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Existe um extenso post do Max Akbar com uma série de recursos para formação online. Eu recompilei a lista, tirei umas coisas e juntei outras. Espero sinceramente que este conjunto de links seja uma boa base de partida para uma equipa de desenvolvimento em Commerce Server.

Whitepaper

Microsoft Commerce Server Technical Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=039BE1C3-8590-4943-8D20-B605E4A61F11&displaylang=en

Webcasts

Apresentações/Demos de 60min onde são apresentadas as funcionalidades do produto, directamente da equipa do Commerce

• Commerce Server 2007 Overview
• Commerce Server Data Warehouse Webcast Released
• Developing with the Commerce Server 2007 Marketing System
• Commerce Server 2007 Product Catalog Deep-dive
• Commerce Server 2007 Architectural Deep-Dive
• Commerce Server 2007 BizTalk Adapters In Action
• Multi-Channel, Connected Commerce (BTS/CS integration)

Virtual Labs

Acesso por períodos de 90 minutos a máquinas online com o Commerce 2007 já instalado. Excelente para fazer os labs sem ter de instalar nenhum software localmente:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/virtuallabs/commerce/default.aspx

• Commerce Server 2007 - Profile Integration and Extension
• Commerce Server 2007 - Customization and Extensibility

Instalação de um ambiente de desenvolvimento

Neste post o Max Akbar descreve todos os passos para preparar um ambiente de desenvolvimento com todas as ferramentas, SDKs e samples:

1. Create a VPC or setup a Windows 2003 environment How to Create a Commerce Server VPC.
2. Install Developer Edition of Commerce Server 2007 it's free.
3. Download and install Partner SDK.
4. Download and install Starter Site

Referências importantes para guardar e monitorizar frequentemente

1. Tips & Tricks http://blogs.msdn.com/maxakbar/pages/commerce-server-2007-tips-tricks-recipes-and-gotchas.aspx

2. Blogs de autores que usam o produto: Max Akbar, Andy Xu, David Messner, Jeff Lynch, Nihit Kaul, Ryan Donovan, Vinayak Tadas, Alan Faulkner, Tom Shultz, Vinod Kumar, Commerce Team Blog

3. Links para tools, docs e samples

• Commerce Server on GotDotNET
• Commerce Server on Microsoft.com
• Commerce Server on MSDN
• Commerce Server on TechNet
• Commerce Server 2007 product documentation

Commerce Server Fóruns e Newsgroups

• Commerce Server Forums

Lembro também que os managed newsgroups (para quem tem a subscrição MSDN) são um recurso ilimitado e ligado directamente ao suporte técnico Microsoft http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/managed/ Managed newsgroups are for current MSDN Premium, Enterprise, Professional, or Operating System subscribers. These subscribers can post a message and receive a response from the community or a Microsoft Support Engineer within 2 business days. There are currently more than 220 newsgroups that are offered as a part of this support offering, including an assortment of .NET related technologies

• microsoft.public.commerceserver.general [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.announcements [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.catalog [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.datawarehousing [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.analysis [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.businessdesk [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.sdk [NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.setup.deploymentoperations [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.solutionsites [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.userprofilemgt [ NewsReader or Browser]
• microsoft.public.commerceserver.campaigns_csf [ NewsReader or Browser]