BizTalk Server 2016 introduces numerous enhancements including support for SHA-2 encryption, AES for signature keys, improved admin console functionalities, and a better file adapter for Azure storage. It also supports SQL Always On high availability configurations, while encouraging users to upgrade for better integration scenarios and to avoid deprecated features. Free assessments and monitoring services are being offered to facilitate the migration to the new platform until May 30th.

1. BizTalk Server 2016
Facts and Features
Pieter Vandenheede
@pvandenheede

2. Agenda
BizTalk Server 2016: what’s new ?
LogicApps Adapter
SQL Server AlwaysOn
Q&A

3. BizTalk Server 2016
what’s new ?

4. SQL Server 2016
Visual Studio 2015 Windows Server 2016
Platform
upgrades
BizTalk Server 2016

5. BizTalk Server 2016
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?
New console “look”

6. BizTalk Server 2016
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?
New visuals inVisual Studio

7. BizTalk Server 2016
Support for SHA-2
BizTalk can consume SHA2-signed
certificates across all of its components
Support for AS2 MIC + RosettaNet
SHA256
SHA384
SHA512
(SHA-1 continues to work)
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

8. BizTalk Server 2016
Support for AES
Supports the Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) exchange system for signature keys in:
• AS2
• RosettaNet
• MIME/SMIME encoder
Algorithms:AES128,AES192 andAES256
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

9. BizTalk Server 2016
SAP Adapter support for NCo
NCO = .NET connector
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?
http://bit.ly/codit-bts-sap

10. BizTalk Server 2016
XslTransform
• Used since BizTalk 2004
• But obsolete since .NET v2.0!
XslCompiledTransform
• In general more performant
• Not guaranteed to be faster!
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

11. BizTalk Server 2016
Resizable schema-picker
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

12. BizTalk Server 2016
Admin Console
Search by artifact name
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

13. BizTalk Server 2016
Admin Console
Change settings for multiple hosts
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

14. BizTalk Server 2016
Admin Console
Change settings for multiple host-instances
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

15. BizTalk Server 2016
Dynamic Ordered Delivery
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

16. BizTalk Server 2016
Binding import/export improvements
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

17. BizTalk Server 2016
Improved SFTP Adapter
Now uses WINSCP, to be installed manually!
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?
v5.7.7

18. BizTalk Server 2016
File adapter
• Support for Azure file storage!
• Overwrite temp files on retry
BizTalk 2016:What’s New?

19. Logic Apps Adapter

20. BizTalk Server 2016
LogicAppsAdapter
IIS Endpoints:
Mgmt & Receive
Logic Apps Adapter
Azure:
Gateway Association
Data Gateway Svc
Azure
On premises

21. High Availability
AlwaysOn

22. SQL Clustering
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23. BizTalk HA on a SQL Cluster
Based on
Windows
Failover
Clustering
SQL Standard
can be used
for up to 2
cluster nodes
Only HA
solution until
BTS 2016
Shared
storage
necessary
Single copy
of data

24. BizTalk SQL Clustering
Instance 1 (Tracking)
Instance 2 (Runtime)
Active Node Active Node
Shared Storage

25. BizTalk SQL Clustering
Instance 1 (Tracking)
Instance 2 (Runtime)
Active Node Active Node
Shared Storage

26. BizTalk SQL Clustering
Instance 1 (Tracking)
Instance 2 (Runtime)
Active Node Down
Shared Storage

27. SQL Always On
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28. BizTalk 2016 Always On Support - Why?
Microsoft Azure IaaS does not support shared storage
• This excludes SQL Clustering
• This excludes Application level HA for BizTalk Server
SQL Always On is supported in Azure IaaS
• Application level HA for BizTalk Server

29. BizTalk HA with Always On
Local storage
is sufficient
New since
BizTalk 2016
Windows
Failover
Clustering is
still used!
SQL Group
Listener
Use a FileShare
witness
location for
quorum

30. Why 4 SQL Instances per node?
MSDTC
• No distributed (cross-database) transactions in the same SQL
Server instance!
• Solution: Spread databases across several instances
Instances can be on the same SQL server (VM)
• 4 Availability Group listeners

31. SQL Instances with BizTalk Always On
Instance Instance Name Databases
1 Authentication SSODB
2 Management BizTalkMgmtDb
3 Runtime BizTalkMsgBoxDb
BizTalkRulesEngineDb
BAMPrimaryImport
BAMStarSchema
BAMAlertsApplication
4 Tracking BizTalkDTADb

32. BizTalk SQL AlwaysOn
Primary Replica Secondary Replica
Instance 1
Instance 3
Local Storage
Instance 2
Instance 4 Instance 3
Instance 2
Instance 4
Instance 1
Local Storage

33. BizTalk SQL AlwaysOn
Secondary Replica Primary Replica
Instance 1
Instance 3
Local Storage
Instance 2
Instance 4 Instance 3
Instance 2
Instance 4
Instance 1
Local Storage

34. BizTalk 2016 Always On Limitations
Manual tasks
• Replicate Logins and SQL Agent jobs
• Modify SQL Agent jobs to run on primary
SSAS and SSIS do not participate in Availability Groups!
• BAM depends on this
Don’t forget backups
• BizTalk Backups or DR are still a necessity

35. Codit vision

36. Why should I upgrade ?
Streamline
SQL High
Availability
(AlwaysOn)
Consider
deprecated
features
Ready for
Hybrid
integration
scenarios
(LogicApps)
Extra
connectors
are added
constantly
Supported
platform
until 2021
(extended
2026)
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37. Codit offer

38. Want to step up to BizTalk 2016?
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Get a free assessment of your BizTalk environment
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Offer 1: free assessment of your
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Get a free BizTalk assessment now.
Your win?
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• Newly gained insights will allow you implement
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This offer is valid until May 30th and capacity is limited. As a webinar registrant, you are the first to know. If you are interested, please
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39. Thank you
Questions ?

40. Let’s keep in touch.
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