Features:

Quickly Build Dynamic Business Processes

Business Process Orchestration
Design and build dynamic, distributed business processes with BizTalk Orchestration Designer. This visual tool brings together business analysts, IT professionals, and developers in a common design environment.
XML Schema Generation
It's easy to create and edit XML document schemas with BizTalk Editor.
XML Document Transformation
Quickly transform one schema into another with BizTalk Mapper, which generates World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)–standard Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) files for transforming documents.
Trading Relationship Establishment
BizTalk Messaging Manager automates the process of setting up trading profiles and agreements to exchange business documents with applications and trading partners over the Internet. This management technology is based on a graphical user interface (UI), and is nonprogrammatic and easy to use.

Easily Integrate Applications & Business Partners

Extensive XML Support
All BizTalk Server 2000 document exchanges are done in W3C-standard XML. All document transformations are done in W3C-standard XSLT.
Multiple Transport and Protocol Support
BizTalk Server 2000 supports: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), HTTP, HTTPS, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and Networked File Shares.
BizTalk Framework 2.0
The first open industry framework for reliable document exchange and routing, BizTalk Framework version 2.0 is compliant with SOAP version 1.1.
Open Binding Architecture
The open binding adapter architecture enables any developer or independent software vendor (ISV) to build adapters that enable their products to be accessed from BizTalk Server 2000.

Ensure Interoperability Using Public Standards

Security
BizTalk Server 2000 enables secure communications with trading partners over the Web. It uses Microsoft Windows® 2000 security features, including full support for public-key infrastructure, digital signatures, and encryption. It offers support for Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, plus a pluggable architecture for third-party security products.
Document Delivery
Enabled by BizTalk Framework 2.0, BizTalk Server 2000 ensures that messages are sent and received exactly once. It supports synchronous and asynchronous interaction.
Scalability
You can cluster servers running BizTalk Server 2000 as needed to meet demand. The BizTalk Administration Tool handles clustering and replication of servers.
Robust Document Tracking and Analysis
Track documents that pass through the system, which is useful for pinpointing and fixing messaging problems. BizTalk Server 2000 integrates with Microsoft SQL Server™ 7.0 or later online analytical processing (OLAP) tools to perform analysis.