Roles and Responsibilities

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Commerce Server 2000 provides a set of features and tools to develop, deploy, and manage Web sites. Working with Commerce Server requires specific skills that span three areas of expertise within an organization. In the following table, Commerce Server features are grouped for use by the three general role categories within an organization, with the skill sets shown.

Role Expected knowledge
Site developers Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), HTML Components (HTC), and Active Server Pages (ASP)
System administrators Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0
Business managers Business goals, strategies, and processes for creating and running a successful e-commerce Web site

In your organization these roles may be combined in various ways or they may have different names. However, they represent the three distinct skill sets required to use Commerce Server features.

The following table lists the three distinct roles, and provides examples of the tasks performed by each one.

Role Responsibilities Tools and user interfaces
Site developer
  • Builds the Web site

  • Integrates the Web site with existing systems

  • Migrates existing e-commerce sites and databases

  • Customizes Commerce Server Business Desk

  • Builds new Business Desk modules

  • Adds new extension snap-ins to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

  • Creates custom reports

  • Extends the Data Warehouse
System administrator
  • Packages and moves sites to the production computer

  • Configures and optimizes Commerce Server resources

  • Schedules Data Warehouse import tasks

  • Schedules Direct mailer jobs

  • Builds new analysis models

  • Maintains Commerce Server databases

  • Troubleshoots the Web site environment
Business manager
  • Creates specifications for developing the Web site

  • Determines how the Web site should be updated in order to meet business goals

  • Requests new and customized modules for Business Desk

  • Creates advertising campaigns

  • Manages product catalogs

  • Analyzes user activity and site effectiveness

  • Manages registered users and trading partners


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