>We had a great MSDN tecnical session in Austin yesterday with one section on BizTalk Server 2000.
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>The good news is that it is a great product and has been released to manufacturing. The bad news is the pricing. Enterprise Version (multiprocessor etc) $25K, Standard Version (5 Partners) $5K, Developer Version (identical to Enterprise) $500.
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>Our Microsoft guy believes BTS will be included in the MSDN Universal Subscription and with VS.Net after the first of the year so it's probably not a good idea to buy the Developer Version right now unless you have an urgent need.


Yeah, kinda pricy. On the other hand, how much development can you do for 5K? Not a lot. BizTalk Server is def. a money safer for small companies (small version) and a drop in the bucket for enterprises.

We already have some implementations up and running, and are very happy with it.

Markus