The SATO RFID Device Service Provider software which works with the Microsoft® BizTalk® Server provides an uniform way for instantiating, communicating and managing the SATO GL4 RFID printer and the SATO CL4 RFID printer. The Device Service Provider makes use of the abstract classes defined in the Microsoft RFID Service Framework / Server runtime to provide features like handling discovery, configuration, communication and device & connection management on the SATO printers. SATO Device Service Provider fits in the Microsoft RFID Service Framework as depicted.