Microsoft has launched the release candidate of Windows Server AppFabric and
a beta release of BizTalk Server 2010.
Microsoft made the announcements during its Application Infrastructure
Virtual Launch Event on May 20. Burley Kawasaki,
director for developer platform product management at Microsoft, said the final
version of Windows Server AppFabric is expected in June and BizTalk Server
2010, which supports Windows Server AppFabric, is scheduled to release to
manufacturing in the third quarter of 2010.
"The role of application infrastructure has become a mission-critical
function in all types of businesses today, which creates demand for
high-performing, connected systems and applications," Abhay Parasnis,
general manager of the Business Platform Division at Microsoft, said in a
statement. "With Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server 2010,
customers can use their existing skills to improve the scalability,
connectivity, and performance of applications running on their current IT
assets."
Kawasaki said "development,
deployment and management are simplified" with Windows Server AppFabric
and BizTalk Server. Microsoft's release said:
"Windows Server AppFabric
provides improved speed, elastic scale and high availability for Web
applications through new, distributed caching capabilities. It also provides
tools to simplify the development and management of composite applications
built using Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation.
Windows Server AppFabric will be available to customers with licenses for
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard and Enterprise editions) at no additional cost.
With support for the latest Microsoft
platform releases, BizTalk Server 2010 works with Windows Server AppFabric to
enable developers to more rapidly build composite applications that connect to
disparate line-of-business systems through BizTalk Adapters and BizTalk
Transformations from within .NET development
environments. This release also delivers simplified trading partner management
tools, an enhanced BizTalk mapper that simplifies complex transactions, and a
unified dashboard for backup and restore functions.
Organizations are already achieving
early success with Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server 2010. "Our
customers are in need of technologies that address their expensive, disparate
systems and disconnected applications, which can lead to missed business
opportunities to identify trends, service customers and plan for the
future," said Philippe Lacroix, chief technology officer of Expertime, a
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. "With Windows Server AppFabric, BizTalk
Server, and the .NET Framework, we've seen customers achieve
tangible, immediate improvements, including up to a 70 percent reduction in IT
costs and significantly increased connectivity.""
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