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I want to try the rule engine of biztalk, but without installing the biztalk server, I found this tutorial https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/33143/Developing-with-the-Microsoft-Business-Rule-Engine which indicates how to only install the rule engine.

When I run the Business Rule Composer, I have to indicate an sql server and a database name, why do I have to do that? I mean do I have to install sql server to use the Biztalk BRE? I will not get data from database and i don't want to install sql server, is it possible?

Also can I create rules without the Business Rule Composer?

Thanks.

safa
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  • BTS and BRC support the import of [BPEL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Process_Execution_Language) so you could look into creating your Business Rules that way (never tried this myself) but overall you'll not find much support for developing BTS artifacts without BTS tools. – Filburt Mar 02 '17 at 15:27
  • [Biztalk - possible to create rule/policy programmatically?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/3908582/205233) might be worth a look too. – Filburt Mar 02 '17 at 15:28
  • thanks but I don't want to use BRC at all, I want to be able to create rules without using a graphic tool. – safa Mar 02 '17 at 15:44
  • The answer in the linked post suggests that there's a schema definition for composing a Xml doc for BTS Rules. This would make you independent from BRC creating rules just by writing Xml. – Filburt Mar 02 '17 at 18:52
  • Thank you, i will try it and post feedback. – safa Mar 03 '17 at 08:22
  • i have installed biztalk, but i couldn't find the Samples folder. could anyone please tell me what i have to do ? – safa Mar 06 '17 at 08:26
  • IIRC, the BizTalk SDK is separate installation package. Check around [Samples in the SDK](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa560186.aspx) on MSDN. – Filburt Mar 06 '17 at 08:41

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