Lower the cost of implementing integration solutions by reducing the complexity of enterprise application integration. BizTalk Server adapters are additional software components that enable BizTalk Server to integrate with third-party applications from companies like SAP, J.D. Edwards, and PeopleSoft. Microsoft produces two adapters that can be licensed, one for MQSeries and one for SAP. It also provides two other adapters that can be downloaded for Web Services and SQL Server. In addition, third-party companies provide hundreds of additional BizTalk Server adapters.

Benefits:

• Integration of enterprise applications.
  Today's agile businesses need to make better decisions more quickly. By achieving a unified view of their data and applications both within their organization and with their business partners, these businesses can increase their revenues and decrease their cost of operation. Data and transformation services and the application integration features in BizTalk Server 2002 can provide businesses with the tools they need to achieve this unified view.
  
• Automation of business processes.
  To remain agile, businesses must be able to integrate their data, applications, and business partners in an automated, predictable way so that they can achieve the return on investment that application integration can bring. BizTalk Orchestration Designer and BizTalk Orchestration Engine provide organizations with business process automation, enabling their businesses to run predictably.
  
• Development of operational excellence.
  To realize real return on investment, it must be possible to rapidly deploy and easily manage an integration solution. This flexibility can reduce the cost and complexity associated with application integration. BizTalk Server 2002 introduces SEED, a revolutionary new technology for automating the integration of business partners over the Internet.