Wednesday, June 20, 2007
You can use SQL Express with BizTalk Server
Recently at a client site there was a need for a very cheap and easy way to install BizTalk 2006 on a server which was outside the companies firewall.
They didn't want to spend the money on an extra SQL Server license so we opened a support call with Microsoft. Turns out a BizTalk installation is supported with SQL Express. I have read in a number of places this was not a supported type of installation but it in fact is.
You have to be careful with a few things, mainly database size and number of connections, but otherwise, for these very simple installation requirements you can slim down the costs associated with having a BizTalk environment.
Labels: BizTalk installation