Chapter 2. Itinerary Services

As we have discussed in the previous chapter, itineraries are the conceptual definition of the different services and processes that a message should go through to complete a business process within an ESB. Itinerary services are one of the main peculiarities that define how an ESB works. They are the glue that keep many of rest of the features of an ESB together.

In this chapter, we will have a deeper insight into the following:

  • What is an itinerary
  • What are the itinerary services and their different types
  • How to create our own custom itinerary services
  • How we stick together our itinerary services within an itinerary
  • Deploy and use your itineraries within BizTalk

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