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:

• CS2009 is available to MSDN Subscribers – see http://msdn.microsoft.com/ to login/download or view http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/archive/2009/03/03/microsoft-commerce-server-2009-is-now-available-on-msdn.aspx for further information.
• Documentation and samples are available for viewing and download including:
  • README and Installation Guide
  • Performance Guide
  • Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation Samples
  • Partner Software Development Kit
• The new Commerce Server Web Site has launched at http://www.microsoft.com/commeceserver/
• The new Commerce Server Partner Portal site has launched at https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40013175

Separately Software Smith has revived the Commerce Server book and is now offering training for both 2007 and 2009. Check Glen’s site out at http://www.software-smith.com/.

Hope this helps!