Biztalk Port / Orchestration Documentation

Question

We have a great EAI setup (+ - 70 orchestrations, 200 send ports, ...). Almost none of the orchestras / ports have direct bindings. Each route is configured using filters.

Unfortunately, it's time to document the integration scenario that non-biztalk technologists understand.

I wondered if there are any tools / word -excel-visio -... templates for documenting such a scenario. There is no need to document the technical data of the orchestra / cartographic / code, as well as the message flow. (rcvport / location (with maps) → orchestration (filter) → sendport (s) (with filter, maps)

thank; Bart

Answer 1

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I sometimes use Sheets in Word to show developer artifacts and how they are connected (maps, diagrams, pipelines ...) and include a verbal description / comment for each.

I agree with HSedidin above that BPMN may be worth a try, but even that, the audience will have to learn.

There is a “Stencil” package for BizTalk available for Vizio here: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Collection-of-Visio-2013-0283d5f4 , but I have to admit that I haven't used it yet.