You work as a Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 architect at Domain.com. You have received instruction from the CIO to design a business processing application.

The Domain.com management requires that part of your design calls a Web Service to perform your pricing calculations. The Domain.com network will not host this Web Service inside the same network as your BizTalk Servers. You are required to choose which BizTalk Adapter you should leverage.

What should you use?

A.
SOAP

B.
SMTP

C.
FTP

D.
HTTP

Explanation:
You should always remember in the scenario that the BizTalk SOAP Adapter allows BizTalk to both publish and call XML-based Web services.

Incorrect Answers:
B: You should remember that the BizTalk SMTP adapter is used to send messages from BizTalk to e-mail recipients.
C: You should remember that the BizTalk FTP Adapter is used to receive or transmit files using the FTP protocol.
D: You should remember that the BizTalk HTTP Adapter is used to communicate between BizTalk and application that leverage the HTTP protocol.