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Hi,
I'm working for a client that wants to have a staging environment that is the same as the production environment, and that means having a clustered BizTalk Server environement.
My question is: Is it possible to install 2020 BizTalk Developer Edition as a cluster?
I know that it is supposed to have all the features of Enterprise Edition, so the clustering should be working?
Thanks.
As you said the Developer Edition has all the capabilities of Enterprise Edition, I've also have seen a BizTalk 2016 Developer Edition clustered.
So yes, you should be able to do that.
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Hi @Colin Dijkgraaf I was looking at this Microsoft Article, https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/biztalk/core/use-windows-cluster-to-provide-high-availability-for-biztalk-hosts, which indicates that 'Host clustering is only available with BizTalk Server Enterprise Edition.' , while it might be perfectly possible to use BizTalk 2020 Developer edition for a clustering setup as all the features are present, but is this permissible from Licensing standpoint?
The only licencing restrictions I'm aware of with BizTalk Developer Editions is that the user that use the server must have a MDSN Licence. Of course operating system and SQL licences are a separate matter.
To get an official answer, you might have to contact Microsoft directly
Yes this is possible, and allowed as long as covered by VS Subscription.
We have a similar setup where our staging environment is a replica of the Production with App and SQL clusters
The Dev & Enterprise versions have all the same features, just that Dev cannot be used in a Production Environment.