ExplorerOM 64-bit Error

BizTalk360 heavily depends on the Microsoft.BizTalk.ExplorerOM DLL that comes with Microsoft BizTalk Server. One of the restrictions of the component is that it does not support 64-bit.

IIS 7.0

IIS 7.0 is much more granular than IIS 6.0. Therefore, you can setup 32-bit mode at the Application Pool level rather than on server level, allowing to run both 32-bit and 64-bit application on the same server.

Here's how you can set this up from the IIS 7 Manager:

1. Right click on the Application Pool and select "Advanced Settings…" or select the same from the Actions pane after selecting the Application pool
2. Change the "Enable 32-bit Applications" to True (if you want the application pool to spawn in a 32-bit mode)
3. Click OK to save the changes

The following blog article explains more in-detail - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rakkimk/archive/2007/11/03/iis7-running-32-bit-and-64-bit-asp-net-versions-at-the-same-time-on-different-worker-processes.aspx

IIS 6.0

ASP.NET 2.0, 32-bit version To run the 32-bit version of ASP.NET 2.0, follow these steps:

1. Click Start > Run. Type cmd, and then click OK
2. Type the following command to enable the 32-bit mode:

cscript %SYSTEMDRIVE%\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs SET W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1

3. Type the following command to install the version of ASP.NET 2.0 (32-bit) and to install the script maps at the IIS root and under:

%SYSTEMROOT%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -i

4. Make sure that the status of ASP.NET version 2.0.50727 (32-bit) is set to Allowed in the Web service extension list in Internet Information Services Manager