Category: Work
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Summary: Looking back at CS2009
Now that I’m done, I just wanted to quickly summarize the mini-series I just finished looking back at CS2009: CS2009 Overview: http://blogs.msdn.com/rdonovan/archive/2010/04/07/commerce-server-2009-a-look-back-at-the-one-year-anniversary.aspx A Deeper Look @ SharePoint Commerce Services: http://blogs.msdn.com/rdonovan/archive/2010/04/12/commerce-server-2009-a-look-at-sharepoint-commerce-services.aspx A Deeper Look @ Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation: http://blogs.msdn.com/rdonovan/archive/2010/04/14/commerce-server-2009-a-look-at-the-multi-channel-commerce-foundation.aspx I hope this helps with your journeys with CS2009; time does indeed…
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Commerce Server 2009: A Look at the Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation
The biggest job in modernizing Commerce Server is most definitely that of replacing its programming surface. Achieving API consistency – and removing legacy components – has been one of the most oft-requested features in Commerce Server from a developer audience. However, the trick is achieving this – without causing egregious…
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Commerce Server 2009: A Look Back at the One Year Anniversary
Time flies when you are having fun. It is hard to believe, but this month marks exactly one year since Commerce Server 2009 became commercially available. One of the things been long overdue is an in-depth, guided tour of Commerce Server 2009. Especially one that provides some behind-the-scenes insight into…
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Commerce Server Deployment Series – Wrap-Up
I have now concluded the series of material constituting the Deployment Series of blog posts – and thus my brain-dump of the answers to all of the questions I find myself repeatedly answering. For quick access, please refer to: Part 1 – Kick-Off: http://blogs.msdn.com/rdonovan/archive/2010/03/15/commerce-server-2007-2009-deployment-series-part-1-kick-off.aspx Part 2 – Types of Deployments:…
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Commerce Server Deployment Series – Part 8: Maintaining a Healthy System
Backup and Restore Having good backups – and tested restore processes – is an important element of any mission-critical systems deployment. Commerce Server and SharePoint, like any other Microsoft server product built under the Common Engineering Criteria specification launched in 2005-2006, has been designed to work with backup and restore…
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Commerce Server Deployment Series – Part 7: Building and Testing Environments
Building Boxes Configuring Commerce Server securely requires one to be an expert in the entire Microsoft technology stack that supports the underlying product, such as Windows Server, SharePoint, SQL Server, BizTalk Server, etc. Further complicating matters, each version of the technology utilized typically has considerably different steps required to successfully…
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Commerce Server Deployment Series – Part 6: Multi-Environment Deployments
There are many potential flavors and permutations of configuring Commerce Server to run in multiple environments. For the purposes of this discussion, it is assumed that the following actual environments will be utilized for the sake of bounding the problem: 1. Live Web Site – This is where customers access…
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Commerce Server Deployment Series – Part 5: Single Environment Web Farm
Overview Typical of small to medium businesses with their own dedicated e-commerce presence, the Single Environment Web Farm provides a separation of functions for performance and redundancy’s sake to the maximum extent possible within a single physical environment. For most small to medium businesses with a few hundred to a…
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Commerce Server Deployment Series – Part 4: Standalone and Dedicated Servers
The Standalone Server The Standalone Server has a very simple topology – that of a single box. It is intended that all software be installed on this box. Typically secure configuration is a non-concern in this type of scenario, as it is typically intended for some sort of demonstration or…
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Commerce Server Deployment Series – Part 3: Choosing the Right Software
There are currently two versions of Microsoft Commerce Server available – Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Some of the key differences between the two can be summarized as follows: Function Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Notes Processor Sockets Up to 2 Unlimited Standard Edition cannot be installed – and will not…