How to Install the Business Management Applications

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Follow these steps to install the Business Management applications and access each Business Management application user interface.

Before you install the Business Management applications, note the following:

  • 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.

  • You must close all other applications before you continue.

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You install the Business Management application from the Commerce Server 2007 CD.

To install the Business Management applications

  1. Double-click Setup.exe at the root of the CD setup image.

  2. On the Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Start page, under Install, click Microsoft Commerce Server Business User Applications.

  3. If the Customer Information page appears, type your customer information, and then click Next.

  4. On the License Agreement page, read the terms of the license agreement. If you accept them, click Yes, I accept the terms of the license agreement, and then click Next.

  5. On the Component Installation page, cancel the selection of any Business Management application(s) you do not want to install. Commerce Server includes the following Business Management applications:

    • Catalog Manager. This is required for product catalog Web site management activities.

    • Catalog and Inventory Schema Manager. This is required for managing catalog definitions, categories, products, and properties.

    • Customer and Orders Manager. This is required for order management Web site activities.

    • Marketing Manager. This is required for discount, advertisement, and direct mail Web site management activities.

  6. Accept the default installation folder, or click Browse to specify a different folder, and then click Next.

  7. On the Summary page, click Install.

  8. On the Installation Completed page, click Logfile to review the list of events for the installation. Then, click Finish.

  9. Open a Command Prompt window, type iisreset, and then press Enter.

    Before you can access the Business Management applications, you must reset IIS.

See Also

Other Resources

Configuring the Business Application Clients