BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2009 Message Pack is available for download!

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To provide industry-standard compliance with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) 2009 Standards Release Guide specification, Microsoft has released BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT (A4SWIFT) 2009 Message Pack. This new release provides the compatibility that is required for you to use the SWIFT standard that is scheduled to be imposed in October 2009.

The KB Article https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;925731 provides the download links for Message Packs to support the multiple versions of the BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT.

BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2009 Message Pack includes the following features:

  • The repackaging of all SWIFT FIN FF message types and of all business rules
  • Updates to schemas and to business rules to make the schemas and the business rules fully compliant with the SWIFT 2009 certification requirements
  • All the hotfixes that are related to schemas and to business rules but that are not superseded by the SWIFT 2009 certification requirements
  • BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2009 has no components other than schemas, business rules, and Microsoft Office InfoPath forms.

Note: Microsoft intends to release a new message pack for BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT each year to coincide with the annual updates to the SWIFT Standards Release Guide.

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