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B2B in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
Covast Incremental Value Proposition
Clarifying R2 Native Functionality
And Covast’s Value-add
Maureen Hughes – Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft
Tony Bernard – Sr. Program Manager, BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Interop, Microsoft
Gijsbert in „t Veld – CTO, BizTalk Server MVP, Covast
Covast value add on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 - Summary
Trading Partner Management
B2B Operations Monitor
Trading Partner A
Trading Partner B
Trading Partner C
Advanced B2B functionality
Trading Grid Connectivity
B2B Appliance (BBot)
AutomotiveLogistics & Distribution
EnergyManufacturing
HealthcareRetail
Finance
High Tech
Manufacturing
The platform - BizTalk Server 2006 R2
BizTalk R2 provides a rich platform which now
includes EDI functionality
This presentation highlights the EDI capabilities
native to BizTalk Server 2006 R2, and itemizes the
value added capabilities available in Covast’s R2
add-on solutions
B2B Standards supported natively by BizTalk Server 2006 R2
8000+ schemas out-of-the-box:
– X12 2040, 3010-3070, 4010-4050, 5010-5030
– EDIFACT D93A, D94A/B – D04A/B (including D01A/B/C), D05A
– HIPAA 4010A1
– EANCOM 94, 97, 02 (Syntax v3), 02 (Syntax v4)
Basic schema customization using the power of Visual Studio
Custom EDI-friendly view in Visual Studio displaying:
– Segment and elements names
– Element reference numbers
– Hierarchy and looping information
– Min/max length and occurs
– Cardinality rule participation
Schema validation and ability to generate test data from schema
Validate test instances from trading partners
B2B Transports supported natively by BizTalk Server 2006 R2
The following B2B transport protocols come in the box:
– AS/2 (Drummond Certified)
– File
– FTP
– HTTP/S
– WCF (HTTP, TCP, Named Pipe, MSMQ)
– MQ Series
– MSMQ
– SMTP/POP3
– SQL
– SOAP
Out-of-the-box B2B Monitoring in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) provides single mechanism
to track and view A2A and B2B message flows
Out-of-the-box EDI reports provide:
– Functional ack, technical ack and MDN correlation and tracking
– KPI-level interchange and transaction set aggregation
– Message drill-down
– Batch monitoring
BizTalk Administration Console provides single, familiar
interface to monitoring B2B and A2A applications
Out-of-the-box EDI Party Management in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
MMC-based TPM solution based on Party artifact
Bulk import of trading partner data using either API or XML file
Single tool for managing EDI, AS2 and other BizTalk party data
Relaxed validation at partner and/or agreement level
Envelope customization by version and transaction set
Party-specific batching and batch release criteria
The Covast value add – Advanced B2B
Mature, 6th generation
B2B technology
Targeted to the EDI Pro
Additional standards and
communication protocols
supported
Advanced B2B functionality
Covast value add – Advanced B2B Formats and Standards
8000+ schemas supported in R2, out-of-the-box:•X12 2040, 3010-3070, 4010-4050, 5010-5030
•EDIFACT D93A, D94A/B – D04A/B (including D01A/B/C), D05A
•HIPAA 4010A1
•EANCOM 94, 97, 02 (Syntax v3), 02 (Syntax v4)
Additional Formats supported by Covast:
•VICS (General merchandise retail)
•WINS (Warehousing retail)
•UCS (Grocery retail)
•EDIFACT 2.901, 2.911, 2.912, 2.921 (Old EDIFACT)
•EDIG@S (Energy & Utility)
•EDINE (Energy & Utility)
•ODETTE V1-V4 (Automotive)
•ODETTE EDIFACT (Automotive)
•VDA (Automotive)
•TCIF (Telecom)
•TRADACOMS (UK)
•CARGO-IMP (Airfreight)
Covast value add – Advanced B2B Meta Data Management
R2 out-of-the-box:Basic schema customization
using the power of Visual Studio
Covast add-on solution:
•SQL Server repository based meta data manager•Fully integrated in Visual Studio (“EDI Explorer”)
•Complete user interface to manage and tweak transaction sets from an EDI perspective
•Contains all metadata on EDI transaction sets, including:
•Full element and segment names
•Complete hierarchy information
•Code sets on element and/or transaction set/element level
•Import and Export facilities
•Facilities to “relax” validation per transaction set / party
•Reporting capabilities: Print EDI Implementation Guides
•Generates the XML/EDI schemas
•The XSDs contain everything needed for the EDI pipelines to execute
•They are added to your current BizTalk solution automatically
•EDI Pipelines can handle multi-interchange files (super-interchanges)
EDI Explorer & Editor in Visual Studio – Repository Management
EDI Explorer & Editor in Visual Studio – Document Management
EDI Explorer & Editor in Visual Studio – Generated schemas
Covast value add – Advanced B2B Transports
R2 B2B transport protocols in the box:•AS/2 (Drummond Certified)
•File
•FTP
•HTTP/S
•WCF (HTTP, TCP, Named Pipe, MSMQ)
•MQ Series
•MSMQ
•SMTP/POP3
•SQL
•SOAP
Covast added transport functionality:•File Adapter with folder and file locking features
•HTTP(/s) Adapter with features to send and receive messages URL
encoded and as single-part or multi-part bodies
•FTP Adapter with file locking and flexible filename mask capabilities
•POP3/SMTP Adapter with in & outbound email attachment capabilities
Covast added transports:•OFTP (Odette FTP) Adapter for ISDN, X.25 & TCP/IP
•Generic Scriptable Transport Adapter
•Customized VAN Adapters for:•Sterling Commerce
•ICC
•GXS EDI*Express, GXS TradaNet and GXS (IBM) IE
•Kleinschmidt
•Inovis
•X.400 P7 Adapter (SITA, Atlas400, BusinessMail, 400Net)
Automated on-boarding
Real-time network
Complete Supply Chain
Visibility
Covast value add – GXS Trading Grid connectivity
Advanced B2B functionality
GXS Trading Grid Connectivity
Covast value add – GXS Trading Grid connectivity
GXS Trading Grid connectivity
– TPM GUI with web services interface to GXS Trading Grid:
Lookup Trading Partner profiles
Setup Trading Partner relationships
Mass import of already configured Trading Partners and relationships
on the Grid
Deploy Trading Partners and Relationships in test and production
environments automatically
– Real-time AS2+ connection with pro-active status update handling
for delivery and receipt notifications
– Meta data sharing capabilities for Implementation Guides
Turn-key solution to integrate with GXS Trading Grid:
– Reach into > 40,000 companies world-wide
– Provide full supply chain visibility
Covast value add – BBot (The B2B Appliance)
Trading Partner A
Trading Partner B
Trading Partner C
Plug-n-Play
Automatic download of
configuration
Integrates with Microsoft
Office Outlook and Excel
Advanced B2B functionality
Trading Grid Connectivity
B2B Appliance (BBot)
Launching a completely new B2B concept
An exciting new B2B solution!
BBot gets lots of initial attention already from both analysts and large
companies, including completely new prospects
It provides an opportunity to enter an extra market segment with a low
threshold solution:
– Sell it into the trading partner community via your large BizTalk customers
– It helps your large customers (the Hubs) to onboard all of their trading
partners (the Spokes) automatically
– It does not cannabalize other BizTalk sales
– Huge sales opportunities around new and existing customers
Provides a good new supply chain message for Microsoft
It is our most important new go-to-market strategy with R2
Covast value add – BBot (The B2B Appliance)
Pre-configured B2B Integration solution for connecting spokes
(trading partners) to 1 Hub
Configures itself from the BBot Registry
– Hub owner uses BBot Developer (running on BizTalk Developer
Edition) to create and test solutions
– Solution configuration (MSI) published on the BBot Registry
– BBots in the field configure themselves via the BBot Registry
– Also handles certificate renewal for HTTP/s, AS2 and S/MIME
Talks EDI, XML, RosettaNet and other B2B standards with the
Hub using any of the available transports like HTTP/s and AS2
Integrates with the trading partners‟ Microsoft Office environment,
using Outlook , SharePoint, Excel and Infopath technologies
Only Internet Explorer needed to monitor
High level architecture overview
Hub
1. Create and publish configuration
Registry3. Start trading
2. Get configurationSpoke
•B2B
•EDI
•XML
•AS2
•HTTP/s
•etc.
•XLS
•XML
•FF
•Outlook
•SharePoint
•Excel
•Infopath
Covast value add – BBot
BBot is pro-actively monitored and sends alerts
Stays up-to-date with the latest (validated) patches and QFE‟s
It has built-in backup and restore facilities
Leased to large amounts (100s or 1000s) of small to medium
trading partners of larger hubs (Manufacturers, Retailers, etc.)
All inclusive monthly fee: maintenance, monitoring and support
Does not require Covast B2B Suite on the Hub
Contains the following stack of Microsoft software:
– Windows Server 2003 R2, SQL Server 2005 STD, SharePoint Services
3.0, BizTalk Server 2006 (R2) and optionally: BizTalk Accelerators for
RosettaNet, HIPAA, HL7 and SWIFT
Per BBot this amounts to about $2,000 - $2,500 worth of
Microsoft software
Win3 – Advantages for Hub, Spoke and… Microsoft
Hub
– Fully leverage existing BizTalk
infrastructure
– True supply chain visibility by
reaching into all trading partners
– Fixed monthly fee, no
transaction based fees
– Validation, transformation,
exception handling and alerting
done at spoke level
– Easy supplier and regulatory
compliance
– Decreased time-to-market
– Lower IT costs
Spoke
– True black-box; no integration
knowledge needed and no way to
change system settings
– Offline access; BBot stages everything
and assures delivery
– Local tracking & tracing and BAM
facilities for the masses
– Integrated with Microsoft Office
– Local archive of messages
– Fixed monthly fee, no transaction fees
– Automatically stays up-to-date with
latest configuration and patches
– Pro-actively monitored
Microsoft
– Higher BizTalk market penetration and more license $$
Covast value add – B2B Operations Monitor
B2B Operations Monitor
Single view of B2B
environments
Role based viewing
Message monitoring &
management
Browser based
Trading Partner A
Trading Partner B
Trading Partner C
Advanced B2B functionality
Trading Grid Connectivity
B2B Appliance (BBot)
Covast value add – B2B Operations Monitor
R2 Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) provides single mechanism to
track and view A2A and B2B message flows.Out-of-the-box EDI reports provide:
•Functional ack, technical ack and MDN correlation and tracking
•KPI-level interchange and transaction set aggregation
•Message drill-down
•Batch monitoring
BizTalk Administration Console provides single, familiar interface to monitoring
B2B and A2A applications.
Covast provides a single, merged view of both A2A and B2B message flows:•Can drill down into all the B2B/EDI details from BizTalk standard views
•Covast transport adapters tracking information also included in these views
•Role-based viewing•Not everyone can see and do everything
•Cannot see messages and contents from other departments
•Visualizing validation errors in B2B messages
•Full end-to-end tracking in one total view, including MDN, FA (functional ack) and TA (technical ack)
•Extensive tracing facilities for EDI pipelines and transport adapters
•Automatic archiving (for legal purposes) and restore features
B2B Operations Monitor – Reporting and Visualizing Errors
B2B Operations Monitor – Transports Monitoring with Retry History
B2B Operations Monitor – Tracing & Archiving Features
The Covast value add – Trading Partner Management
Browser based
Rapid partner on-boarding
Bulk import/export
trading partner data
Single Trading Partner
Management interface
Shared partner data across
applications
Partner self-provisioning &
self-testing
Management of large
number of trading partners
Trading Partner Management
B2B Operations Monitor
Trading Partner A
Trading Partner B
Trading Partner C
Advanced B2B functionality
Trading Grid Connectivity
B2B Appliance (BBot)
Covast value add – Trading Partner Management
R2 MMC-based EDI Party Management •Solution based on Party artifact
•Bulk import of trading partner data using either API or XML file
•Single tool for managing EDI, AS2 and other BizTalk party data
•Relaxed validation at partner and/or agreement level
•Envelope customization by version and transaction set
•Party-specific batching and batch release criteria
Covast provides a browser based TPM solution:•Extensible: 3rd party adapters and accelerators can be integrated without coding using XML
descriptor files
•Fully leverages the BizTalk Adapter Framework
•Bulk import of trading partner data using either API or XML file
•Single tool for managing all trading partners integrated with BizTalk Server R2 and 3rd party
adapters and accelerators
•Enables partner self-provisioning and self-testing
•Manages large numbers of trading partners through an easy to use and unified user interface
•Can be used for SLA (Service Level Agreement) performance monitoring & reporting
•Does not need Covast B2B Suite as a platform – it can run on “vanilla” R2
Trading Partner Management
Contacts Security AS2 CARGO-IMP HTTP/s RosettaNet X12General
United States of America
12345
Northwind Traders, Inc.
1, Bel Red Road
92084
Redmond
X.400
NORTHWIND
Washington
Trading partner ID:
Search key:
Name:
Address:
ZIP or Postal code:
City:
Country:
State:
Aliases
Status: Test
SLASchemas General
NorthwindAS2ID123
168.1.1.25
http://www.northwindtraders.com/as2
8085
AS2 Identifier:
URL:
Proxy IP address:
MDN method:
Encryption method:
Proxy port:
Asynchronous signed
Triple DES
Signing method: SHA-1
Compression:
Contacts SecurityAliases CARGO-IMP HTTP/s RosettaNet X12 X.400SLA AS2Schemas X12 X.400
General
15Max. time to delivery ack.:
Max. % validation errors:
Contacts SecurityAliases CARGO-IMP HTTP/s RosettaNetAS2SLA
Minutes
2 %
Schemas
Max. time to functional ack.: 60 Minutes
Max. % send retries: 20 %
Max. % send failures: 2 %
Northwind Traders, Inc.Trading partner name:
From / Through timestamp: 2006-05-13 12:00:00 AM 2006-05-14 12:00:00 AM
Report
Statistics SLA Report
6Avg. time to delivery ack.:
Validation errors:
Minutes
1.15 %
0Max. time exceeded: Times
17Avg. time to functional ack.: Minutes
2Max. time exceeded: Times
Send retries: 4 %
Send failures: 4 %
Northwind Traders, Inc.Trading partner name:
Schema Sent or Received Total Average size (bytes)
X12_4010_850_DEFAULT_X (Purchase Order) Received 312 32,516
Schema: X12_4010_850_DEFAULT_X (Purchase Order)
From / Through timestamp: 2006-05-13 12:00:00 AM 2006-05-14 12:00:00 AM
Report
Statistics SLA Report
Covast value add – Vertical Solutions
Trading Partner Management
B2B Operations Monitor
Trading Partner A
Trading Partner B
Trading Partner C
Advanced B2B functionality
Trading Grid Connectivity
B2B Appliance (BBot)
Industry specific B2B
expertise
Industry specific B2B
formats
Industry specific B2B
protocols
Proven tested solutions
AutomotiveLogistics & Distribution
EnergyManufacturing
HealthcareRetail
Finance
High Tech
Manufacturing
Vertical Solutions
Microsoft has packaged specific vertical expertise and s/w into vertical solutions –
available separately.•Verticals:
•Healthcare
•Financial Services
•High Tech Manufacturing
•Each solution contains:
•Message formats, such as HL7 v2.1 – v2.5 for Healthcare
•Industry standard transports, such as MLLP for Healthcare and FileAct/InterAct for Financial Services
•Industry standard certifications, such as SWIFT Gold Certifcation for Financial Services
Covast has packaged specific vertical expertise and s/w and
metadata assets into vertical solutions.Verticals:
•Automotive
•Energy & Utility
•Retail
•Manufacturing
•Logistics & Distribution
Each solution contains:•All the right formats, such as ODETTE for Automotive
•All the right transports, such as X.400 for Logistics
•Everything in-the-box, tested and documented
Covast value add – The Company and People
Covast Company added value to
BizTalk Server 2006 R2
• B2B pre-sales and implementation
expertise – including R2 only
• Complex EDI software & support
• Vertical B2B specific knowledge
• Joint solution delivered with GXS
• 35% of top 100 BizTalk Server users
• 10% of total BizTalk Server install base
Covast value add on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 – The whole picture
Trading Partner Management
B2B Operations Monitor
Trading Partner A
Trading Partner B
Trading Partner C
Advanced B2B functionality
Trading Grid Connectivity
B2B Appliance (BBot)
AutomotiveLogistics & Distribution
EnergyManufacturing
HealthcareRetail
Finance
High Tech
Manufacturing
Contact information & next steps
Microsoft contacts:
– Technical: [email protected]
– Marketing: [email protected]
Covast contacts:
– Technical: [email protected]
– Sales: [email protected]
Next steps:
– In your customer base and current pipeline, identify:
opportunities
Opportunities where R2-only will not suffice for B2B