Creating a BizTalk solutions with multiple projects

Question

Has anyone got any guidance, better yet, tools for generating up a "starter" BizTalk solution ?

I've been reading various blogs, articles, etc. and they mainly go for splitting down the solution into seperate projects, one for schema, one for orchestrations, etc.

I'd like to follow this practice, but it's a pain creating the full set, so I'm wondering if there is someway to easily set this up ?

Answer 1

Think I've hit pay dirt, check out the BizTalk Software Factory at BSF

One gotchya, make sure you get the correct versions of the GAT ...
- the MSI installer points you at the July 2007 page
- but you need the Feb 2008 versions
- there are links at correct GAT

Answer 2

You'll be a lot happier in the long run if you organize your projects around functional areas rather than artifact type. Otherwise I am afraid you'll find change management a nightmare. More recently People are trending towards subdivision of projects into folders for artifact types.

Answer 3

We use applications to split on functional areas, then projects to split on artefact types.