Microsoft data integration tool
- It is very user friendly. Users can change rules during run time and change workflow.
- Huge capacity for queueing messages. It supports all types of adapters like Oracle, Salesforce, SMTP, FTP, etc. Also users can built custom adaptors.
- If users want to dynamically deploy their solution without any downtime, this is a perfect solution. BizTalk will be a good fit, especially for public-facing websites.
- Well-proven in the market. I used it when developing a website for Virgin Trains, catering more than 800K user requests per day.
- Helps in load balancing.
Cons
- It still could add more cloud features.
- Need performance improvements.
- It is expensive. Cost should be reduced.
- Very few BizTalk experts. Usage is very low.
- Simplifying the mappers and pipeline configurations.
- We had a positive impact by using BizTalk Server. We were able to deliver a scalable solution which was a huge challenge to cater more than 800K users with a dynamic application.
- Users can run the server in clustered mode and increase capacity with much less cost.
- No need to keep adding web servers. It reduces the need for more web servers.