Understanding Application Integration Components
AICs, commonly referred to as adapters or connectors, are COM components that extend the capability of BizTalk Server to integrate with external systems. They expose one or two programmatic interfaces that enable BizTalk Server to reference an AIC as an outbound transport. AICs are deployed at the BizTalk Messaging Port and are one of the transport types that BizTalk supports. Therefore, sometimes AICs are referred to as transport adapters.
Microsoft is working to provide adapters for ERP systems with many third parties, such as SAP, J. D. Edwards, and PeopleSoft, and marketplace vendors, such as Ariba, Commerce One, and Clarus. The Microsoft BizTalk Server team took the initiative to develop a ...
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