Adapters for a BizTalk server represent the fundamental foundation by which interoperability between different IT systems is possible – they’re responsible for sending and receiving messages to and from the BizTalk server and different applications.
Additionally, /n Sofware also provide a free community edition which contains fully-functional plain-text versions of the adapters. http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/community.aspx
The /n software AS1 Adapter adds secure AS1 messaging capabilities to BizTalk. Built on top of the IP*Works! EDI, the adapter allows you to easily incorporate secure EDI (EDI-INT) exchange with your current e-Business process architecture. Use AS1 to communicate EDI data, or other information such as XML documents, securely over the Internet using the SMTP/S protocol. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/as1.aspx
The /n software AS2 Adapter adds secure AS2 transport capabilities to BizTalk. Built on top of the DGI / eBusinessReady™ certified IP*Works! EDI / AS2 Engine, the adapter allows you to easily incorporate secure EDI (EDI-INT) exchange with your current e-Business process architecture.
You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/as2.aspx
The /n software AS3 Adapter adds secure AS3 file transfer capabilities to BizTalk. Built on top of the IP*Works! EDI, the adapter allows you to easily incorporate secure EDI (EDI-INT) exchange with your current e-Business process architecture. Use AS3 to communicate EDI data, or other information such as XML documents, securely over the Internet using the FTP/S protocol. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/as3.aspx
The /n software FTPS Adapter uses the FTPS protocol to transfer files to and from SSL-enabled FTP servers. To use the send adapter, you only need to supply a server to connect to, user name, and password. Then simply bind your port to a BizTalk Orchestration and the adapter will take care of the rest. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/ftps.aspx The basic FTP Adapter from the Microsoft BizTalk 2010 also can use SSL.
The /n software SFTP Adapter uses the SFTP protocol to transfer files to and from Secure Shell (SSH) Enabled servers. Using the adapter is identical to using the /n software FTPS Adapter, requiring only that you supply a server to connect to, user name, and password. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/sftp.aspx The Blogical SFTP Adapter is free. You can find it here: http://sftpadapter.codeplex.com/
The /n software OFTP Adapter uses the Odette File Transfer protocol to transfer files to and from OFTP capable servers. To use the send adapter, you only need to supply a server to connect to, user name, and password. Then simply bind your port to a BizTalk Orchestration and the adapter will take care of the rest. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/oftp.aspx
The /n software Credit Card Adapter can be used to integrate Internet payment processing directly from within Microsoft BizTalk Server. With the Credit Card Adapter, BizTalk can be configured to process though any of the most popular payment gateways, acting as fully functional Internet transaction processing gateway. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/creditcard.aspx
The Adapter uses the North American Energy Standards Communications (EDM) NAESB/GISB protocol to transfer files to and from capable servers. To use the send adapter, you only need to supply a server to connect to, user name, and password. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/naesb.aspx
The RSS Adapter can be configured to retrieve RSS feeds and pull RSS items directly into the BizTalk messaging pipeline for processing. Support for SSL and client-side certificates included for connecting to secure feeds. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/rss.aspx
The /n software Secure Shell Adapter provides an easy to use adapter that extends BizTalk with SSH-secured remote command execution functionality. The Adapter uses the SSH "exec" subsystem to remotely execute commands. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/ssh.aspx
The /n software Secure Email Adapter provides an all-encompassing email client implementation that extends BizTalk with the ability to send and receive Emails. The Adapter uses the SMTP protocol to send email and the IMAP and POP3 protocols to fetch emails to and from any mail server over Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protected channels. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/emails.aspx
The /n software SMPP Adapter is used for sending SMS messages and alerts. The Adapter can be easily configured to send alert notifications in response to BizTalk events. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/sms.aspx
The /n software SNPP Adapter is used for sending alphanumeric pages alerts. The Adapter can be easily configured to send alert notifications in response to BizTalk events. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/paging.aspx
The /n software XMPP Adapter is a lightweight Instant Messaging client Adapter for communicating with XML based Jabber servers. The Adapter can be orchestrated to send Instant alert notifications in response to BizTalk events, or can be used as an alternate transport for Internet message delivery. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/jabber.aspx
Leverage always-on access to Amazon's online storage. The S3 Adapter, or Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Integration Adapter, can be used to easily add, modify and delete buckets or individual objects stored on S3 directly from your BizTalk orchestrations. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/s3.aspx
Transfer files to and from SSH servers using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP).
You can find more information about this adapter here: https://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/scp.aspx
Search, manage, and maintain Internet Directory (LDAP) servers including Active Directory from BizTalk. The LDAP Adapter is easy to use with straightforward operations for adding, modifying, and deleting DNs, searching, and authenticating. You can find more information about this adapter here: https://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/ldap.aspx
Executes PowerShell scripts and returns the results. The adapter can execute PowerShell scripts on a local PowerShell Runspace or on remote machines using the PowerShell V2 Remoting or PowerShell SSH protocols.
"We do have a PowerShell BizTalk adapter. That said, it is no longer available as a separate product, but has been merged into our BizTalk Adapters V4 product line. Below is a link to the product page. Note that this merge happened fairly recently, and it looks like the PowerShell adapter is not mentioned on the website yet." /n Software Support
SFTP adapter lets you securely transfer the data over Internet using SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol). You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.eldos.com/bizcrypto/biztalk-sftp-adapter.php
FTPS adapter lets you transfer the data over Internet using FTP and FTPS (FTP-over-SSL) protocols. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.eldos.com/bizcrypto/biztalk-ftps-adapter.php
SSH adapter lets you securely execute commands on remote systems via SSH (Secure Shell) protocol and retrieve execution results. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.eldos.com/bizcrypto/biztalk-ssh-adapter.php
POP3 adapter lets you retrieve e-mail messages from remote servers using POP3 protocol. The transport supports SSL/TLS to secure the connection. You can find more information about this adapter here:
The TwoConnect Biztalk Adapter for Salesforce.com is a full-feature Microsoft BizTalk Server send and receive adapter that more fully utilizes the features available in Microsoft BizTalk Server and the BizTalk Adapter Framework. In the process, it provides a powerful integration platform for Salesforce.com, connecting your systems and people quickly and easily. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://www.twoconnect.com/Default.aspx?tabid=262
The Community BizTalk Adapter for ODBC is based on the code that was first made available on GotDotNet a few years ago. TwoConnect has refreshed this code, added an installer, and tested it against the latest BizTalk editions. We are releasing the updates back to the BizTalk developer, user and partner community as part of our ongoing community initiatives. This is the second adapter package that TwoConnect makes available to the community after the very successful release of the BizTalk WSE 3 adapter a couple of years ago. This adapter is useful in all ODBC based integration scenarios. The following are the new features added and fixes made to the old code base on GotDotNet. You can find more information about this adapter and download here: http://www.twoconnect.com/Default.aspx?tabid=269
The Roedl Adapter for Microsoft BizTalk Server seamlessly integrates BizTalk Server with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 with no installation effort on the CRM system. You can find more information about this adapter here: http://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-us/applications/microsoft-dynamics-crm-adapter-for-biztalk-server-application-integration-12884940966
The Covast ebXML Messaging Service Adapter allows current and future BizTalk Server customers to conduct B2B transactions using the global ebXML standard. The Adapter license is delivered at no cost, you will be charged a small monthly fee for phone support and maintenance.
Easy to install send and receive adapters for building flexible Active Directory management solutions using BizTalk. For more information see: http://www.activeadapter.com/
The Event Log receive adapter allows BizTalk to be used for event-driven management and monitoring of your infrastructure. Can bring events from all standard and custom logs on local or remote machines into BizTalk as XML as they occur. For more information see: http://www.eventadapter.com/
Send and Receive adapters to integrate any information stored in Microsoft Exchange: email messages; contacts; calendar items; notes; and folders. For more information:
SJSoftech's BizTalk Adapter allows easy, effective and fast integration of Microsoft BizTalk server and Microsoft CRM 2011. This adapter supports entity hierarchy i.e. one to many entity relationships and many to one entity relationships while inserting and updating entity records. This adapter also supports "User Key” concept, using which duplicate records can be easily detected and lookup data can be retrieved without making any additional call to CRM. When it comes to performance it is very fast in processing messages.
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Thanks Charlie, I did not know the existence of this adapter, nice contribution.
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Good Article.
Custom Adapters are listed separately, social.technet.microsoft.com/.../12824.biztalk-server-list-of-custom-adapters.aspx
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Excellent