With the high demand for BizTalk expertise but very few specialists, this book fills a void, offering developers the resource they need to create BizTalk solutions Targets intermediate to advanced BizTalk developers who are ready to take their skills to the next level Covers architecture design, development, testing, and deployment of BizTalk 2006 RC2 as well as the technical concepts of the product Offers in-depth coverage of BizTalk enhancements that target supportability, business activity monitoring, debugging and diagnostics, end-to-end scenarios, BizTalk patterns, Windows workflow, performance and scalability, and more-all of which are areas that customers had identified to the author as requiring improvements World-renowned author Darren Jefford explains how best to solve a business problem using BizTalk and shares his own real-world experience to help readers understand various situations.