http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FCDF8FCE-298C-4427-922C-B42BDFFFBA13&displaylang=en  Service Pack 4 is now available for Commerce Server 2002 and Feature Pack 1. It contains a roll-up of all fixes shipped for the CS2002-family of products over the last several years. I would highly recommend upgrading to SP4 - especially because of the fact that recent Windows security fixes disable MSXML2 support, which... Continue Reading →

http://blogs.msdn.com/rdonovan/archive/2006/08/25/724510.aspx has been updated with a revised set of download instructions. Thanks to all that sent in feedback.

[Note: Revised instructions posted 8/29/2006] I am pleased to announce that the CS2007 Starter Site CTP is now available for download from http://connect.microsoft.com/. To get the bits: The Commerce Server Connect Site is the main source for product pre-release activity, and has been updated with the release of the CS2007 Starter Site Community Tech Preview... Continue Reading →

Mark Townsend, our Group Program Manager, will be presenting an overview of Commerce Server 2007. Click here to register - this will be held on August 28th at 9AM Pacific Time.

I was asked this morning how to handle the situation when you no longer offer a product for sale - but want to retain it's details. The answer is fortunately simple. Add a custom boolean attribute to the catalog - such as IsAvailable. Set it to True for products that are available and False for... Continue Reading →

The good folks on our product documentation team have been hard at work producing many reams of good reading in several key documentation updates, including: Revised Installation Guide Revised README MOM Pack Whitepaper Technical Overview Guide Migration Guide Jeff Lynch's article on CS2007 BizTalk Adapters In addition, the Commerce Server TechNet Page has been completely... Continue Reading →

Progress is coming along nicely on the Commerce Server Starter Site. It will be released in two waves, with the first wave coming next week: Community Technology Preview - Available at the end of next week (~August 25th), this build is code/feature complete with full functional testing. A partial/preliminary documentation-set will be included to get... Continue Reading →

It's August 1st. Commerce Server 2007 is now generally available worldwide through normal Microsoft licensing channels - which means everyone can buy and get product support just like any other. To coincide with this, our Web presence on Microsoft.com has been updated: CS2007 Product Site - http://www.microsoft.com/commerceserver/default.mspx  CS2007 on TechNet - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/comm/default.mspx

A lot of people have been asking about availability for the Commerce Server 2007 Developer Edition. The good news is that it is now available. And, we're giving it away too. No, you did not hear that wrong - it is a free download for all. No expiration. The restriction is that this is only... Continue Reading →

In the weeks ahead, we are going to be having several Web Casts by members of the Commerce Server team live on Microsoft.com. Scheduled talks include: Multi-Channel, Connected Commerce presented by Caesar Samsi Commerce Server 2007 Overview presented by Mark Townsend Commerce Server 2007 Architectural Deep-Dive presented by David Messner Use the attached links for... Continue Reading →