Introduction

This article lists the BizTalk supported upgrade paths and Visual Studio versions. Yes means it's supported. No means it's not supported. Supported means that the version has been tested by the BizTalk product group. If it's not supported, that version has not been tested.

 

Supported BizTalk Server Upgrade Paths

	Upgrade to: BizTalk 2013 R2	Upgrade to: BizTalk 2013	Upgrade to: BizTalk 2010	Upgrade to: BizTalk 2009
BizTalk 2013	Yes	Yes	No	No
BizTalk 2010	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
BizTalk 2009	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
BizTalk 2006 R2	No	No	Yes	Yes

 

Supported Visual Studio Versions

	Visual Studio 2015	Visual Studio 2013	Visual Studio 2012	Visual Studio 2010	Visual Studio 2008	Visual Studio 2005
BizTalk 2013 R2	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
BizTalk 2013	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
BizTalk 2010	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
BizTalk 2009	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
BizTalk 2006 R2	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

 

Supported migration paths for BizTalk projects to Visual Studio

Using Visual Studio conversion, you can convert projects to newer Visual Studio versions. The following table lists the supported migration paths when converting BizTalk Server projects to new Visual Studio versions.

	Visual Studio 2013	Visual Studio 2012	Visual Studio 2010	Visual Studio 2008	Visual Studio 2005
BizTalk 2013 R2	Default development environment	No	No	No	No
BizTalk 2013	Yes	Default development environment	No	No	No
BizTalk 2010	Yes	Yes	Default development environment	No	No
BizTalk 2009	No	Yes	Yes	Default development environment	No
BizTalk 2006 R2	No	No	Yes	Yes	Default development environment

Visual Studio 2008 and 2005 include a Visual Studio Conversion Wizard. In newer Visual Studio versions, the conversion is automatic. For example, when you open a Visual Studio 2010 project in Visual Studio 2013, your are automatically prompted to convert the project to the new version. You can also have multiple versions of Visual Studio installed side-by-side on the same computer.

 

Installation Guide links for different versions of BizTalk Server

This tables lists the Installation Guide links for different versions of BizTalk Server. These guides are written by Microsoft and by the community.

BizTalk Server version	Links
BizTalk Server 2013 BizTalk Server 2013 R2	Installation Guide Installation and Upgrade Guides for: BizTalk Server and BAM in a Multi-Computer environment BizTalk Adapter Pack (BAP) BizTalk Adapters for enterprise Applications ESB HL7 UDDI RFID Server and Mobile RosettaNet SQL Adapter SWIFT WCF LOB Adapter SDK Install and Configure BAM in a Multi-Computer Environment Configuration Overview BizTalk Server 2013 R2: Installation and Configuration – Important considerations before set up the server (Part 1)
BizTalk Server 2010	Installation and Upgrade Guides for: BizTalk Server BizTalk Server and BAM on a Multi-Computer environment Single Server: Step-by-Step Guide with screen shots Multicomputer Environment: Step-by-Step Guide with screen shots BizTalk Adapter Pack Installation and Help BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications Install and Configure BAM in a Multi-Computer Environment
BizTalk Server 2009	Installation and Upgrade Guides for: BizTalk Server BizTalk Server on a Multi-Computer environment RFID Mobile and RFID Server BizTalk Adapter Pack Installation BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications

See Also

Another important place to find a huge amount of BizTalk related articles is the TechNet Wiki itself. The best entry point is BizTalk Server Resources on the TechNet Wiki.