WCF LOB Adapter SDK

Abstract

The WCF LOB Adapter SDK (ASDK) is a set of runtime components and design-time UI tools providing a consistent framework for the development, management, and runtime execution of adapters for line-of-business (LOB) systems. (Systems such as SAP, Siebel, relational database management systems, and others are collectively known as the LOB applications.) Although the old COM-based framework for BizTalk adapter development is still available and fully supported by Microsoft, adapters built with the WCF LOB Adapter SDK offer significant advantage over adapters built on the old framework because they can be consumed not only from BizTalk but also from any .NET WCF-enabled application using familiar WCF semantics. As a complete development framework, the WCF LOB Adapter SDK offers tools to facilitate the development process for both adapter developers and adapter consumers.