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A few questions have come up about how can you do negative discounts. (For the record, a negative discount would increase a price. e.g. - If you qualify, raise the price of Item X by 10%.) The net is that Commerce Server doesn't really support this. The better ways to accomplish this are: Set...

All internal testing has now completed - and we can gladly state that BizTalk Server 2009 works with Commerce Server, without issues or any special black magic required. This applies to both Commerce Server 2007 SP2 and Commerce Server 2009. Hope this helps!

A question got asked to me today about how to migrate data from Commerce Server 2002. It was obvious from reading it, that at least one person doesn't know that there is a data migration tool. It will take data from all versions prior, specifically: Commerce Server 2000 Commerce Server 2002...

Recently, we have launched the Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for Commerce Server 2009 Code Name "R2" - which is the next version of Commerce Server. This is highlighted in the team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/archive/2009/06/22/the-next-version-of-commerce-server-codename-r2-is-on-its...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…there used to be a solution offering called the Microsoft Solution for Internet Business (MSIB). The MSIB solution integrated Commerce Server 2000 and 2002, Content Management Server 2001 and 2001, and SharePoint 2001 into a single Internet-facing site for customer...

A colleague asked me the other day – if I have a CS2007 site and don’t feel like changing it (much) at the moment, what’s in it for me to upgrade to Commerce Server 2009? A very good question indeed – I thought… First, Commerce Server 2009 does not break any compatibility with Commerce Server 2007...

Life has been busy. Busy working on the next version of Commerce Server, that is. A few weeks back we posted the June CTP of CS2009 code name “R2”. This is the first CTP of the next version of Commerce Server, which will be available by 1st Quarter 2010. Some key changes in this CTP versus the released...

Someone asked me for resources on how to harden a Commerce Server deployment. The best starting point is: Deployment - see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd464584.aspx Securing a Deployment - can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd442366.aspx Hope this helps!

I was sent several questions about Virtual Catalogs over this last month. So here are the answers... Q: My understanding is that items and categories are including in a Virtual Catalog by creating INCLUSION RULES. Is there a limit to the number of INCLUSION RULES that I can create? A: No...

I am super-excited to announce that today we have shipped: Commerce Server 2009 Template Pack: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147778 Commerce Server 2009 Inline Product Property Editor: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147779 A new white paper "Localizing Your Commerce Server 2009 Site...

As of this week, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer is now available for free. You can download it from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/default.aspx . This will be a great tool for use in editing the pages in the Default Site in Commerce Server 2009 - or any other supporting file...

When we shipped Commerce Server 2007, we began supporting ASP.NET Authentication for SQL Authentication and ADFS for Windows Authentication. In fact, this became the preferred and directed method to handle site authentication for Commerce Server. The legacy ISAPI authentication filter was maintained...

I am pleased to announce that Commerce Server 2009 is complete and has released to manufacturing. It will be available in April through Microsoft's worldwide volume licensing and is available for download NOW by MSDN subscribers. In the meantime, to get started - there are several really useful resources...

A reader sent me a question the other day asking about the status of support for Commerce Server 2002. It entered Extended Support as of July 8, 2008 - see http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&x=13&y=14&p1=1552 for details. What does this mean? It means that non-security hot fixes...

Today marks the launch of the Commerce Server 2009 Forums on MSDN. Now you have a place to discuss all things CS2009...at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/commserver2009/threads/ . Add it to your bookmarks and we hope to see you there! Separately, please welcome Charles Teague and the...

Today has been a busy day in the world of Commerce Server. First, the Release Candidate of Commerce Server 2009 is now available. It's **almost** here! Get the bits at: ISO Download Image: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b7eeda01-5cba-4945-a44e-a6f5e3eed0b0&displaylang=en...

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, please visit https://connect.microsoft.com/SelfNomination...

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 "Mojave".) This release represents a significant...