You work as a Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 architect at Domain.com. You have received instruction from the CIO to maximize the performance of your BizTalk application.

During the course of the day you are considering controlling the number of persistence points within the orchestration. The Orchestration used within the application has a Receive shape, followed by two Send shapes.

You are required to select how many persistence points the orchestration has.

How many persistence points should the orchestration have?

A.
There should be two persistence points.

B.
There should be three persistence points.

C.
There should be none.

D.
There should be one persistence point.

Explanation:
You should remember in the scenario that the engine optimizes the number of persistence points because they are expensive. A persistence point is set for the first Send shape and the second persistence point is set for the second Send shape and the orchestration end.

Incorrect Answers:
B: In the scenario the engine optimizes the number of persistence points since they are expensive and the Receive shapes do not trigger a persistence point.
C: In the scenario the engine optimizes the number of persistence points since they are expensive and an orchestration should at least have one persistence point.
D: In the scenario the engine optimizes the number of persistence points since they are expensive and there is no Atomic Transaction shape present each send shape triggers a persistence point.