As promised from my last posting, after many, many months of hard work - the Beta of Commerce Server 2006 is now done, out the door, and ready for the world - before the holidays. It is available publicly from http://www.microsoft.com/commerceserver/evaluation/2006/beta.mspx. Contained at that link are instructions to sign up for the Microsoft Connect system... Continue Reading →

Commerce Server 2006 Beta is in the final stages of its test pass. This has been a long haul coupled with many long hours - everyone on the team is looking forward to getting this done, in the customer's hands, and adjourning for the holidays in a few days. In short, this means you WILL... Continue Reading →

One question I got asked today was whether or not the Starter Site will be in the Beta. So I figured I would answer that and all of the other obvious questions about the Beta and what is included. A few of the highlights: Production Ready - This release will be supported in production, but... Continue Reading →

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/comm/default.mspx For those that are unaware, Commerce Server now has it's own home on TechNet - mainly optimized for the ITPro audience. Be sure to add this to your Commerce Server bookmark list!

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Workspaces/Workspace.aspx?id=77487df3-96dc-41de-9ca0-b7f284a8c113 This community was created by Max Akbar, one of the Program Managers on my team. Max obivously has way too much time on his hands - for which I am very grateful. Otherwise, we would not have all of his many useful utilities. If you have not checked it out, I highly recommend stopping... Continue Reading →

The last month has been one of the busiest for the team ever. But, I am pleased to report that Commerce Server 2006 is now feature complete - finally! This is the culmination of 3+ years of efforts from multiple projects finally coming together into a single deliverable that I hope will be the best... Continue Reading →

Now that PDC and summer madness is over, I figured the most appropriate topic to begin blogging about is our most reccent release - the Tech. Preview 2 build of Commerce Server 2006. Released for PDC and also available to customers part of our various TAP programs on BetaPlace, this build provides you with everything... Continue Reading →

Now that power has been restored to the Los Angeles area after an amazing power company error (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9315974/) and the 2005 Microsoft Professional Developer's Conference (http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/) is in full force, I figured I would update you on Commerce Server coverage at PDC. Given our significant coverage at TechEd, we will not be showing the same... Continue Reading →

Well, it has been an eventful and interesting summer. My time has been filled with tradeshows, research, and futures planning - all while still staying focused on CS2006 to get it into customer's hands as soon as possible. I admit that I have taken a break from blogging, but am now back in force. Commerce... Continue Reading →

Well, May has been a busy and hectic month. Although I'm glad it is over - I can look back proudly at a lot of accomplishments and a considerable amount of good stuff in the pipeline for CS customers. The CS2006 Technical Preview is out the door. All of our TechEd stuff is mostly done.... Continue Reading →