When BizTalk 2004 was launched, Microsoft announced that it supported large messages (into GB's). It was important to them because they broke the 4 MB limit that previous versions had.
What wasn't very clear, is that this statement is mainly about the fact that they use streaming to handle incoming messages. Which also means that scenario's that can't be solved by streaming still might (or will) have issues. The BizTalk Core Engine Team therefore published an very informational article about scenario's that might not work with large messages, with details about the reasons for these problems. A must read for any BizTalker that expects to do large message handling someday.
Main takeway for me: when a customer asked me if BizTalk 2004 supports large messages I would answer "Yes", now I will answer "No, unless you keep the message handling simple or invest time in tuning the solution". Because I think that is the reality of BizTalks support for large messages.
Posted
Mar 01 2005, 12:07 PM
by
Carlo Poli