Deploying and Managing BizTalk Applications

This section provides information about managing BizTalk applications, including how to deploy, modify, update, and undeploy them. BizTalk applications are new with BizTalk Server 2006. They provide a way to view and manage the items, called "artifacts," that make up a BizTalk business solution. Examples of artifacts are BizTalk assemblies, .NET assemblies, schemas, maps, bindings, and certificates.

You can create a BizTalk application and add artifacts to it. You can then view, package, deploy, and manage the application and its artifacts as a single entity from within the BizTalk Administration console or by using the BTSTask command-line tool.

For background information about BizTalk application deployment and maintenance, see Understanding BizTalk Application Deployment and Management. For step-by-step instructions on deploying a simple application, which will familiarize you with the new application deployment features of BizTalk Server 2006, see Walkthrough: Deploying a Basic BizTalk Application.