Commerce Server Blog

Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 enables developers to create, IT professionals to manage, and business users to maintain full-featured Web business applications with a low total cost of ownership and rapid time to value.Microsoft is committed to provide support and enhance current version of Commerce server. Couple of months before they have released commerce server service pack 1, which makes the application/business tools  run on windows Vista, performance and security enhancements. Apart from this, it also fixed several known issues.  Currently they are working to release next service pack in the end of the year 2008. Their main focus is

1. Multi channel capabilities
2. SharePoint Integration
3. General Merchandise Selling
4. Windows Live Search Integration
5. Enhanced Business Users Experience
6. Interactive User Experience

Some of the key enhancements that are going to include in Mojave are

1. Focusing to enable multi-channel consumer centric deployments of existing commerce server 2007.
2. Share data with Search.
3. Leverage live services.
4. Increase core ecommerce capabilities as per market expectations.
5. Shopping cart web parts.
6. Social networking using SharePoint or live integration.
7. Integrated site search with content as well as metadata.
8. Enhancements in marketing and merchandizing.
9. WYSIWYG content editing with preview.
10. Content management capabilities.
11. Leverage office tools to minimize business users learning curve.

Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 provides a comprehensive solution for many business scenarios, including:

• Business-to-consumer (B2C) sales of tangible or digital goods or online service delivery.
• Business-to-business (B2B) scenarios, such as e-procurement and trading communities.
• B2X scenarios, combining Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B).
• Self service portals using catalogs, profiles, or content targeting for personalized information delivery.

Some of the useful links

Commerce Server 2007
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/CS07Default/html/02afcee1-5546-4acc-b053-2aa6d7762bd3.asp

Commerce Server Documentation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/CS07Default/html/02afcee1-5546-4acc-b053-2aa6d7762bd3.asp

DOM Article on CS 2007
http://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/DOMIS/update/2006/04apr/0406nbtfnc.htm

Cactus Commerce – the competition for CS contracts
http://www.cactuscommerce.com/home/default_e.asp

Max Akbar (MSFT) CS Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/maxakbar/

Whither Commerce Server?
http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JYRJ45AFTNVOEQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=191800585&queryText=commerce+server
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Building Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2002
http://www.books24×7.com/toc.asp?bkid=6766

Working with Commerce Server 2002
http://www.books24×7.com/toc.asp?bkid=5626