You can use the following tools to administer BizTalk Server, to manage BizTalk Server groups, to deploy BizTalk Server applications, to interact with trading partners, and to monitor the status of BizTalk Server:
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BizTalk Server Administration console. The BizTalk Server Administration console is the primary management tool for BizTalk Server. It provides a graphical user interface for performing all of the deployment operations for a BizTalk application. For example, you can start the Import, Installation, and Export Wizards as well as add and remove an application's artifacts and make other modifications to the application.
Using the BizTalk Server Administration console, you can use view live or archived message event or service instance data to track the health of your BizTalk Server implementation, identify bottlenecks, and monitor the BizTalk Server environment. You can view the technical details of a particular orchestration, pipeline, or message instance, as well as see the message flow of a particular message that enters the system.
For information about using the BizTalk Server Administration console, see Using the BizTalk Server Administration Console.
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BTSTask command-line tool. BTSTask enables you to perform many administrative tasks from the command line. For more information about using BTSTask, see BTSTask Command-Line Reference.
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Scripting and programmability APIs. You can use Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or the BizTalk Explorer Object Model to create and run scripts that automate administrative tasks. For information about using WMI, see WMI Class Reference. For more information about the BizTalk Explorer Object Model, see Using the BizTalk Explorer Object Model from Managed Code.
The WMI object model exposes and simplifies administrative APIs. All administration APIs expose some form of the following operations on every object they manage: create, enumerate, modify, and delete. WMI exposes this functionality in a consistent manner for all WMI objects.
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BizTalk Explorer. Solutions developers use BizTalk Explorer in Microsoft Visual Studio to perform administrative tasks. BizTalk Explorer provides developers working in a single-computer environment access to administration tools. For information about using BizTalk Explorer in Visual Studio, see Managing Business Processes Using BizTalk Explorer.
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Business Activity Monitoring (BAM). BAM uses a Microsoft Office Excel workbook to provide business users with a way to see a real-time holistic view of business processes. For more information about BAM, see Using Business Activity Monitoring.
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