BizTalk Offerings: Server, IaaS, and PaaS Feature List

Introduction

This topic lists the BizTalk feature sets available for BizTalk Server, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings.

Features

Azure App Service with Logic Apps and Connectors are a new offering that directly impact BizTalk in Azure. Currently, Azure App Service is in Preview and its features are still in development. As a result, Logic Apps are purposely not added to this topic. When Logic Apps are no longer in Preview, it will be added. Get Started with Logic Apps .

Feature	Server: BizTalk Server 2013 BizTalk Server 2013 R2	IaaS: BizTalk Server 2013 or 2013 R2 on a Microsoft Azure VM	PaaS: Microsoft Azure BizTalk Services
Setup prerequisites	Server operating systems BizTalk Server license SQL Server license Additional software costs (SCOM, Cluster, Visual Studio, and so on) Hardware costs (SQL Server disk)	BizTalk Server on an Azure Virtual Machine (VM): Pricing Guide , Pricing Calculator SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine (VM): Pricing Calculator If you create a domain hosted on Azure, a Windows Server virtual machine is needed to host Active Directory and be the Domain Controller. There are additional costs associated with hosting an Active Directory domain. Additional software costs (SCOM, Visual Studio)	Microsoft Azure BizTalk Services licensing: Pricing Guide Access Control Service (ACS) Namespace: Pricing Guide Microsoft Azure SQL Database (Used for Tracking): Pricing Guide Microsoft Azure Storage (Used for Archiving and Monitoring): Pricing Guide
Cloud options	Cloud-connectivity adapters: WCF-BasicHttpRelay WCF-NetTcpRelay SB-Messaging WCF-WebHttp	Cloud-connectivity adapters: WCF-BasicHttpRelay WCF-NetTcpRelay SB-Messaging WCF-WebHttp	Hosted on Azure except when using BizTalk Adapter Services. BizTalk Adapter Services connects to your on-premises Line-of-Business (LOB) systems.
Administration	BizTalk Server Administration console BizTalk Explorer OM APIs BTSTask command line APIs	Microsoft Azure Portal BizTalk Server Administration console BizTalk Explorer OM APIs BTSTask command line APIs	BizTalk Services Portal Azure Portal PowerShell command-lets REST APIs
Edition Upgrade	Yes, depending on edition: Install and Upgrade Guides	Yes, depending on edition: Upgrade Guide	Yes, depending on edition: Editions Chart
Platform support	BizTalk Server 2013 R2: Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows 8.1 Windows 7 BizTalk Server 2013: Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 8 Windows 7	The operating systems are the same as BizTalk Server on-premises. The virtual machines in the Gallery automatically include the operating system. If you purchase an on-premises BizTalk Server 2013 or 2013 R2 license, you can install BizTalk Server on a Windows Azure virtual machine. The BizTalk Server license includes installing on-premises and installing on a Windows Azure virtual machine.	Client computers: Limited to operating systems supported by the Microsoft Azure BizTalk Services SDK: Installing Azure BizTalk Services SDK BizTalk Service: Completely managed by Microsoft and hosted on Azure. Users focus on the application needs.
High Availability	Enterprise includes built-in cluster feature with BizTalk host instances. Enterprise includes multi-MessageBox databases Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) for SQL Server	Enterprise includes built-in cluster feature with BizTalk host instances. Enterprise includes multi-MessageBox databases No Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) for SQL Server	Included with specific editions: Editions Chart
Scale	Enterprise includes built-in cluster feature with BizTalk host instances. Enterprise includes multi-MessageBox databases	Enterprise includes built-in cluster feature with BizTalk host instances. Enterprise includes multi-MessageBox databases Built-in Scale feature on Microsoft Azure Management Portal	Included with specific editions: Editions Chart
Message mediation	Orchestration Content-based routing using pipelines and adapters	Orchestration Content-based routing using pipelines and adapters	Bridge
Backup and Restore	SQL Agent Jobs	SQL Agent Jobs	Included with specific editions: Editions Chart
Disaster Recovery	Log Shipping SQL Agent Jobs	Log Shipping SQL Agent Jobs	Included with specific editions: Editions Chart
Monitoring	Performance counters System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) BizTalk Health Monitor 3rd party tools (AIMS for BizTalk, BizTalk360)	Performance counters included with the OS Performance counters listed in Microsoft Azure Management Portal System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)	Performance counters listed in Microsoft Azure Management Portal
Tracking	Functionality included. Additional cost of SQL Server to store tracking data.	Functionality included. Additional cost of Azure SQL Database to store tracking data.	Functionality included. Additional cost of Azure SQL Database to store tracking data.
Archiving	Functionality included. Additional cost of SQL Server to store archived data.	Functionality included. Additional cost of Azure Database to store archived data.	Functionality included with specific editions. Additional cost of Azure Storage to store archived data.
Throttling	Built-in and customizable	Built-in and customizable	Built-in. Behavior described at BizTalk Services: Throttling .
Development	On-premises using Visual Studio Azure VM using MSDN license with DevTest Gallery	On-premises using Visual Studio Azure VM using MSDN license with DevTest Gallery	On-premises using Visual Studio BizTalk Services Portal
Transformations, XSLT	Included	Included	Included
Custom code, scripting	Included	Included	Included
Long running processing	Included using Orchestration and Workflow	Included using Orchestration and Workflow	Not included; Can be achieved using Microsoft Azure Worker roles
Rules	Included using Business Rules Engine (BRE)	Included using Business Rules Engine (BRE)	Not available
Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)	Included	Included	Not available
Exception Handling	Included	Included	Available with Transforms feature
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)	Included with ESB	Included with ESB	Not available built-in; Can create custom C#
EDI/AS2
Create and Manage Agreements	Included	Included	Included
Create and manage Partners	Included	Included	Included
AS2 Non-Repudiation (NRR)	Included	Included	Included
Trading Partner Management APIs	Not available	Not available	Included
Protocols	AS2 X12 EDIFACT HL7 HIPAA	AS2 X12 EDIFACT HL7 HIPAA	X12 AS2 EDIFACT
Connectivity
BizTalk Adapter Pack (BAP)	Included with license.	Included with license.	Included with BizTalk Services license.
Customizable Adapter Framework	Included	Included	Possible to use custom WCF bindings (only for destinations)
Hybrid Connectivity	Included using the Service Bus (SB) Adapter (Topics, Queues, and Subscriptions)	Included using the Service Bus (SB) Adapter (Topics, Queues, and Subscriptions)	Available using the BizTalk Adapter Service
Sources	Built-in adapters, including HIS adapters WCF adapters Custom adapters	Built-in adapters, including HIS adapters WCF adapters Custom adapters	FTP/S SFTP HTTP Service Bus Queue Service Bus Topic
Destinations	Built-in adapters, including HIS adapters WCF adapters, including REST Service Bus adapters (push and pull) Custom adapters	Built-in adapters, including HIS adapters WCF adapters, including REST Service Bus adapters (push and pull) Custom adapters	FTP/S SFTP Azure Blob On-premises LOB system (Oracle, SAP, SQL Server, and Siebel) Service Bus Queue Service Bus Topic Service Bus Relay: One-Way and Two-Way Web Service: One-Way and Two-Way Any WCF service