The BizTalk Server 2006 R2 builds upon the Business Process Management and SOA/ESB capabilities in prior releases to help organizations extend core process management technologies even further with new capabilities like native support for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), AS2 and RFID, and close alignment with the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Windows Vista, including key .NET Framework technologies such as Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation.
InfoQ talked to Steve Sloan, Senior Product Manager in the BizTalk Server team, to get his perspective on this release in the context Microsoft's SOA strategy.
Microsofts plans to make some important announcements at the 5th annual SOA and Business Process Conferenceabout the technology roadmap as it pertains to SOA and business process management.