What is Microsoft BizTalk Server!!!

Microsoft BizTalk Server or BizTalk is an integration server from Microsoft. It enables integration of disparate systems.

Integration is achieved by using different types of adapters which comes with BizTalk (you can make your own as well!) which understands a particular type of system. Adapters are of two types:

1. Receive Adapters: They are used to receive data from other systems.
2. Send Adapters: They are used to send data to other systems.

Broadly, these adapters transform data from different systems into XMLs (eXtensible Markup Language). These XMLs are then processed by BizTalk Server.

The reason behind using XML is that they are understood by almost every system and hence every system provides its own ways to convert its data into XML (and also the other way round).

The below flow diagrams shows a basic interpretation of BizTalk integration model.

Level -0 Data Flow Diagram

Level -1 Data Flow Diagram