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BizTalk Server 2013 Installation


To install BizTalk Server 2013

  1. Close any programs you have open. Run the BizTalk Server 2013 installer as Administrator.
  2. On the Start screen, click Install Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013.
  3. On the Customer Information screen, type your user name and organization, enter your product key, and then click Next.
  4. On the License Agreement screen, accept the license agreement, and then click Next.
  5. On the Customer Experience Improvement Program page, specify whether you want to participate in the program, and then click Next.
    BizTalk Server 2013 participates in the Customer Experience Improvement Program. As part of this support, you can choose to provide useful feedback to Microsoft regarding feature usage reporting functionality of BizTalk Server. The data collected from you is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you. Microsoft collects feature usage statistics as part of this program. By participating in this program, you can help improve the reliability and performance of various features of BizTalk Server. For more information about this program and its privacy policy, see Microsoft BizTalk Server CEIP Privacy Policy (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=188553).
  6. On the Component Installation screen, review the available components and select the ones you want to install. Accept the default installation location or click Browseto move to the location where you want to install BizTalk Server 2013. Click Next.
  7. If your computer is missing a prerequisite component such as ADOMD.NET, Setup can install the redistributable prerequisites. You can either:
    • Select Automatically install the redistributable prerequisites from the web
      OR
    • Select Automatically install the redistributable prerequisites from a CAB file if you have downloaded the CAB file. If you select this, you can then browse to the location of the CAB file and select it.
  8. On the Summary screen, verify that the components that you select to install are correct.
  9. To enable auto-logon after a system reboot, click Set and provide your logon information. Auto-logon is enabled only for reboots during setup, and is disabled when setup is complete.
  10. Click Install to start the installation process.
  11. On the Microsoft Update Setup page, specify whether you want to use Microsoft Update for checking for regular updates from Microsoft, and then click Next.
  12. On the Installation Completed screen, clear the Launch BizTalk Server Configuration check box, and then click Finish.

BizTalk

What is BizTalk?
Microsoft BizTalk is the premier Integration solution for companies around the world. With more than 12,000 installed customers, including 81 percent of the Fortune Global 100, BizTalk is the number-one integration solution and value leader worldwide. These customers trust BizTalk for solutions such as payment processing, supply chain management, business-to-business interactions, real-time decision making, and reporting.
BizTalk includes the tools that you need to connect your apps across your data center, and in the cloud when and where you need it.
Flexible, easy to use
  • Broad interoperability—Connect to anything, thanks to a rich adaptor pack and numerous third-party adaptors.
  • Visual tooling—Increase your productivity using world-class developer tools, not code.
  • Extensibility—When you need to be fully extensible, use the developer platform that you know and trust: Microsoft .NET Framework and the Visual Studio development system.
Enterprise class
  • Powerful—Includes all the capabilities necessary to streamline and automate complex business processes at enterprise scale and performance. Deliver real-time visibility at the transaction level.
  • Reliable—Features a proven highly available integration engine providing guaranteed message delivery for mission-critical workloads in over 81 percent of the Fortune Global 100 companies.
  • Secure and compliant—Supports the highest level of compliance with leading industry certification organizations and regulations, including Health Level Seven (HL7), Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), US Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), and US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
  • Support—Offers a dedicated support team that provides round-the-clock access to top Microsoft subject matter experts and hands-on assistance to help minimize company downtime.
Value leader
The value leader in enterprise integration, BizTalk Server comes with all of the connectors and services that you need—there’s nothing else to buy! Head-to-head, BizTalk Server beat the competition in both total cost of ownership and deployment time all built on the Microsoft’s #1 enterprise technology stack including the Windows Server operating system, Hyper-V, SQL Server software, and SharePoint services.
Cloud ready
The most powerful integration server, now in the cloud! With the latest release of BizTalk, Microsoft brings all the easy-to-use, reliable, and cost-effective tools to the Windows Azure Public Cloud.
  • Hybrid connectivity—Only Microsoft allows you to leverage our public cloud and our proven integration server for enterprise-class hybrid apps. Connect your existing infrastructure to the cloud.
  • Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)—Bring your license and your apps to the cloud, with no recoding required. Scale up or down, all within Windows Azure’s beautifully designed portal interface.
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS)—Build cloud-based EDI processing and application integration solutions with Windows Azure BizTalk Services. Easily integrate your Windows Azure, SaaS, B2B, and on-premises applications though a configuration-driven portal experience.