By Tom Lake
In This Chapter
Prior to the release of BizTalk Server 2002 the migration of BizTalk Server applications from development, staging and then production was a challenging and somewhat tedious process. With the release of BizTalk Server 2002 and the integration of Application Center 2000 services, the method of deploying configurations has been greatly improved. In this chapter, you will learn:
About using Application Center 2000 with BizTalk Server 2002
How to install the new BizTalk drivers for Application Center 2000
How to create an Application Center cluster
How to add new members to your Application Center cluster
Which BizTalk resources can be deployed
Steps required before deploying BizTalk configurations to minimize post deployment changes
How to create an Application Center application with BizTalk resources
Steps to deploy an Application Center application
Post deployment modifications that may need to be made
How to use Application Center 2000 to delete BizTalk resources on a remote server
Redeploying BizTalk resources after making changes
How to use Application Center 2000 via the command line
Sample configuration to deploy with Application Center 2000