The Patterns & Practices team released CTP2 of the ESB Guidance 2.0.
You can get it here.
What's New in the January Release?
This is the second CTP release of the Microsoft ESB Guidance 2.0 for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009. It incorporates several modifications and additions compared to the October 2008 CTP release. The following list summarizes these changes.
New Features and Components
- New core features. This version includes the following new core features:
- UDDI 3.0 Resolver
- UDDI 3.0 categorization schemas
- LDAP Resolver
- WCF-Custom Adapter Provider
- SMTP Adapter Provider
- New and Updated Samples
- SSO Configuration Provider Sample
- SQL LOB Adapter Sample
Changes to Existing Features and Components Modifications.
- Itinerary Designer
- UDDI 3.0 resolver extender
- File itinerary exporter
- Itinerary database exporter
- Resolvers can be executed from design surface to verify resolver configuration via resolver service.
- SMTP adapter design support
- WCF-Custom adapter design support
- LDAP resolver extender
- Additional itinerary model validation rules
- Management Portal
- Chart controls migrated to use Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- UDDI Publisher Utility
- General bug fixes.
Retired features.
Future Plans
Updated documentation for ESB Guidance 2.0 CTP2 will be released at the later date as separate download. The upcoming releases will contain additional improvements including JMS intergation as well as and general bug fixes.