Commerce Server was a software product for building multichannel

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applications and systems using .NET Framework technology. The product has changed ownership and names several times. Previously known as

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, it was at the end of the product lifecycle developed, sold, and supported by

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for building multichannel e-commerce applications. It was replaced in 2021 wit
Sitecore Commerce Cloud
The latest release of the product was Sitecore Commerce Server 11.1, released in October 2014.

Ownership History

The core software that formed the basis for the Commerce Server product line was developed by eShop and purchased by

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in 1996. eShop’s technologies were integrated into

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, which evolved into

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in 1997,* and eventually to

in 2000. In 2007 Microsoft outsourced product development of Commerce Server to Cactus Commerce, which was acquired in 2011 by Ascentium. Ascentium then bought outright the Commerce Server business from Microsoft that same year. In 2012 Ascentium re-branded its company as

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and split off the Commerce Server product division into a wholly owned subsidiary known as commerceserver.net.

acquired commerceserver.net in late 2013 and released the product as Sitecore Commerce Server in 2014.

Product Description and Components

Sitecore Commerce Server is a set of pre-packaged tools for building and deploying e-commerce websites and e-commerce software applications using .NET Framework technologies. It can be run on-premise or, with the additional support for

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and

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introduced in version 10.1, it can be run in the

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. Version 11.1 of the Commerce Server

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is the first built entirely in .NET Framework 4.5 and

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2013, eliminating

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6 and various Visual C++ runtime dependencies. Sitecore Commerce Server has the following components: *Core Systems: **Catalog **Inventory **Order Capture **Discounts **Profiles *Integration Points: **Orders Web Service + BizTalk Adapter **Catalog and Inventory Web Service + BizTalk Adapter **Profiles Web Service + BizTalk Adapter **Marketing Web Service *Desktop Business Tools: **Catalog Manager **Marketing Manager **Customer and Order Manager *Commerce Server Staging *Merchandising Manager (replacement of Catalog Manager) *Sitecore Experience Platform Integration

Related Technologies

Sitecore Commerce Server forms the technology foundation of and is included in Sitecore Commerce, Sitecore's primary commerce offering that also includes Sitecore Commerce Connect. It is marketed and sold as an optional, integrated module of the Sitecore Experience Platform, which also offers other modules for

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, multichannel

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management, and

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storage and management.

Product Release History

* 1996 - Microsoft Merchant Server 1.0 * 1997 - Microsoft Site Server 2.0 * 1998 - Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition * 2000 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 * 2002 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 ** Service Pack 2 (2003) ** Service Pack 3 (2004) * 2004 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 FP1 ** Service Pack 4 (2006) * 2007 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 ** Service Pack 1 (2008) ** Service Pack 2 (2008) * 2009 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 * 2011 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 R2 * 2012 - Ascentium Commerce Server 10 * 2014 - Sitecore Commerce Server 11

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