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Configuring the Business Management Server

For the latest version of Commerce Server 2007 Help, see the Microsoft Web site.

This section provides instructions about how to configure the Business Management server. Use this server to run your business management applications. This server is typically deployed in the data tier of a production environment.

Note

You must have administrator permissions on the computer where you install Commerce Server software. Log on to the operating system under a user account that has local administrator permissions.

Note

For updates to prerequisite software and additional installation requirements, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=57268.

To configure the Business Management server, follow these steps:

  1. Perform all pre-installation requirements:

    1. Install all prerequisite software. For more information, see What Are the Software Deployment Requirements?

    2. Enable Internet Information Services (IIS). For more information, see How to Enable IIS on the Business Management Server.

    3. Configure the network adapters. For more information, see How to Configure the Network Adapter on the Business Management Server.

    4. Join the business management server to the domain. For more information, see the Windows Server 2003 Help or Windows Server 2008 Help.

    5. Install the Microsoft .NET Framework. For more information, see How to Install Microsoft .NET Framework on the Business Management Server.

    6. Enable clustering support. For more information, see How to Enable MSDTC on the Business Management Server.

  2. Install Commerce Server 2007. See How to Install Commerce Server on the Business Management Server. Install the following components:

    Component

    Base deployment

    Enterprise deployment

    Commerce Server 2007 core components

    Yes

    Yes

    Staging (this component is available only with Commerce Server 2007 Enterprise Edition)

    Optional

    Yes

    Direct Mailer service

    Yes

    Yes

  3. Configure Commerce Server. For more information, see How to Configure Commerce Server on the Business Management Server.

  4. Unpack the Commerce Server site onto the Business Management server. For more information, see How to Unpack a Site on the Business Management Server.

  5. Perform secure deployment tasks:

    1. Set access permissions to help secure files and folders. For more information, see Setting File and Folder Access Permissions.

    2. Create application pools and make assignments to the IIS Worker Process group. For more information, see Working with Application Pools and Web Applications.

    3. Authorize users and groups to access the Web services. For more information, see Authorizing Users and Groups to Access Web Services.

      Note

      You must grant service accounts access to the Commerce Server databases for the Web services to be functional. This step is performed on the computers that are running SQL Server. For more information, see Granting Access to the Commerce Server Databases.

    4. Verify the installation of the Web services. For more information, see How to Verify the Installation of the Web Services.

    5. Configure the keys for the profiles Web service. For more information, see How to Configure Encryption Keys for Profiles System Data.

  6. Install the Commerce Server business management applications. For more information, see How to Install the Business Management Applications on the Business Management Server.

  7. To support the Direct Mailer service, follow these steps:

    1. Install and configure the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service that is provided by IIS. For more information, see How to Configure an SMTP Server for Direct Mailer.

    2. Grant the marketing Web service access to the Direct Mailer service. For more information, see How to Grant the Marketing Web Service Access to the Direct Mailer Service.

    3. Grant the Marketing Web service access to the schedule tasks service. For more information, see How to Grant the Marketing Web Service Access to Schedule Tasks.

    4. (Optional) Configure the CommerceDirectMailer Authentication module to support sending personalized e-mail messages. For more information, see How to Configure the CommerceDirectMailer Authentication Module.

  8. To support the Data Warehouse and Analytics system, follow these steps:

    1. Install SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components. Only install the SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components if you are running SQL Server 2005. For more information, see How to Install SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components.

    2. Unpack the Data Warehouse resource. For more information, see How to Unpack the Data Warehouse Resource.

  9. (Optional) Specify additional authorization to help secure the Web application cache. For more information, see How to Authorize Members of a Security Group to Update the Cache.

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