Web services, an emerging paradigm for architecting and implementing business collaborations within and across organizational boundaries, are currently of interest to both software vendors and scientists. In this paradigm, the functionality provided by business applications is encapsulated within web services: software components described at a semantic level, which can be invoked by application programs or by other services through a stack of Internet standards including HTTP, XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI [3,18]. Once deployed, web services provided by various organizations can be inter-connected in order to implement business collaborations, leading to composite web services.
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Business-to-Business (B2B) requires companies to communicate, despite using different information systems. Transactions between businesses require the sender and receiver to understand the message the same way. An XML-based purchase order in one company must be acceptable for another company. The main advantage of electronic communication is cost and time reduction. The greatest problem is that the companies use different information systems, which can‘t communicate with each other unless there is a kind of connection is established.
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The new release of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 combined with GXS Trading Grid—GXS’s secure, scalable and high-performance B2B integration platform—is the global solution that addresses all of the challenges. By combining best-in-class deployed software with the world’s leading hosted integration service companies can achieve new levels of business performance. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 includes new EDI, RFID and B2B capabilities, enabling companies to operate one platform for all internal and external business integration requirements. To fast-start your B2B integration, Microsoft recommends the GXS Trading Grid.
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If you work with Microsoft technologies, most likely a portion of your development effort is taking place within Visual Studio, Microsoft’s flagship developer environment. Microsoft products such as SharePoint, Commerce Server, Exchange Server, BizTalk Server, Office, SQL Server, CRM, Windows Mobile Devices, and even the Xbox all support .NET development, and most have deep integration with Visual Studio.

With the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft has further enhanced the environment, and added support for new features. We’ll take a look at these enhancements, broken down into four groups: Environment, Designers, Language, and Products.
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