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Preparing to Use the Siebel BizTalk Adapter

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This section explains how to set up and configure your servers for Siebel eBusiness Applications to communicate with BizTalk. Use the setup here as a guideline, but your setup should reflect decisions for using BizTalk that were made at your organization.

Also, this section explains how to use integration objects with BizTalk so that you can communicate bidirectionally (send and receive messages) with your trading partners. A key step is to create the schema for the integration objects you will be using. Much of the actual communication, however, happens outside of Siebel applications, through the various BizTalk applications.

If you need specific information on how to use the applications that are included in Microsoft's BizTalk Server—which include BizTalk Mapper, BizTalk Editor, BizTalk Messaging Manager, and others—refer to the BizTalk Server documentation and help system. (The help system for BizTalk is also available from Microsoft's Web site.)

Installing Software and Creating BizTalk Doc Specs for Siebel Integration Objects

Use the following checklist as a guideline to install software and create BizTalk doc specification for Siebel integration objects.

Checklist
q	Set up BizTalk Server and each Siebel client that will be communicating with BizTalk (a one-time operation). For details, see Installing and Configuring Software for Servers and Clients.
q	Generate the DTD or XDR schema for the integration objects you want to use and import them to BizTalk Server, where they become BizTalk document specifications, BizTalk's proprietary XDR hybrid format (one time for each integration object). For details, see Siebel Integration Objects and Data Types.

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