NT Explorer: A brief overview of Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition

Brett Burridge ( Homepage)

Ariadne 2001
(ReLIS:doi:doiari:y:2001:i:26:p:19)

Abstract:

Microsoft were late to realise the potential of the Internet, so many of their Internet products came about through the acquisition of other companies. In order to advance Windows NT Server as a viable platform for e-commerce, in 1996 Microsoft acquired e-Shop Inc., a small company specialising in e-commerce software. e-Shop's software was integrated into Microsoft Merchant Server 1.0, which subsequently evolved into Microsoft Commerce Server 2.0. Version 3.0 was released in early 1998, and added support for Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS). Commerce Server 3.0 is supplied as the major component of Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition (SSCE). The other component of SSCE is Ad Server. One thing to note is that Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition should not be confused with the standard version of Site Server 3.0. The standard version of Site Server contains a number of enhancements to IIS in the areas of content management, personalisation and site searching. The Search facility of Site Server 3.0 was featured in a previous issue of Ariadne.

Note: Author Brett Burridge unravels some of the intricacies of SiteServer editions, and the extras which allow SiteServer to be used as an e-Commerce tool.
Month: 10-January-2001
Year: 2001

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