Professional Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition

Microsoft Commerce Server 3.0 (MSCS) is part of Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition. While Site Server encompasses a wide variety of markets, MSCS focuses on the creation of electronic commerce (EC) sites. EC is already a booming market, with over $200 billion in sales projected by the year 2001 (source: Ernst & Young), and thousands of companies, from veterans of the traditional retail chain to Internet startups, are rushing into this business. MSCS has already been successfully used for a number of ventures, including The Gap on-line store, 1-800-FLOWERS, Barnes and Noble, and many others. Professional Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition covers all you need to know to make the most out of this powerful product filling in all the gaps in the documentation and taking discussions beyond the abstract and into the real world.In the book we begin by examining how to determine our system requirements, and how to install and administer SSCE. We then discuss the sample stores provided with SSCE and see how they demonstrate the principles of e-commerce that wil be important in our own sites. Next, we discuss security issues - an essential part of any online store. We follow this with an in-depth look at how we can manage and customize the whole of the purchase process, according to our needs. Next we look at how to use and extend the Microsoft Wallet - and also when we shouldn't use it. We finish by looking at how to optimize the perormance of your store. The book provides strong examples throughout, and contains 3 case studies demonstrating the principles described herein.