What is the Internal Development/Test Environment?
The internal development/test environment lets you develop and test your Commerce Server 2009 site.
Development Environment
Developers use Microsoft Visual Studio to create and update components and site code in the development environment. Developers work with the following types of content:
Commerce Foundation
SharePoint Commerce Services
Commerce Server pipelines
COM+ components and applications
BizTalk Server adapters
Project Creation Wizard (PCW)
Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) filters and extensions
Dynamic content such as ASP.NET pages and Visual Basic scripts
Static content such as HTML pages and graphics
Database schemas
Data in catalogs, campaigns, user profiles, and site terms
Test Environment
The internal test environment contains a test Web server that runs the test database server and an internal domain controller. The internal environment is useful for developing and testing site updates without disrupting the run-time site and services. You should not use this environment for development.