Adapters, AS2, and Acks        Chapter 5 

The actual receipt and delivery of files is central to any solution. Common approaches to receiving and sending data within the EDI space include SFTP, encrypted data over standard FTP, and secure communications over AS2. BizTalk 2013 finally introduces native SFTP support. Historically, SFTP has been handled through third-party adapters. Dealing with encrypting and decrypting data on standard ports requires custom pipeline component code. Configuring AS2 for direct party-to-party communication requires certificates and complex configurations within BizTalk. This chapter will detail the setup and configuration for each of these methods, as well as how to successfully deliver various forms of EDI acknowledgements. ...

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