Kayxo Exchange Adapter For BizTalk (KEAB)

It is an adapter for Microsoft BizTalk that makes it simple to integrate and connect any information stored in Microsoft Exchange (messages, contacts, calendar items, tasks, etc.) with data from all transactional systems in large organizations.

With KEAB the complexity of consolidating, merging, processing, and presenting unstructured and structured business information altogether can be drastically reduced for tackling relevant business needs.

Since KEAB uses MAPI (the same low-level protocol Microsoft Outlook uses to communicate with Microsoft Exchange), all objects can be easily retrieved, created or modified with the fastest access method. Other high-level access methods such as CDO, WebDav or Microsoft Exchange 2007 Web Services cannot bring all kind of information from Microsoft Exchange because they have known limitations.

The KEAB Enterprise Class architecture supports load balancing and failover scenarios, making it suitable for high-end Enterprise solutions.

With KEAB, Microsoft Exchange and its information are open and available for any kind of integration, empowering backend systems (ERP, CRM, DataWarehouse, etc.) with the richness and the dynamism of communication information.

Key benefits:

• No need to install any product or component in your Exchange Server.
• Support for any Microsoft Exchange Folder, including Public, Custom Folders and Mailboxes in any language (Exchange Server 2003/2007)
• Simplified developing environment, integrated with BizTalk 2006/2009 and Visual Studio 2005/2008 with support for Dynamic and Static Send Ports.
• Real-time creation and manipulation of any Exchange item on demand, transferring only a selected subset of properties to optimize the bandwidth usage.

Architecture - Receive Adapter

The Receive Adapter allows to monitor for incoming events in a user folder. KEAB provides a mechanism to synchronize changes between Exchange Server and the Receive Adapter service. The KEA Synchronization Service retrieves changes from the monitored folders and saves a small key for later retrieval.

Send Adapter

The Send adapter for BizTalk Server allows users to create, delete and update any kind of messages (mail, contacts, appointments, notes) and sub-folders in Exchange Server. The Adapter is an In-Process BizTalk Server Adapter, and, therefore runs in the piece of equipment where BizTalk Server is installed. It supports both: the send pattern and the request-response pattern. Once the artifact receives the message, it evaluates this, and based on this information, executes the operation against Exchange; for that specific purpose, BizTalk server assigns the execution of the query to the WriteCore component that is in charge of writing the requested messages through MAPI. The following high level sequence diagram shows the interaction between the components

Taking advantage of the Kayxo Exchange Adapter architecture in corporate environments

The Adapter has been built to cope with corporate growth and reliability demands. As your system activity grows, so can the Adapter through its failover and scalability support.

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