About Commerce Server 2007 Help

For the latest version of Commerce Server 2007 Help, see the Microsoft Web site.

With Commerce Server 2007 Help you can quickly locate the type of information you want—workflow, concepts, procedures, or reference—to effectively manage, administer, or develop your commerce sites.

Structure of the Help System

The table of contents is organized into several books, and each book corresponds to a major functional area of the product. The nodes in each book correspond to major tasks that you will perform in that area, or they explain key concepts or technologies that you will need to understand to complete those tasks.

The following table lists the Commerce Server 2007 books and provides a description of each book.

Book

Description

Used by

Getting Started with Commerce Server

Describes Commerce Server features, tools, and concepts.

Anyone who uses Commerce Server 2007

Development

Describes the Web services and Agent architecture. Discusses the features and tools available in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 environment that simplify and expedite the creation of Commerce Server applications based on the .NET Framework.

Site developers

Deployment

Provides information essential for installing and configuring hardware, configuring and building the network, installing and configuring software, setting permissions, and enhancing security.

IT administrators, network administrators, database administrators, IT operations personnel, and site architects

Commerce Server Staging

Describes how to move Web site assets in and across different environments, and how to publish updates by site developers, business users, sales managers, customer service representatives, and other users who are involved in creating and maintaining a retail Web site.

IT administrators and site architects

Commerce Server Operations

Provides information about operational procedures that are specific to Commerce Server 2007.

IT administrators and operations personnel

UI Reference for Server Tools

Provides user interface help for the Commerce Server 2007 IT administrative and operations tools and applications.

IT administrators and operations personnel

Concepts and Tools for Business Users

Provides information about how to use the Commerce Server 2007 Business Management applications to implement business goals and strategies.

Business users

UI Reference for Business Management Applications

Provides user interface help for the Commerce Server Business Management applications.

Business users

Glossary

Defines common terms used throughout Commerce Server 2007.

Anyone who uses Commerce Server 2007

.NET Class Reference Language Filter

To help you find only the information that is relevant to your programming environment, Commerce Server 2007 Help implements a language-filtering tool. A Language Filter drop down menu on the title bar of .NET Class Reference topics provides a programming language menu. By using this menu, you can select to view documentation that is customized to one of the following programming languages:

  • Visual Basic (Declaration)

  • C#

  • C++

  • J#

  • JScript

The language that you select remains in effect while you view successive pages.

See Also

Other Resources

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