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Microsoft has released an almost complete version of its software for building e-commerce sites. The software major has renamed the product Commerce Server 2007, changing the nomenclature from Commerce Server 2006. Company officials have clarified that the name change does not mean a late release for the software. The upgrade makes it easier for customers to link their e-commerce sites with back-end applications from SAP and Oracle. The upgrade achieves this using the BizTalk Server, and its various adapters, for linking to third-party applications. Another highlight is an out-of-the-box starter site, which will include catalogue browsing, shopping cart, profile management and other pre-designed capabilities for setting up an online store. It will be available as a Web download when Commerce Server 2007 is released for manufacture, which is scheduled for June. Other new features include support for the service-oriented architecture development model and integration with Microsoft's ASP.Net 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. The upgrade also will add better reporting capabilities and new tools for managing orders and customers and support server clustering.
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