapper, BizTalk Messaging -- the engine and understanding how BizTalk Messaging routes messages; using the BizTalk Messaging Manager; document tracking and activity monitoring; performance analysis, BizTalk Process Orchestration -- Using the BizTalk Designer; XLANG orchestration engine; interaction of BizTalk messaging and orchestration, Extending BizTalk Server 2000 -- application interaction components; types and when to use them; custom serializers, parsers and functoids; the administration object model, Integrating the BizTalk Server and Commerce Server and Appendices.