Microsoft Commerce Server 2000: Additional Resources

The following entries list resources that you might find helpful when you plan, develop, deploy, and manage your Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Web site.

To "cut-and-paste" these links into your browser, view the online version of the book text, available in the \Documentation folder of the Commerce Server 2000 Resource Kit CD-ROM.

Microsoft Products and Tools

For information about Microsoft Windows 2000 Index Server, see https://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/web/techdetails/overview/IndxServ.asp.

For information about the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit, see https://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/1394.asp.

For information about the Windows 2000 Server Operations Guide, located in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit, see https://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/1394.asp.

For information about Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit support tools, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

For information about troubleshooting Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema validation and catalog import issues, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

For the latest updates and information targeted at the system administrator, browse the Commerce Server section under "Navigate by Product" on https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

For information about Microsoft FrontPage, see https://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/.

For information about Microsoft Visual InterDev, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/intranet/downloads/webstres.mspx.

For information about InetMonitor, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/intranet/downloads/webstres.mspx 

For information about the Microsoft Web Application Stress (WAS) tool, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/intranet/downloads/webstres.mspx.

For information about the Microsoft Complete Commerce Toolkit, see https://www.microsoft.com/isn/deployment/comtoolkit.asp.

For information about Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000, see https://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/.

For information about Microsoft Servers, see https://www.microsoft.com/servers/.

For information about Microsoft Business, see https://www.microsoft.com/business/default.mspx.

For information about configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, see https://www.microsoft.com.

For information about configuring and using the international support of Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version, see https://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/default.mspx.

For information about Microsoft Scalable Web Cache (SWC) 2.0, see https://www.microsoft.com.

You can download the Solution Sites from https://www.microsoft.com/commerceserver/productinfo.

For information about the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in for Windows 2000, see https://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWS2000/library/howitworks/management/mmcover.asp.

For information about SQL Server, including SQL Profiler, see https://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/default.asp.

For information about SQL Profiler and performance tuning, see https://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/tips/administration/parastatements.asp.

For information about System Monitor, see:

For information about Microsoft Visual Studio, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/.

For information about Visual Studio Analyzer, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vsavs70/html/veoriVisualStudioAnalyzerInBetaPreview.asp.

For information about the Microsoft Visual Studio Interoperability Center, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/using/understand/interop/default.aspx.

For information about the Microsoft Reference Architecture for Commerce, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnrac/html/mracv2_ch00.asp.

For information about Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), including the Network Monitor component, see:

For information about Data Transformation Services (DTS), see https://microsoft.com/sql/.

You can download tools from https://www.microsoft.com/.

For information about Microsoft Application Center 2000, see https://www.microsoft.com/applicationcenter/.

For information about how to use SQL Server to replicate Commerce Server databases, see SQL Server Books Online.

For information about the NBTStat tool, which detects information about your server's current network connections, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/prork/pref_tts_pjtk.asp.

Design Tips and Code Samples

For information about design tips and code samples, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/entry.asp.

For tips and sample code for accessing Microsoft SQL Server through ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Active Server Pages (ASP), read the article, "Top Ten Tips: Accessing SQL Through ADO and ASP," by J.D. Meier, located at https://www.microsoft.com/mind/1198/ado/ado.htm.

For suggestions and tips for globalizing software, see the Microsoft Professional Developer's Site for Software Globalization Information, located at https://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/default.asp.

For free daily articles on writing ASP code, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/ecommerce/plan/ecseries.mspx.

For more information about securing your Web site, read the book, Designing Secure Web-Based Applications for Microsoft Windows 2000, by Michael Howard, located at https://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/ecommerce/plan/ecseries.mspx.

White Papers, Case Studies, and Technical Information

For a series of white papers about e-commerce, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/ecommerce/plan/ecseries.mspx.

For a white paper about risk management for product development, see https://www.microsoft.com/siteserver/ssrk/docs/genericriskprocess.doc.

For information about technical information and white papers written for system integrators and system engineers, see https://www.microsoft.com/ISN/news.asp.

For information about case studies of electronic commerce sites, see https://www.microsoft.com/business/default.mspx.

For the latest articles about FrontPage Server Extensions and using FrontPage in conjunction with IIS, see https://support.microsoft.com/support/search/c.asp?spr=.

For information and articles about multilingual issues, see http://www.multilingual.com/.

For information about Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition (SSCE), see https://www.microsoft.com.

For information about Microsoft Operations Framework papers, see https://www.microsoft.com/enterpriseservices/.

For suggestions and tips for adapting software for an international audience, see https://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/default.asp.

For detailed installation instructions and programming procedures and considerations, see the article "SAP DCOM Connector: Expanding the Reach of Your SAP Business Processes," by Homann, Rogers, and Russo, in SAP Technical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2. You can also find the article online at https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

For information about migrating from Site Server 3.0 and SSCE and third-party vendors, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

For information about various applications that you need to migrate from a Site Server 3.0 or SSCE site, and platform software documentation and best practices, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

Third-Party References

For information about Keynote and Keynote Perspective, a custom, outsourced service that shows you how your end users experience your Web site, see http://www.keynote.com/.

For information about Tivoli, see http://www.tivoli.com/.

For information about HP OpenView, see http://www.openview.hp.com/.

For information about SilkPerformer, a Web stress tool from Seque Software, see http://www.segue.com/html/s_solutions/s_performer/s_performer.htm.

For information about SiteScope, a custom service that offers tools designed for deep monitoring, see http://www.freshtech.com/.

For information about XBuilder, a tool that helps you analyze performance of an existing site, see http://www.xcache.com/home/xbuilder_xbuilder_reviewers_guide.htm.

For information about Rainbow technologies tools for improving secure Web server response time, see http://www.rainbow.com/.

For information about Microsoft Solution Providers, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

For the latest information about third-party software developed especially to work with Commerce Server, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

For information about Web sites that offer online testing for broken and incorrect links at a nominal fee, see:

For information about Web server load testing, see http://www.webperfcenter.com/.

For more information about testing network security, see http://www.intrusion.com/.

For more information about secure electronic transactions, see the following sites:

Miscellaneous

To join a discussion with other IT professionals on the TechNet Answer Forums, see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/questions/topques.mspx.

For advanced utilities, technical information, and source code related to Windows 2000 internals, see https://www.sysinternals.com/.

For information about J. D. Edwards, see http://www.jdedwards.com/.

For information about SAP, see http://www.sap.com/.

The bridge between the Windows 2000 platform and the SAP business object framework is the SAP DCOM connector. You can download the DCOM connector from the SAP Web site: https://www.microsoft.com/technet.

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