Examining sample installation topologies

In this section, we will examine several example topologies for BizTalk installations. These are provided only for reference and should be used as a guide for designing your own specific topology.

A single application with a single database

In this configuration, there is a single BizTalk Server and a single SQL Server. This is the most basic configuration BizTalk with which should ever go into production. The BizTalk and SQL Servers should always be separate machines for scalability reasons; although, with the growing capability of Intel-based servers, this is becoming less of an issue. The backup job is configured, but only for moving the files to a fileserver for safe keeping.

This base configuration will ...

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