Microsoft BizTalk Server 2020 Branch Edition (Perpetual License) is intended for hub and spoke deployment scenarios for BizTalk Server, one of the integral parts of the Microsoft Hybrid Integration Platform. BizTalk Server enables customers to seamlessly connect mission critical applications, automate complex business processes, and leverage numerous Microsoft Azure services.
BizTalk Server 2020 Branch Edition is available with a perpetual license, a pay-once, non-subscription license that does not expire. Use of BizTalk Server Branch edition requires Microsoft BizTalk Server Enterprise Edition be installed as the central node in a “hub and spoke” architecture.
BizTalk Server 2020 Branch software may not be installed on a server that is part of a networked cluster or in an OSE that is part of a networked cluster of OSEs on the same server. BizTalk Server 2020 Branch Edition software may only be installed on servers at the endpoint of its internal network (or edge of its organization) to connect business events or transactions with activities processed at that endpoint, provided, the server does not:
- act as the central node in a “hub and spoke” networking model,
- centralize enterprise-wide communications with other Servers or devices; or
- automate business processes across divisions, business units, or branch offices