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Microsoft Ending Azure BizTalk Services

By Kurt Mackie
06/01/2017

Microsoft gave notice on Wednesday that Azure BizTalk Services will come to an end in about a year.

The service, which typically might be used to bridge hybrid connections between the Internet and business applications located on premises, will be "retired on May 31, 2018," according to a Microsoft Azure post. New subscriptions aren't available anymore, since Microsoft ended them yesterday.

Azure BizTalk Services was used to address messaging transport complexities for premises-based enterprise applications, such as Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft or SAP systems, as well as SQL Server. Instead of using Azure BizTalk Services for those purposes, though, Microsoft wants organizations to shift to using its Azure Logic Apps and Azure App Service Hybrid Connections.

According to Microsoft's Web site, "Azure Logic Apps meets and exceeds the capabilities found in BizTalk Services." Azure Logic Apps provides "over 100 connectors to cloud and premises-based apps."

The deprecation plans for Azure BizTalk Services don't apply to the server version of the product.

"This consolidation is not changing the BizTalk Server product," the Microsoft Azure post stated.

Microsoft's last server product was BizTalk Server 2016, which was released in October. Based on descriptions last year, it seems that the server version of the product will stick around to address the hybrid network needs of organizations. However, organizationally speaking, the BizTalk team is already now part of Azure teams at Microsoft.

About the Author

Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.

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