BizTalk Succinctly®
CHAPTER 2
Getting Started with BizTalk Server
Installing BizTalk Developer Edition
System Requirements
So that you can start practicing everything you will be learning from this e-book, you can install a free Developer Edition of BizTalk Server (to date, it’s only available for free in BizTalk Server 2010) provided by Microsoft. We will be using BizTalk Server 2010, even though BizTalk Server 2013 R2 has already been launched. The 2010 version is still one of the most-used versions, and there are many more resources related to this version, so if you are starting in this platform it is easier to find tutorials, videos, and examples in BizTalk Server 2010 than in 2013 or 2013 R2.
You can find the software here or you can download the evaluation VM here.
To install it, make sure you meet all of the following hardware and software requirements.
To be run BizTalk Server 2010 you need:
- 32-bit (x86) platforms: Computer with an Intel Pentium-compatible CPU that is 1 GHz or faster for single processors, 900 MHz or faster for double processors, or 700 MHz or faster for quad processors.
- 64-bit (x64) platforms: Computer with a CPU that is compatible with the AMD64 and Extended Memory 64-bit Technology (EMT64T), 1.7 GHz or faster processor recommended for BizTalk Server 2010.
- 2 GB of RAM minimum (more is recommended).
- 10 GB of available hard-disk space.
- VGA monitor (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution monitor.
To use and develop for BizTalk Server 2010 you need the following software:
- Microsoft Windows: Can be Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, or Windows Vista® with Service Pack 2 (SP2).
- SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2008 SP1
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (Required for selected features only)
- Microsoft Office Excel 2010 or 2007 (Required for selected features only)
- SQL Server 2005 Notification Service (Required for selected features only)
- SQLXML 4.0 with Service Pack 1 (Required for selected features only)
- Internet Information Services (IIS) Version 7.5 and 7.0 (Required for selected features only)
Note: BizTalk is an enterprise product and should be installed in a Server Operating System like Windows Server.
These requirements come as-is from Microsoft’s webpage; however, I suggest you install Visual Studio—otherwise you won’t be able to develop BizTalk projects.
Installation
Assuming that all machines are already installed with the operating system with the latest critical Windows updates from Microsoft and all other prerequisites are met, let’s start the installation of BizTalk Server 2010 free edition.
In this e-book I will assist you in a basic installation so that you can try the examples you will be seeing in the following chapters on your own. Although it might look simple, you should be aware that this is a platform that will have access to multiple data sources in multiple companies, so if you want to install BizTalk in a production environment, I advise you to study it more thoroughly.
Installing BizTalk
As you start the setup you will be presented with a welcome page with several options. Please select Install Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 to initialize a basic installation.
Installing BizTalk Server
After selecting the option to install Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010, you will be prompted with several configuration options. For this installation, you can leave the default options. Just make sure that the Developer Tools and SDK option is selected, as it is the feature that allows us to develop mapping and orchestrations in Visual Studio.
Selecting the Tools and SDK option
Configuring BizTalk Server
When the setup completes you will be prompted with the configurations screen for BizTalk Server 2010; this is where you configure your database connection and your credentials for accessing the database where BizTalk Server will store all your application’s metadata.
The first screen lets you choose between basic and custom configuration, and as you see in the option description, you should choose the Basic configuration. You also need to configure your database server name, which in my case is ADMIN-PC, and the Service credential to access this database server, as you can see in the following figure:
Configuring BizTalk Server 2010
After you configure your database server connections, click on the Configure option and the setup will make the connections and configurations for you, as you can see in the following figure:
Finishing the configuration
At the end of the configuration, a LogFile is created in your temp directory. Any time an error occurs, you can look inside this file for further information about the problem.
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