This section provides information about managing BizTalk applications, including how to deploy, modify, update, and undeploy them. BizTalk applications 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 application deployment features of BizTalk Server, see Walkthrough: Deploying a Basic BizTalk Application.

 In This Section

• Best Practices for Deploying a BizTalk Application
  
  
• BizTalk Application Deployment and Management Checklists
  
  
• BizTalk Application Deployment and Management Walkthroughs
  
  
• Understanding BizTalk Application Deployment and Management
  
  
• How to Start and Stop a BizTalk Application
  
  
• Creating and Modifying BizTalk Applications
  
  
• Managing Artifacts
  
  
• Customizing Binding Files
  
  
• Using Pre- and Post-processing Scripts to Customize Application Deployment
  
  
• Deploying BizTalk Applications
  
  
• Updating BizTalk Applications
  
  
• Undeploying BizTalk Applications