Apparently, the BizTalk Server Administration Console runs a 32-bit Microsoft Management Console (MMC) application.
So if you want to install the BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 on your 64-bit machine and use it to do design-time tasks (either in Visual Studio or the BizTalk MMC), you should install the Adapter Pack 32-bit version.
If it is for the BizTalk run time (when sending and receiving messages from LOB applications), then the 64-bit version will do, but not always…
Here is what I found (from MS):
Scenarios for Installing the BizTalk Adapter Pack on a 32-bit Platform:
| For Visual Studio design time | For BizTalk MMC design time | For BizTalk run time | For Visual Studio design time and/or BizTalk MMC design time + BizTalk run time |
| · Install 32-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK.
· Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. |
· Install 32-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK.
· Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. |
· Install 32-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK.
· Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. |
· Install 32-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK.
· Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. |
Scenarios for Installing the BizTalk Adapter Pack on a 64-bit Platform:
| For Visual Studio design time | For BizTalk MMC design time | For BizTalk run time | For Visual Studio design time and/or BizTalk MMC design time + BizTalk run time |
| · Install 64-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK.
· Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. |
· Install 64-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK.
· Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. |
For a 32-bit BizTalk process:
· Install 64-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK. · Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. For a 64-bit BizTalk process: · Install 64-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK. · Install 64-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 64-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. |
For a 32-bit BizTalk process:
· Install 64-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK. · Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. For a 64-bit BizTalk process: · Install 64-bit WCF LOB Adapter SDK. · Install 64-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 64-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. · Install 32-bit BizTalk Adapter Pack. · Install 32-bit LOB client and other required DLLs. |
