Linking from my update on the Commerce Team blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/archive/2007/04/24/mix-silverlight-and-commerce-server-2007-at-mix-07-in-las-vegas-next-week.aspx - be sure to stop by and see us at Mix '07 if you are there or in Las Vegas next week. You'll get a great overview of how rich interactive application technology vis a vis Silverlight and Commerce Server can go together to... Continue Reading →

The last few months have been busy. Far too busy. Now it's time to return to the world of blogging. But one good output of the business is the long-promised whitepaper on SharePoint integration - chronicled on the Commerce Team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/archive/2007/03/03/using-cs2007-with-office-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx and available for direct download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=2AEB1A5E-43B8-483B-8CB2-86C0E82BF0AB&displayLang=en. Last spring when I blogged... Continue Reading →

2006 has been a truly interesting year for the e-commerce space at Microsoft. For what will likely be my last blog post of the year, I figured it would be good to share some personal reflections on where we have been and where we are going.... Premiering CS2007 This year saw Commerce Server 2007 finally... Continue Reading →

The CS2007 performance guide has now been released to Web. Details are on the Commerce Team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/archive/2006/12/20/the-performance-guide-is-here.aspx. Enjoy!

http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/archive/2006/11/29/localized-documentation-released-in-french-german-and-japanese.aspx - check out the announcement I posted on the main Commerce blog. You can now download localized versions of the core product documentation as well as get Commerce Server Web content in French, German, and Japanese.

I figured this would be good for a laugh - especially as I had 90+ in attendance when it happened yesterday - which happened to be THE WORST public speaking experience of my life. While presenting DEV234 at TechEd Europe Developers here in Barcelona Spain, I was most definitely struck twice by lighting from the... Continue Reading →

When Commerce Server is presented, the focus is typically on developer capabilities or business value. The operational aspects of concern to the IT Professional are often underplayed when talking about the product and resultant technology. For the first time ever, Commerce Server will be featured at IT Forum here in Barcelona, Spain next week. And... Continue Reading →

Come 4:20AM Saturday morning, I'm going to get to enjoy Star Alliances finest service on my way to Barcelona, Spain for TechEd Europe Developers and TechEd ITForum. Caesar Samsi and I will be there for both conferences to present: Developing Enterprise E-Commerce Solutions with Commerce Server 2007 and ASP.NET 2.0 (DEV234) 7 November 2006 Start:... Continue Reading →

All, after much ado the Starter Site is now available! Get it now at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c1a8cc18-dc9e-4c50-b598-86e640a79910&displaylang=en. The Starter Site brings you a full, production-ready, stress-tested template for deploying B2C sites on CS2007 that can meet the needs of large Retail scenarios (e.g. - 100K orders/day in 11 hours with a typical browse:buy ratio on commodity hardware).... Continue Reading →

Well, we are almost there. Stay tuned for the next 24-48 hours. After several changes requiring some extended testing and making sure that every last piece of documentation and supporting tools is in tip-top shape, the Starter Site will be available soon, very soon... Watch this space!