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Commerce Server 2002 General Discussion

Published: August 14, 2003

Please note: Portions of this transcript have been edited for clarity

Hosts:

  • Renato Rainier Agbunag, Consultant
  • Jamie Westover, Technical Writer
  • Stacey Ellingson, Product Manager
  • Andrew Iseminger, Release Manager
  • Alex Shogren, Release Coordinator
  • John Inman, Program Manager

 

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

Moderator: KenM (Microsoft)
I'll now have the hosts introduce themselves.

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

Host: Jamie (Microsoft)
Hi, I am Jamie Westover, lead tech writer for Commerce Server.

Moderator: KenM (Microsoft)
Ken McGrath here, TechNet/MSDN Web and Communities Producer.

Host: Stacey (Microsoft)
Hello. I am the Commerce Server Product Manager. I look forward to your questions.

Host Guest_ray says:
Hi, I am Ray Rainier A., consultant from MCS-US Central Region based in Chicago

Host: Stacey (Microsoft)
Q: Hi, all. What are the differences between Commerce Server and Business Server?

A: Small Business Server is for small businesses. It is designed for businesses up to 50 computers.

A: Commerce Server is for medium and large companies. Another major difference is that SBS does not have on-line commerce functionality; whereas, Commerce Server does.

A: For more information about either of these you can find the product pages at www.microsoft.com/sbserver and www.microsoft.com/commerceserver.

Host: Stacey (Microsoft)
Q: When will be the next version of commerce server ?

A: The next version of Commerce Server is also the next version of all of Microsoft E-Business products, code named Jupiter. It is planned to be released in 2005.

Host: Stacey (Microsoft)
INFO: Commerce Server 2002 SP2 will be released very soon. Please see www.microsoft.com/commerceserver. The service pack will enable Commerce Server to run on Windows 2003.

Host: Jamie (Microsoft)
INFO: Updated Installation instructions on how to install Commerce Server 2002 on Windows Server 2003 will be posted after CS SP2 is released.

Host: Stacey (Microsoft)
Q: When will betatest of commerce server codename jupiter start ?

A: Jupiter is a build on the combination of functionalities Commerce Server, Content Management Server, and BizTalk. The betatest date is not yet determined. You can find out more as we get closer by continuing to participate in these chat sessions.

Moderator: KenM (Microsoft)
If there are no more questions, we’re going to wrap things up now.

Moderator: KenM (Microsoft)
Thanks for joining us today and thanks for the questions. It's time for us to go now.

Host: Alex (Microsoft)
The next Commerce Server 2002 TechNet Chat is scheduled for September 11th. Hope to have you all there.

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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