BizTalk 2013 RTM VM Now Available in Window Azure Gallery
April 18, 2013 Leave a comment
With Scott Guthrie’s announcement the other day concerning General Availability (GA) of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, we now have available a selection of new BizTalk Server 2013 RTM virtual machine images in the Windows Azure Gallery:
- BizTalk Server 2013 Enterprise
- BizTalk Server 2013 Standard
- BizTalk Server 2013 Evaluation
The Evaluation image will help you get started with the evaluation bits of BizTalk Server 2013 and SQL Server 2012.
This IaaS availability is a key aspect of the BizTalk Server 2013 release. Now you can quickly and easily spin up pre-configured BizTalk servers in the cloud without relying on the time, expense and other overheads of on-premises acquisitions. Imagine being able to provision an entire testing environment in minutes/hours instead of days/weeks/months! And the best part is that, like all Azure services, you only pay for what you use. 🙂
The pricing details for these VMs can be found here. Remember that there is also a (very small) storage cost for the disk images as well.
More information can be found on the BizTalk Server Team Blog.
BizTalk Saturday is back with a new Hands On Day in Brisbane! Delegates will have a chance to get up to speed with the new features of BizTalk Server 2013 under the guidance of Microsoft MVP Bill Chesnut (“BizTalk Bill”) and myself. The format will be presentations followed by hands-on labs. Topics covered will include:
Mind Over Messaging 