Commerce Solutions with Microsoft Site Server 3.0 - Part 1

Audience

This course series is designed for system administrators and other personnel who are responsible for supporting maintaining optimizing and troubleshooting electronic commerce sites using Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition. This series will help students prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-057 Designing and Implementing Commerce Solutions with Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition. It is recommended that participants take NETg course series 72505 - 72507 Implementing Microsoft Site Server 3.0 or have equivalent knowledge.

Objective

• Understand the methods and procedures of designing a Commerce site.
• Identify the structure of a Commerce Server site as well as the role of the database in eCommerce.
• Incorporate site design into the Web site using the Site Foundation Wizard and the Site Builder Wizard.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Planning an E-Commerce Site

• Identify the business functions of an e-commerce site.
• Identify types of payment technology.
• Identify human factors that influence site design.
• Identify issues that should be addressed during the conceptual design of an e-commerce site.
• Identify characteristics of a well-constructed logical design.
• Identify considerations related to physical design.
• Sequence the steps taken when conducting a site performance assessment.
• Identify characteristics of a well-designed user interface.
• Identify considerations related to the formation of an e-commerce site security policy.
• Identify characteristics of security technologies.
• Identify techniques for securing an e-commerce site using authentication and permissions.
• Identify techniques for providing site security using encryption.

Unit 2: Commerce Server Site Structure

• Match the SSCE architectural features with their functions.
• Match Commerce Server objects with their functions.
• Identify the role of Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) in the data access process.
• Identify characteristics of ActiveX Data Objects (ADO).
• Perform the steps to enable connection pooling.
• Perform the steps to change the default connection string.
• Match query values with their descriptions.
• Sequence the steps to access an ODBC data source.

Unit 3: Creating an Online Store

• Identify recommended hardware and software requirements for extensibility requirements for Commerce Server.
• Identify the appropriate database management system for a given business solution.
• Select the type of installation necessary given a scenario.
• Identify the features tested when testing a Commerce installation.
• Identify components configured when running the Site Foundation Wizard.
• Identify components configured when running the Site Builder Wizard.
• Match .asp files with their descriptions.
• Identify elements found in Active Server Pages (ASP) files.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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