How to Use the Deployment Guide

Deploying Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 R2 to support enterprise e-commerce activities requires performing several tasks. This Deployment section provides information to use as guidance to prepare for and perform the deployment of your Commerce Server 2009 R2 e-commerce solution.

We recommend that you become familiar with the information provided in this section prior to installing and configuring the servers in your Commerce Server 2009 R2 deployment.

The following table summarizes the information that is contained in this section.

Section

Description

Planning a Commerce Deployment

Provides information to help with all aspects of planning a Commerce Server 2009 R2 deployment, including secure deployment. This information is provided as a prerequisite to all other sections in this guide.

Configuring the Servers

Provides information to set up server roles typically found in an enterprise commerce deployment, including prerequisites and specific sequence of tasks you perform to set up the servers that are used in a Commerce Server 2009 R2 deployment. Use the first topic in each section as a checklist for configuring the server.

Deploying Commerce Solutions and Content

Provides deployment walkthroughs and how-to topics to use as guidance for deploying Commerce Server 2009 R2. Walkthrough topics list prerequisites and refer to procedural how-to topics documenting various configuration tasks that you perform when deploying a native ASP.NET or Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Commerce Server 2009 R2 solution in a two-tier or three-tier topology.

Securing the Deployment

Provides procedural information and instructions about how to secure a Commerce Server 2009 R2 deployment.