Oh my, WSE-mania all around. The BizTalk Server 2004 team has just announced the BizTalk Server 2004 WSE Adapter Technology Preview:

The BizTalk Server Adapter for WSE 2.0 provides the following key benefits:

• Using policy, the ability to graphically consume secure Web services inside orchestration through a new WSE adapter.
• The ability to publish an orchestration as a secure web service through an enhanced WSE capable Web service publishing wizard.
• Support for the key features in WSE 2.0 including WS-Security and WS-Policy

Coupled with the rapid development features in BizTalk Server 2004 customers can now build service oriented architectures including secure Web services with plug-and-play end-points, providing management with built-in scale out capability and extensive system and business level monitoring.