BizTalk Server 2009 RFID RC Released

Here are some of the features specific to the 2009 release of BizTalk 2009 RFID.

The key features of BizTalk RFID 2009 include:

• BizTalk RFID Mobile (RFID platform for Windows Mobile and Windows CE based devices)
• BizTalk RFID Mobile consists of a runtime engine, tools and components to develop, deploy and manage RFID solutions on mobile devices.
• Store and Forward: BizTalk RFID Mobile supports the ability to store events locally as well as forward them to the server.
• Remote Management: BizTalk RFID Mobile allows remote management of Windows Mobile-based devices.
• SQL Sink service: BizTalk RFID Mobile supports using a SQL database to store events and information on the mobile device, in much the same way that BizTalk Server RFID does.
• Support for Windows CE 5.0, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows Mobile 6.0, Windows Mobile 6.1 platforms
• Support for industry Standards
• EPCIS: EPCIS Object Model and Capture Client to enable you to capture raw data, convert to EPCIS documents and use the capture client to post to a capture service. Capture service is not included.
• LLRP Provider: Out-of-the-box connectivity with readers using the EPCglobal-ratified Low-Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) reader-host standard.
• TDT: Services to decode tag attributes natively via the Tag Data Translation (TDT) standards library
• WS Discovery: A library for providers to discover devices using the standard web services based discovery mechanism.
• Support for newer platforms             
• Windows Server 2008
• SQL Server 2008
• .Net 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008
• RFID Manager Usability Improvements

To get information and play with the bits, check out the connect site here >> Microsoft Connect Site.