The overall performance of a BizTalk solution is affected by many factors including the following:

• Number of trading partners (now and in the future)
  
• Types of messages being processed (flat file, XML)
  
• Amount of document transformation (mapping) being performed during document processing.
  
• Size of messages being processed
  
• Adapters and/or accelerators that will be used
  
• Message tracking requirements
  
• Major features of BizTalk Server that will be used, including the following:
  
  • Messaging Engine
    
  • Orchestrations
    
  • Human Workflow Services (HWS)
    
  • Business Rules Engine (BRE)
    
  • Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
    
  • Business Activity Services (BAS)
    

This section describes how to test and scale your BizTalk Server system so you have optimal performance.