According to an article in Computer World, Beta 1 of BizTalk Server is supposed to be out soon - as in this month. I'm looking forward to it. I think there's quite a bit of room for improvement and I hope to get my hands on it soon.

The article also provides some good information about release dates, and clears up some rumors flying around about them (it's not going to hit RTM in November!). But there was one quote from Andrew Brust that made me laugh. "Setting up BizTalk Server is not the easiest thing in the world." There's the understatement of the year!