"BizTalk Services" ISB debuts

This just in.... Microsoft has just released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of BizTalk Services, a set of hosted services delivered via the Internet to help developers rapidly build and run composite applications at internet scale.  At it's core, it is an Internet Service Bus.

With platform technologies including Windows Server, the .NET Framework, BizTalk Server, and other so on, Microsoft has long been dedicated to delivering ever-broader application platform value to businesses that want to be able to buy+build+integrate their systems. The “BizTalk Services” ISB extends and complements the existing Microsoft platform to further advance the capability and productivity available to those businesses.

"BizTalk Services” is easily programmed through the familiar .NET Framework v3.0 and Visual Studio. In addition, the “BizTalk Services” capability is accessible through standard Internet and WS-* protocols making them fully interoperable with existing IT investments, and easy to use from a wide range of platforms.

Dino sez, check it out.

Oh, also, some other blogging attention: 

• John Shewchuk, the distinguished engineer at Microsoft who is heading the project for BizTalk Services, is blogging about the effort. 
• Dennis Pilarinos , another engineer on the team, has some insight into the internals. 
• Clemens Vasters chimes in with his view
• Steven Martin also has some comments on the significance of this stuff
• Vittorio Bertocci is excited about the P2P potential here.
• David Lemphers, in Melbourne, weighs in, too.

eWeek did a story, too

Comments

• Anonymous
  April 25, 2007
  PingBack from http://www.decatec.it/blogs/2007/04/23/BizTalk+Services.aspx

• Anonymous
  April 25, 2007
  Yesterday, our division went live with the Community Technology Preview (CTP) release of BizTalk Services

• Anonymous
  April 30, 2007
  Just a quick question, as you were filling this under "Interop[Java]": As far as I can see, BizTalk Services defines a new transport, tagged "net.relay". What kind of protocols is this transport using? If we really want to get to an interoperable scenario (which I would find quite interesting), Microsoft would have to release the underlying protocols, yes? Best, Gerald

• Anonymous
  May 11, 2007
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• Anonymous
  May 22, 2007
  With the unveiling of Project Astoria , we're seeing more and more "services in the sky" from Microsoft.