Thursday, January 5, 2012

BizTalk 2010 and BAHS

If you have installed BizTalk Adapters for Host Systems (BAHS) in the past and are now looking to do the same for BizTalk 2010 (i.e. migrate from previous BizTalk version), Microsoft has rolled the adapters into BizTalk Host Integration Server 2010.

Licensing for HIS 2010 is included as part of BizTalk 2010 (6th bullet point down), so there are no worries about that.

If you just want the BizTalk adapters, configuration of HIS 2010 is not neccessary. Thanks to Stephen Jackson and Ben Cline for quick response and clarifications.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

BizTalk 2010 Adapter Pack 2.0 install issues

I'm installing a new instance of BizTalk 2010 server, and wanted to add the WCF-SQL adapter. This requires the BizTalk LOB Adapter SDK 2010 as a prerequisite. The OS is Windows Server 2008R2, 64-bit.

After I downloaded and installed the SDK (x64), I installed the x64 version of the Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack (v2.0). I figured at this point I could now go into the BizTalk Administration console and add the WCF-SQL adapter by selecting Platform Settings/Adapters/(right-click) new/Adapter.

The Adapter dropdown list was empty.

It doesn't seem clear, but it seems apparent that you also need to install the x86 version of the Adapter Pack as well. I did not need to install the x86 version of the LOB SDK. Can anyone verify/clarify this?