December, 2008

After getting some feedback over the holiday week, we have made a few improvements to the Connect site for Commerce Server 2009 to improve accessibility. If you are already registered and are having difficulty accessing the README and Installation guide...

Today is another major day for Commerce Server. Commerce Server 2009 (CS2009) is now available, in a feature-complete community technical preview. (Previously incomplete builds of CS2009 have been available under the guise of Commerce Server 2007 Codename...

The Commerce Server 2007 architecture series I started the other month is now complete. My hope is that this information is useful for those seeking to get acquainted with Commerce Server - and to learn some of the caveats one must consider when using...

32-bit or 64-bit The first thing to think about when building the end application is should it be a 32-bit or 64-bit application. Obviously, 64-bit is preferred – but there are many driving factors that will force 32-bit support to be utilized (even...

Figuring out how to correctly utilize the various Commerce Server systems is mostly a matter (in most cases) of proper schema design coupled with understanding the breaking points of the various components so as not to exceed them. And this, of course...

With a solid understanding of exactly what Commerce Server is – and more importantly is not – one can then come up with a somewhat logical methodology to build production grade application architectures based upon the product. This section will attempt...

Commerce Server provides a number of application tools on top of the Development Platform to aid in the deployment. These tools can be principally broken into two categories: • IT Professional Tools – aimed at allowing technical users to manage the operational...