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Course 1231—Two days—Instructor-led

Implementing a Commerce-Enabled Web Site Using Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition


Table of Contents

Introduction
At Course Completion
Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
Prerequisites
Course Materials and Software
Course Outline

Introduction

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to support, maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot electronic commerce (e-commerce) sites using Microsoft® Site Server version 3.0, Commerce Edition.


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At Course Completion

At the end of the course, students will be able to:
  • Understand the purposes of electronic commerce.
  • Install Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition.
  • Manage day-to-day Commerce Server site operations.
  • Administer Commerce Servers using Server Administration Pages.
  • Create a Commerce Server site using wizards.
  • Customize a Commerce Server site through the Order Process Pipeline components.
  • Extend Commerce functionality with Microsoft Wallet.
  • Incorporate rotating advertising into Web sites with Advertising Server.
  • Implement business-to-business commerce through the Commerce Interchange Pipeline (CIP).
  • Optimize a Commerce Server site.


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Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam:
  • To be determined


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Prerequisites

The course materials, lectures, and lab exercises are in English. To benefit fully from the instruction, students need an understanding of the English language and completion of the prerequisites.


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Course Materials and Software

The course materials are yours to keep.

You will be provided with the following software for use in the classroom:

  • Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT® operating system version 4.0
  • Microsoft SQL Server™ version 7.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Option Pack


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Course Outline

Day 1

Module 1: What Is Electronic Commerce?

Topics

E-commerce basics
E-commerce in the supply management value chain
Types of e-commerce solutions
How financial transactions occur in e-commerce
Security through encryption in e-commerce
Legal issues of e-commerce

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Understand the goals of e-commerce.

Module 2: Installing Commerce Server

Topics

What is Microsoft Commerce Server?
Commerce Server installation
Demonstration: Clocktower site

Lab

Installing and configuring Microsoft Site Server, Commerce Edition

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Install Commerce Server and work with a sample site.

Module 3: Maintaining A Commerce Server Site

Topics

Roles of the site operator and server administrator
Using the Site Manager Pages
Demonstration: Working with the Site Manager Pages

Lab

Working with promotions

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Manage daily operations of a Commerce Server site.

Module 4: Creating and Administering Commerce Server with the Server Administration Pages

Topics

Working with the Server Administration Pages
Creating a Commerce Server site
Demonstration: Creating a new Commerce Server site

Lab

Creating a new Commerce Server site

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Create a site using the wizards.

Module 5: Customizing a Site with the Order Processing Pipeline

Topics

Commerce Server as an active server pages (ASP) application
Commerce Server Object Model
Basic Commerce Server architecture
Understanding the Order Processing Pipeline
The Order Processing Pipelines
Working with the Win32®-based Pipeline Editor

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Understand the role and context of the Order Processing Pipeline.

Day 2

Module 6: Working with Pipeline Components

Topics

Order Processing Pipeline components
Working with Scriptor
Custom components and the Pipeline software development kit (SDK)

Lab

Working with Pipeline components

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Use standard components to quickly bring a Commerce Server site into compliance with business needs.

Module 7: Integrating Microsoft Wallet with Commerce Server

Topics

Understanding Microsoft Wallet integration
Using the Wallet Webmaster kit
Installing Wallet controls using sample scripts
Understanding the Wallet SDK

Lab

Working with Microsoft Wallet and Commerce Server

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Facilitate purchase and payment with Microsoft Wallet.

Module 8: Incorporating Advertising into Web Sites with Ad Server

Topics

Understanding Microsoft Ad Server
Configuring Web sites to run ads
Working with Ad Server tags in an ad campaign
Configuring standard ad sizes
Ad Server performance and security

Lab

Creating an ad campaign

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Implement and administer an ad campaign using Ad Server.

Module 9: Implementing Business-to-Business E-Commerce with the Commerce Interchange Pipeline

Topics

Understanding CIP
Understanding CIP architecture
Running CIP
Securing CIP with digital certificates
Working with the Microsoft Market sample site

Lab

Working with CIP

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Use CIP to facilitate the management of business-to-business commerce.

Module 10: Commerce Server Performance, Security, and Scalability

Topics

Performance and scalability benchmarks
Improving performance
Capacity planning
Building on Microsoft Windows NT and Internet Information Server security
Implementing Commerce Server security tips

Labs

Installing and calibrating InetMonitor
Working with performance and security

Skill

Students will be able to:
  • Optimize Commerce Server security and performance.

 




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