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| Mojave Installation Step by Step.
Here are my installation instructions for installing Mojave and Windows SharePoint Services to try out the web parts. (18.11.2008) | ||||||||
| Resetting Commerce Server
site cache from the browser.
For example: http://localhost/startersite/sitecacherefresh.axd?Cachetorefresh=CatalogCache http://localhost/startersite/sitecacherefresh.axd?Cachetorefresh=ProfileCache (10.10.2008) | ||||||||
| List of sites using MOSS
2007.
Since my list of sites using Commerce Server 2007 here has proved popular, I have now started a list of MOSS 2007 sites here. (22.09.2008) | ||||||||
| Commerce Server 2007 book! When will we get a book on Commerce Server 2007? This has been a real need, but progress seems to have stalled about a year ago. Good news, the book is on its way again! More details here. (01.09.2008) | ||||||||
Sample credit card numbers
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| Links for my Commerce Server class.
In my Commerce Server class we have a slide with links to Commerce Server information resources. Since it is hard to work from links in a printed manual, I usually email everyone the links. But it will be easier to put them on my blog here. (22.08.2008) | ||||||||
| Book review time.
Two books have just come across my desk, as courtesy from Microsoft Press. Microsoft Office SharePoint Best Practices and MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit Windows Presentation Foundation. You will find a review of them here. (15.08.2008) | ||||||||
| Late breaking information
links.
I don't usually do content aggregation on my blog, but there are a couple of links that I have to share There is a great post on getting Google to index Commerce Server that I think will affect almost any public site. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3661687&SiteID=1 I wanted to also mention Wade Wegner's blog on Development Environmnets at http://www.architectingwith.net/2007/08/11/CommerceServer2007DevelopmentEnvironments.aspx There seems to be a bug with SiteCacheRefresh under IIS7 which bears watching. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3600495&SiteID=1 (25.07.2008) | ||||||||
| Public Release of Commerce Server Roadmap.
Here is the information that was released for public distribution at the WPC (18.07.2008) | ||||||||
| Extra considerations
about Commerce Server 2007 SP2.
Note that there is no rollback for SP2. You also have to make sure that you have no post SP1 hotfixes installed. How do you make sure of this? See the list of fixes in this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953394/en-us Or if you are having problems then you may need the CS2007SP1QFERemover tool: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954001/en-us Unattended install of SP2 is possible but unsupported: sp2setup /q /msioptions "QUIETINSTALL=1" /NoRestart /Log "%TEMP%\CS2007SP2.log" And SP2 is English only. (17.07.2008) | ||||||||
| Walkthru of Commerce Server 2007 SP2.
Here is a step by step walkthru of installing SP2. (16.07.2008) | ||||||||
| Personalization of the Business Managers.
You have likely noticed that each of business applications stores the connection information to the web services. Where do they store this information?... More (15.07.2008) | ||||||||
| List of sites using Commerce Server.
Here is a list of sites using Commerce Server 2007. As we do partner training, we have a section called "Notes from the field" where a partner presents some of their sites and the interesting facets of those projects. Let us know if you know of other sites and we will add them to the list. (07.07.2008) | ||||||||
| Just had a great Commerce Server 2007 summit.
We had candidates from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany. The level of developer ... More (03.07.2008) | ||||||||
| Video - Using Visual Studio 2008 and Workflow.
Here is my video in from the Sharepoint Konferenz. As you can see from the spelling of "Konferenz", the video is in German. (24.6.2008) | ||||||||
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How to change the currency of the Starter Site. The Starter Site documentation tends to lead you astray here, most people start trying to change the catalogs without success. The answer is to change the Web.config from <commerceComponents baseCurrencyCode="USD" baseCurrencyCulture="en-US"> to (for example) <commerceComponents baseCurrencyCode="EUR" baseCurrencyCulture="de-DE> (25.05.2008) | ||||||||
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Video - How to Skin the Starter Site. Still waiting for Microsoft to release my Commerce Server 2007 video. I have cached it here until it appears on MSDN. (29.4.2008) | ||||||||
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Virtual Lab Broken. The MSDN Virtual Lab: Customization and Extensibility with Commerce Server 2007 lab has the lab manual as a blank page. Not too useful. As a public service I am caching it here, until the lab is fixed.(28.03.2008) | ||||||||
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System Center Operation Manager 2007 pack released. No need to hack the MOM 2005 pack any more, the OM pack for Commerce Server 2007 is released here. But you have to install the backward compatiblity update. (07.03.2008) | ||||||||
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My videos on MSDN. Just wanted to give you a link here to my video on MSDN. It explains how to use Sharepoint workflow with Visual Studio 2008. I also created a Commerce Server 2007 video but it seems to have disappeared into the MSDN cellars. (22.02.2008) | ||||||||
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Talk at Visual Studio 2008 launch/Sharepoint Conference.
Just gave a talk at the German Sharepoint Konferenz which was combined with the Visual Studio 2008 launch. Hope they will have a Commerce Server conference sometime! Here is a link to my slides. (19.02.2008) | ||||||||
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Virtual Server on Vista Home Premium.
Virtual Machines are essential part of life in the Commerce Server/Sharepoint space. I have been working on getting several Virtual Machines running at the same time and need them as fast as possible. I need them for some demos for Sharepoint courses that I am giving for Mindsharp/Combined Knowledge and also for some Microsoft internal Sharepoint training courses I am teaching for the Microsoft field engineers in London, Paris and Munich. ... more (11.01.2008) Just my first attempt at cartooning Here, with apologies to Picasso. (01.12.2007) | ||||||||
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How to skin the Starter Site.
Why would you skin the starter site? Either for a proof of concept, a demo just sizzles if it has the corporate look and feel. Or, you may have built your entire site on the starter site basis. It can be a good idea, at least it is a guaranteed solution. You just have to get used to having code not exactly to your personal taste, but it can drastically reduce project times. ... more (18.07.2007) | ||||||||
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Commerce Server 2007 training update.
Just briefly to let you know what is happening. I went to Redmond for the Commerce Server Bootcamp. We are rerunning our consultant training on August 6-8. We will run the course in September as a closed course. But we are examining running a second course in September. ... more (17.07.2007) | ||||||||
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Training Commerce Server 2007.
Still waiting for a Microsoft Official Curriculum to come for CS2007? I have been waiting since January, status has always been: any moment now. Some of my customers could not wait any longer so we built our own course, but it will be open to all. It will be held in Koblenz, Germany ... more (27.06.2007) | ||||||||
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How to evaluate Commerce Server 2007 – the real quick installation guide. (SpeedSmith)
Have you looked at the ''quick'' installation guide for Commerce Server 2007? 21 pages of step by step instructions? I needed a Commerce Server 2007 with a Starter Site that I can get up quickly, that I know works, and that I can let the customer change as a Proof of Concept. ... more (26.06.2007) | ||||||||
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Misuse the virtual labs!
Have you ever had Commerce Server 2007 up and running on a virtual pc and then wondered if a setting was correct? Or, you need to explain the BizTalk connectors, but don't have the time to install Biztalk as well on your machine? Or just want do show something about the CSharp site. The virtual labs for Commerce Server 2007 are a great help. ... more (25.5.2007) |
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