I was just asked how to install Commerce Server 2002 on top of SQL Server 2008 - and fix the things that broke. Unfortunately, you just can't do that. Or support .NET Framework newer than 1.1. Or run on an operating system newer than Windows Server 2003. Or run in 64-bitWhy? A lot changed between... Continue Reading →

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, no-charge incident support, and design changes/feature requests are no longer available. Hot... Continue Reading →