Max Akbar : Commerce Server Operations

The Commerce Server 2007 Install and Readme documentation has been updated

Max Akbar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:04:08 GMT

Now that we have the Commerce Server SP2 the following documentation has also been updated.

Commerce Server 2007 Readme
Commerce Server 2007 Install Guide
Commerce Server 2007 Mom Pack
Commerce Server 2007 SP2-readme-web
Commerce Server 2007 Quick Install Guide

The documentation was updated to include Windows 2003, 2008, XP and Vista as well as the .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 with Visual Studio 2008.

You can download you copy at Download details: Commerce Server 2007 Install and Readme documentation, happy readings.

I would highly recommend that you spend a few hours and read these documents (the Install Guide has even pictures :)).

Commerce Server and daylight saving time

Max Akbar — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:42:51 GMT

Starting in 2007, the start date and the end date for DST in the United States will be adjusted to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DST in the United States will start three weeks earlier than it has started in the past. DST in the United States will start at 2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March. Additionally, DST will end one week later than it has ended in the past. DST will end at 2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November. The following KB article will help you stay up to date.

How to update Commerce Server 2007 and Commerce Server 2002 for daylight saving time in 2007

Commerce Server Best Practices Analyzer

Max Akbar — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:10:00 GMT

The Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Best Practices Analyzer examines a Commerce Server 2007 deployment and generates a list of best practices issues it discovers. The Best Practices Analyzer is intended for use in Commerce Server 2007 production and staging environments.

The Best Practices Analyzer performs configuration level verification, by reading and reporting only. For example, the Best Practices Analyzer gathers data from Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes, Microsoft SQL Server databases, registry entries, IIS Metabase Settings, and other parts of your deployment, and uses the gathered data to determine whether best practices are being followed. The Best Practices Analyzer does not modify any system settings, and is therefore not a self-tuning tool.

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Commerce Server and Windows SharePoint Services

Max Akbar — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:38:00 GMT

What is Windows SharePoint Services?

Web sites based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 provide a place where your team can communicate, share documents, and work together on a project. You can create a separate site for every project on which your team is working.

How is Windows SharePoint Services used in regards to Commerce Server?

Commerce Server does not use Windows SharePoint Services but if you install Visual Studio team Server and want to develop and integrate Commerce Server projects then you will need to install Windows SharePoint Services.

I have installed Visual Studio 2005 Team Server how do I configure it so my Commerce Sites works?

After unpackaging a Commerce Site where you have Windows SharePoint Services enabled you will need to take the following steps:

Open SharePoint Central Administration

You do this by clicking on the Start button then All Program and next selecting Administrative Tools and finally SharePoint Central Administration.
From the SharePoint Central Administration Select the Configure virtual server settings link then select the IIS web site that has the commerce site.
Select Define managed paths and add all of the Commerce Server virtual paths (i.e. StarterSite).
Now that we have fixed the paths so that SharePoint Service will allow Commerce Server code to be executed we need to modify the SharePoint Service web.config to allow full trust for our Commerce Virtual Directories.

Commerce Server 2007 Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Pack (MOM Pack)

Max Akbar — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:07:00 GMT

Download the Commerce Server 2007 MOM Pack. Commerce Server 2007 is Microsoft’s premier server for creating eCommerce solutions, building on over 10 years of innovation and success in the space.