BizTalk Server 2020 Introduction
A quick overview of BizTalk Server 2020, including the features it brings to developers, as well as features that were deprecated in its latest release.
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Introduction
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2020 is one of the world's leading integration tools, with full support for newly released features. On January 15, 2020, Microsoft announced the release of BizTalk Server 2020. The whole community was excited to see the new set of features that were shipped in this release, it's the beginning of a new era!
What Are the New Features?
There are many new features released with BizTalk Server 2020, let’s have a look at some of the them:
| Feature | Description |
| Support for newer platforms | Visual Studio 2019 (Enterprise and Professional editions) |
| Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 | |
| SQL Server 2019, SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2016 SP2 | |
| Office 2019, Office 2016 | |
| Management APIs | Manage your environment remotely using the new REST APIs with full Swagger support. |
| Advanced Scheduling | New and improved scheduling capabilities in Adapters. |
| Backup to Azure Blob Storage | When deploying BizTalk Server to Azure VMs, you can backup BizTalk Server databases to Azure blob storage. |
| Transport Layer Security 1.2 | Securely deploy BizTalk Server using industry-standard TLS 1.2 authentication and encryption. |
| API Management | Publish Orchestration endpoints using Azure API Management, enabling organizations to publish APIs to external, partner, and internal developers to unlock the potential of their data and services. |
For all the latest updates on the new features to be included. Refer to the following: What's New in BizTalk Server 2020.
Deprecated and Removed Features
Some features of the product are deprecated or removed from the product. Let's have a look:
Samples |
Removed |
Removed from BizTalk Server Installation |
POP3 and SMTP adapters |
Deprecated |
Office 365 adapters |
Support for ACS authentication in adapters |
Removed |
SAS authentication |
SOAP adapter |
Deprecated |
WCF-Basic HTTP Adapter |
Old SQL adapter |
Removed |
WCF-SQL Adapter |
BAM Portal |
Deprecated |
None |
WCF-NetTcpRelay adapter |
Deprecated |
None |
JDE OneWorld adapter |
Deprecated |
None |
You can find the complete list of deprecated and removed features here.
Editions Overview
BizTalk Server 2020 offers four editions:
Enterprise Edition |
Customers with enterprise-level requirements for high volume, reliability, and availability. |
Standard Edition |
Organizations with moderate volume and deployment scale requirements. |
Branch Edition |
For hub and spoke deployment scenarios. |
Developer Edition |
For testing and development use in conjunction with any of the above three editions. |
You can download these products with an MSDN account:
We can check BizTalk Server 2020 licensing details here: Download Licensing Datasheet.
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