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BizTalk L2 Container Diagram Example
This container diagram highlights common BizTalk runtime building blocks and message flows.
The goal is architectural clarity: how Receive Locations, Orchestrations, Send Ports, Rules, and databases collaborate.

Example Container Diagram from import of Mermaid Markup on this page.
Example Diagram
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C4Container
title BizTalk Runtime - Container View
Person_Ext(customer_user, "Customer", "Submits orders and receives status")
Person_Ext(supplier_user, "Supplier", "Sends invoice and product feed")
Enterprise_Boundary(bt_enterprise, "BizTalk Integration Platform") {
Boundary(bt_entry, "Entry and Receive", "Domain") {
Container(portal, "Portal", "Customer Web App", "Customer-facing order capture and confirmation")
Container(biztalk_receive, "INT1337-RCV-Order-Incoming", "FILE / FTP / SFTP / SOAP / REST", "Ingress adapters and receive pipelines")
}
Boundary(bt_processing, "Process and Transform", "Domain") {
Container(biztalk_orch, "BizTalk Orchestrations", "XLANG/s", "Stateful process orchestration")
Container(biztalk_map, "BizTalk Maps", "XSLT", "Canonical message transformation")
Container(biztalk_rules, "Business Rules Engine", "BRE", "Routing and policy decisions")
Container(biztalk_send, "INT1337-SND-Confirm-Outgoing", "SOAP / REST / SQL / FILE", "Outbound transport adapters")
Container(pln_scheduled, "INT1337-PLN-Order-Scheduled", "Integration / JSON", "Publishes production schedule confirmation")
Container(pkg_packed, "INT1337-PKG-Order-Packed", "Integration / XML", "Confirms order packed for transport")
Container(dlv_delivered, "INT1337-RCV-Order-Delivered", "Integration / PSV", "Captures delivery confirmation")
Container(inv_invoiced, "INT1337-INV-Order-Invoiced", "Integration / JSON", "Issues final invoice")
}
Boundary(bt_persistence, "Messaging and Persistence", "Domain") {
ContainerDb(biztalk_messagebox, "BizTalk MessageBox", "SQL Server", "Store, publish, and dispatch messages")
ContainerDb(biztalk_tracking, "BizTalk Tracking Database", "SQL Server", "Operational and business tracking")
ContainerDb(finance_sql, "ERP-Finance SQL Database", "SQL Server", "Invoice persistence")
ContainerQueue(planning_bus, "Planning Event Bus", "Azure Service Bus", "Schedule event queue")
Container(file_drop, "Partner File Share", "SMB / FILE", "Legacy batch exchange")
}
}
Container_Ext(erp, "ERP", "SOAP API", "Order and inventory domain")
Container_Ext(erp_finance, "ERP-Finance", "SOAP API", "Invoice and payment domain")
Container_Ext(wms, "Warehouse Management System", "FILE / REST", "Fulfillment domain")
Container_Ext(payment_gateway, "Payment Gateway", "External REST API", "Processes customer credit card payments")
ContainerDb_Ext(carrier_tracking, "Carrier Tracking DB", "External Database", "Provides delivery confirmation status")
ContainerQueue_Ext(edi_gateway, "EDI Gateway", "External Message Queue", "B2B document exchange")
Rel(customer_user, portal, "Place order", "HTTPS / JSON")
Rel(portal, biztalk_receive, "Submit order", "REST")
Rel(supplier_user, biztalk_receive, "Invoice and product files", "SFTP")
Rel(biztalk_receive, biztalk_messagebox, "Publish inbound message", "SQL")
Rel(biztalk_messagebox, biztalk_orch, "Dispatch orchestration", "SQL")
Rel(biztalk_orch, biztalk_map, "Request canonical transform", "XSLT")
Rel(biztalk_orch, biztalk_rules, "Evaluate policy", "BRE")
Rel(biztalk_orch, biztalk_send, "Send transformed message", "In-process")
Rel(biztalk_send, erp, "Order create/update", "SOAP")
Rel(erp, planning_bus, "Publish schedule event", "AMQP")
Rel(planning_bus, pln_scheduled, "Deliver schedule event", "AMQP")
Rel(pln_scheduled, pkg_packed, "Trigger packing", "XML")
Rel(pkg_packed, wms, "Update WMS", "REST")
Rel(wms, dlv_delivered, "Confirm delivery", "PSV")
Rel(dlv_delivered, inv_invoiced, "Trigger invoicing", "JSON")
Rel(inv_invoiced, erp_finance, "Create invoice", "SOAP / SQL")
Rel(biztalk_send, payment_gateway, "Process payment", "REST")
Rel(biztalk_orch, biztalk_tracking, "Write milestones", "SQL")
Rel(biztalk_send, finance_sql, "Persist invoice payload", "SQL")
Rel(biztalk_send, file_drop, "Drop outbound file", "FILE")
Rel(dlv_delivered, carrier_tracking, "Read delivery status", "REST")
BiRel(biztalk_send, edi_gateway, "Exchange invoice and order documents", "AS2")
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Component Type Highlights
- Integration runtime components: Receive Locations, Orchestrations, Send Ports
- Data components: MessageBox Database, Tracking Database, SQL Server
- File integration component: File Share
Import-Friendly Notes
ContainerDbis used for SQL-backed stores so import can suggest Database-oriented container types.- Integration technologies are explicit (for example
XSLT,BRE,SOAP,REST,SFTP) to improve classification hints.