Commerce Server 2002

Published: February 13, 2003

Please note:This transcript has been edited for clarity.

Hosts:

Alex Shogren, Release Management Team for Ebiz Server Group

Henry, Microsoft Services organization focusing on E-Business application development projects

Dennis, Program Manager in charge of Orders (pipelines, baskets etc)

Stacey, Commerce Server Product Manager

Mona Guentzel, tech writer from the .NET Servers User Education team

Ben Miller, PSS Community Program Manager for ASP .NET and Commerce Server

Moderator: Ben Miller (Microsoft)
Welcome to today's Chat. Our topic is Commerce Server 2002. Questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome.

Let's introduce our hosts for today.

Host: Henry (Microsoft)
Hi, my name is Henry, I am part of the Microsoft Services organization focusing on E-Business application

development projects.

Host: Alex (Microsoft)
Hello, I am Alex Shogren and part of the Release Management Team for Ebiz Server Group.

Host: Dennis (Microsoft)
I'm the Program Manager in charge of Orders (pipelines, baskets etc). Please feel free to ask me any questions on this or

any other CS subject area.

Host: Stacy (Microsoft)
Hi I am the Commerce Server Product Manager

Host: Mona (Microsoft)
Hi. This is Mona Guentzel. I'm a tech writer from the .NET Servers User Education team.

Moderator: Ben Miller (Microsoft)
My name is Ben Miller, I am a Program Manager in PSS Communities. I will be the Chat Moderator today. Let's begin...

Host: Dennis (Microsoft)
Q: Can you give me an update on the status of the Jupiter release?

A: Are there any areas specifically you are looking for?

Host: Dennis (Microsoft)
Q: What are the outstanding features of a Commerce Server 2002

A: Are there any areas of particular interest?

Host: Stacy (Microsoft)
Q: Can you give me an update on the status of the Jupiter release?

A: The Jupiter release is still slated for two releases. The first release is the integration piece which is in the fall of 03.

Host: PGan (Microsoft)
Q: Between GP BDX (business document exchange) and Biztalk adapters, which suits better for a CS-Great Plains

integration project ?

A: Sorry Paul, we do not have answer right away. We could follow up with you via email.

Host: Henry (Microsoft)
Q: What is the Jupiter release & what's included in the integration piece?

A:http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Oct02/10-08JupiterPR.mspx

Host: Alex (Microsoft)
Q: When will MSIB 2.0 be publicly available for connecting Commerce Server with Content Management Server?

A: It will be made available by the end of February. Be sure to check http://www.microsoft.com/Business/default.mspx for the latest details.

Host: Henry (Microsoft)
Q: When customizing CS or CMS, which is preferred, C# or VB.NET?

A: There is no preference.

Host: PGan (Microsoft)
Q: If we choose not to use MSIB can we get the content connector for integrating CS personalization into CMS?

A: MSIB can be downloaded from the web. And content connector is part of it. For more information you can also use the MSN newsgroup http://groups.msn.com/home

Host: Mona (Microsoft)
Tip: We are getting ready to publish a white paper about refreshing caches; it will be published on the Commerce Server TechNet site within the next couple of weeks... The paper is called, "Refreshing Commerce Server Caches."

Host: Alex (Microsoft)
Thank you all for attending today's Commerce Server 2002 TechNet Chat. Our next Chat is scheduled for March 13th. Looking forward to seeing you then.

For further information on this topic please visit the following:

Newsgroups: Commerce Server

Commerce Transcripts: Read the archive of past Commerce chats.

Website: Visit the Microsoft Commerce Server site.


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