December 2008 - Posts
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,
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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
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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
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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 if
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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,
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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
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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
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