Examining the solution bindings

Although we have created many artifacts in Visual Studio and other tools, the solution is largely comprised of the configurations of ports, locations, and settings that we configured in the BizTalk Administration console. This configuration is called the bindings for a BizTalk solution.

The bindings are critical for any BizTalk solution because they bind together everything that we created. Without the bindings our solution simply won't work; it won't do anything or even know where to look to do anything.

Exporting the bindings

We can export the bindings from the BizTalk Administration console and we will do that now in order to explore them further:

  1. Expand the Applications node in the group and right-click Order Processing ...

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