Microsoft Releases BizTalk JumpStart Toolkit Version 2

Microsoft has released BizTalk Jumpstart Toolkit Version 2, the developer toolkit for BizTalk, its business-to-business transactions software. Fully compatible with BizTalk Framework 1.0 and the upcoming BizTalk Server 2000, this version comes loaded with new features such as test debug and schema validation tools.

The toolkit also provides businesses with the necessary tools to build programs that are work with existing applications using XML document routing through the BizTalk Server 2000, which is expected to arrive sometime in the spring.

BizTalk is the new effort of Microsoft to promote business-to-business commerce using the Internet and a standardized set of communications tools. BizTalk Framework, which was introduced in March of 1999, uses XML protocols to communicate within and between businesses. To learn more about it, visit the online BizTalk community at BizTalk.org or by visiting the Microsoft BizTalk site.

You can download the BizTalk Jumpstart Toolkit for free from Microsoft Corporation.