Server Naming Conventions
For complete information about the system architecture for BizTalk Server deployment, see Sample BizTalk Server Architectures.
The following table describes the servers in the diagram in the topic Large Distributed Architecture, and their functions.
| Server name in diagram | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FW4 | Firewall | Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 server between the Internet and the perimeter network. |
| HTTP (Receive) | Web Server | Web server that receives messages for the HTTP adapter. This server does not have BizTalk Server components installed; it has ASP.NET pages that relay the messages to the service interfaces domain. You can use Reverse Proxy from FW 4 to FW 3 instead of the ASP.NET pages. If you use Reverse Proxy, you do not need this server. |
| Exchange (Send/Receive) | Mail Server | Mail server that BizTalk Server uses to send and receive SMTP messages. The POP3 Adapter reads the received messages |
| FTP (Send/Receive) | Web Server | Represents the File Transport Protocol (FTP) server from which BizTalk is sending and receiving messages. This can be a remote server. |
| SQL | SQL Server | Server with SQL Server database used by the SQL adapter. |
| File | File Server | Server that has a file directory from which the File Adapter in the service interfaces domain drop and pick up files. |
| FW3 | Firewall | Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 server protecting the service interfaces domain from the perimeter network and corporate domain. |
| Processing | Processing Server | This server processes messages. It has the BizTalk Server runtime, Business Rule Engine, and Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) service. BizTalk assemblies, host instances, orchestrations, schemas, and maps are on this server. A given processing server can have host instances of different hosts. |
| Receive handler (Isolated Host) |
Receive/Send Server | BizTalk Server dedicated to receiving messages from HTTP and SOAP adapters. A given receive/send server can have host instances of different hosts. |
| Receive handler (In-process Host) |
Receive/Send Server | BizTalk Server dedicated to receiving messages from SQL, FTP, EDI, File, POP3 and BizTalk Message Queuing adapters. A given receive/send server can have host instances of different hosts. |
| Send handler | Receive/Send Server | BizTalk Server dedicated to sending messages for all adapters. A given server can have host instances of different hosts you use for sending messages. |
| FW2 | Firewall | Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 server protecting the services domain from the service interfaces and corporate domains (operation services.) |
| Tracking Host | Tracking Server | Server that has a host instance of the BizTalk Host you use for tracking. |
| Admin tools | Administration Server | Server that has the BizTalk Server runtime, the BizTalk Server Administration console, and the deployment tools. |
| Master secret server | Master secret server | SSO Server that manages the master secret key for the whole environment. There are no other BizTalk Server components on this computer. |
| FW1 | Firewall | Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 server protecting the data domain and the service interfaces and services domains. |
| MessageBox 1 MessageBox 2 MessageBox 'n' |
Data Server | SQL Server that contains the MessageBox databases. You can have a different SQL Server for each MessageBox database. |
| SSO | Data Server | SQL Server that contains the SSO database, which Enterprise Single Sign-On uses to store in encrypted form user IDs and credentials for logging onto other systems, and for storing in encrypted form the configuration information form for adapters BizTalk Server uses. |
| Backup/Restore for Log shipping | Data Server | SQL Server used to restore the database backups produced by BizTalk Server databases. |
| BizTalk Analysis | Data Server | Analysis Server that contains the BizTalk Analysis database. |
The following table describes additional servers in the diagram in the topic Large Distributed Architecture with Information Worker Services and their functions compared to the diagram in the topic Large Distributed Architecture.
| Server name | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BAM Portal | BAM Portal | Server that contains BAM Portal. Business end users use the BAM portal to access the BAM databases to monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other information about their business process. |
| Notification Service Windows SharePoint Services Configuration Windows SharePoint Services Content BAM Star Schema BAM Primary Import BAM Archive BAM Analysis (OLAP) |
IW Data Server | SQL Server that contains the databases used by Business Activity Monitoring. You can use multiple SQL Servers for these databases. |
| IW clients | IW clients | Client computers that the information workers use for Business Activity Monitoring. |
See Also
Large Distributed Architecture
Large Distributed Architecture with Information Worker Services
Sample BizTalk Server Architectures