Intro
In this post I'll tell you about our experiences using BizTalk 2016 and the Dynamics eConnect 2013 Adapter together. But to save you reading the entire article I can tell you straight away, this combination seems to work perfectly well with no obvious issues.
So, here's the environment:
BizTalk:
Windows Server 2016 64 bit running BizTalk Server Enterprise 2016 64 bit with Feature Pack 2
BizTalk SQL Server:
Windows Server 2016 64 bit running SQL Server 2016 Enterprise
Microsoft Dynamics GP:
Windows Server 2012 running Dynamics GP 2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP SQL Sever:
Windows Server 2012 running SQL Server 2012
Approach:
eConnect has a few pre-requisites such as MSXML4.0 and Dexterity Shared Runtime. We installed these using the 64 bit installer where possible. When installing eConnect, install the 64 version as the 32 bit version will not work on a 64 bit server. Add your adapter within BizTalk Administration Console and restart your host instances.
We have also created several smaller development and test servers including 32 bit only versions. Following this approach substituting 32 bit with 64 bit during installation works perfectly well too.
Scenarios:
We are using eConnect to integrate POP and SOP transactions which work well and successfully handle failed instances if eConnect encounters GP validation issues. Resuming after such issues also works well.
Caveats:
We have encountered a few minor configuration "teething" issues with this configuration. My next blog post will deal with these in detail.
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