BizTalk Server (or simply "BizTalk") enables companies to automate business processes, through the use of adapters which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in an enterprise. Created by Microsoft, it provides enterprise application integration, business process automation, business-to-business communication, message broker and business activity monitoring.
BizTalk Server 2006 was the first version to run on Microsoft .NET 2.0.
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 was the first version to utilize the new Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) via native adapter.