Passwords Not Written to BizTalk Server XML Bindings Files
If you use the BizTalk Server feature that enables you to export the bindings for a BizTalk Server application or group, and you have configured passwords for either of the transport properties Web Service Password or Proxy Password in the Commerce Server 2009 R2 adapter endpoints that are being included in the bindings export, the created XML bindings file will not work as exported. This is because BizTalk Server takes the security precaution of not writing passwords out into a plain-text file. Instead it writes a series of asterisk characters (*) where the password or passwords would have otherwise occurred in the file. Safe as this is, it does prevent the XML bindings file from being imported, as is, into another BizTalk Server installation to re-create your bindings in that environment.
To resolve this issue change the file to restore the passwords after the file has been moved to the system upon which you will import the bindings. After you open the file in a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad, search for the string "******" and replace all such strings in the appropriate adapters configuration areas with the correct password.