What Are the Software Deployment Requirements?

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11/12/2009

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

This section lists the software products to install on each computer in a Commerce Server deployment. Make sure that you have the appropriate number of licenses to reuse Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates on multiple servers, as shown in the following list. See your SSL certificate vendor for the specific information about how to obtain these licenses.

All servers in a Commerce Server deployment must run a version of the Microsoft Windows operating system. For a summary of the Windows operating system versions supported for each server type, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.

For server-specific software requirements, see the following sections:

BizTalk Server
Business Management Application Client
Business Management Server
Commerce Server Single Server
Data Warehouse and Analysis Server
Database Server
Developer Workstation
Domain Controller
ISA Server
Management Server
Staging Server
Web Server

Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements

The following table summarizes the operating system software requirements for servers in a Commerce Server deployment that run Commerce Server software.

Software	Developer workstation or Commerce Server single server	Business management server	Web servers	Business Management application clients	All other servers
Microsoft Windows operating systems (with critical updates):
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard x64	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008	Yes (Does not support Data Warehouse and Analysis Reporting and requires SQL Server to be installed on a separate server)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition with SP2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition with SP2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition with SP2	Yes(Does not support Data Warehouse and Analysis Reporting, and requires SQL Server to be installed on a separate server)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition with SP2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition with SP2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with SP2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition with SP2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with XP COM+ Hotfix Rollup Package 13 with SP2	Yes (Commerce Server 2007 with SP2 Developer Edition only)	No	No	Yes	No
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with XP COM+ Hotfix Rollup Package 13 with SP2	Yes (Commerce Server 2007 with SP2 Developer Edition only)	No	No	Yes	No
Windows Vista Business	Yes (Commerce Server 2007 with SP2 Developer Edition only)	No	No	Yes	No
Windows Vista Enterprise	Yes (Commerce Server 2007 with SP2 Developer Edition only)	No	No	Yes	No
Windows Vista Ultimate	Yes (Commerce Server 2007 with SP2 Developer Edition only)	No	No	Yes	No

BizTalk Server

The computer that is running BizTalk Server runs the Commerce Server line-of-business adapters to accept and transmit business-related messages, such as purchase orders and inventory requests. This computer uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, or Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, and Microsoft Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Client Tools (optional if you are using SQL Server 2005).
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition with SP4 or SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition with SP2.
SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services with SP4 (optional) or SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services with SP1 (optional).
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 with SP1 or Visual Studio 2008.
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006.
Commerce Server Adapters for BizTalk Server.
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) Server 2005 with SP1 (optional).

If your deployment uses BizTalk Server extensively, see BizTalk Server 2006 Help for more information about the various methods for installing and configuring BizTalk Server.

Business Management Application Client

The business users in an organization use a client computer to access the Commerce Server Business Management applications. This computer uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, Windows XP Professional with SP2, or Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise Edition, and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with update, or Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.
Commerce Server Business Management applications.

Business Management Server

The business management server runs the Web services accessed by the Commerce Server Business Management applications. This server uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 or Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with Windows Server 2003 and IIS 7.0 with Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with update or Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.
Commerce Server 2007 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition for the Enterprise deployment.
SSL certificate.
MOM Server 2005 with SP1 (optional).

Commerce Server Single Server

The single-server deployment consists of running all the Commerce Server 2007 components and software requirements (including Windows and SQL Server) on a single computer. The single-server deployment uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, or Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
IIS 6.0 with Windows Server 2003 or IIS 7.0 with Windows Server 2008.
SQL Server 2000 Standard or Enterprise Edition with SP4 or SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise Edition with SP2.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with update, or Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.
BizTalk Server 2006 (required if you are using Commerce Server Adapters for BizTalk Server).
SSL certificate.
Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition for the Enterprise deployment.
Commerce Server Adapters for BizTalk Server.
Commerce Server Business Management applications.

Data Warehouse and Analysis Server

The Data Warehouse and analysis server imports, transforms, and stores Web site data. You use the data that is stored in the Data Warehouse to analyze user activity on your Web site. This server uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, or Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
IIS 6.0 with Windows Server 2003 or IIS 7.0 with IIS 6.0 compatibility enabled when using Windows Server 2008.
SQL Server 2000 Standard or Enterprise Edition with SP4 or SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise Edition with SP2.

Note

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services does not support the Data Warehouse or analytics.
SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services with SP4 or SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services with SP1.
SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services (DTS) Designer Components if you use SQL Server 2005.
Commerce Server Data Warehouse global resource database.
Commerce Server reports.
MOM Server 2005 Agent with SP1 (optional).

Database Server

A computer that is running SQL Server uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, or Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
SQL Server 2000 Standard or Enterprise Edition with SP4 or SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise Edition with SP2.

Note

If you are using a computer that is running SQL Server 2000, you cannot export data from a catalog that has rows of data larger than 8000 bytes. You should use SQL Server 2005 instead.

Note

Commerce Server 2007 does not support mixed deployments of SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.
MOM Server 2005 with SP1 (optional).
Commerce Server global and site-specific resource databases.
Commerce Server Volume Shadow Copy Writer Service (optional).

Developer Workstation

A developer workstation uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, Windows XP Professional with SP2, or Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise Edition, and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
IIS 6.0 with Windows Server 2003 or IIS 7.0 with IIS 6.0 compatibility enabled when using Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise Edition.
SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition with SP4, SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition with SP2, or SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services with SP2.
SQL Server 2000 Client Tools (optional if you are using SQL Server 2005).

Visual Studio 2005 with Service Pack 1 or Visual Studio 2008. The following editions are supported:

Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 Web Developer Express
Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition for Software Architects or Team Edition for Software Developers
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2005

Important Note:
Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 Premier Partner Edition is installed as part of SQL Server 2005. However, it does not meet the Commerce Server 2007 software prerequisites. Therefore, you cannot use some features of Commerce Server 2007 such as the Project Creation Wizard unless you install one of the stand-alone versions of Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008.

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with update, or Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5.
BizTalk Server 2006 Enterprise Edition (optional).
Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Developer Edition.
Commerce Server Adapters for BizTalk Server (optional).
Commerce Server Business Management applications.
SSL certificate.

Domain Controller

A domain controller computer uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 with SP2 (Enterprise Edition for the Enterprise deployment), or Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition.
Windows critical updates.
MOM Server 2005 with SP1 (optional).

ISA Server

A computer that is running Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2, or Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 with SP2 (Enterprise Edition for the Enterprise deployment), or Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Datacenter Edition.
Windows critical updates.
ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition with SP2.
MOM Server 2005 with SP1 (optional).

Management Server

The management server runs MOM 2005 to monitor the servers, applications, services, and events in your deployment. The management server collects information from the MOM agent that runs on each server in your deployment. A management server computer uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, or Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
SQL Server 2000 Standard or Enterprise Edition with SP4, SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise Edition with Service SP2.
MOM Server 2005 with SP1 (optional).
MOM packs for Commerce Server, SQL Server, and BizTalk Server to meet your deployment needs. For links to management pack downloads, see Configuring the Management Server.

Staging Server

The staging server runs the Commerce Server Staging (CSS) service. The staging server uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, or Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
IIS 6.0 with Windows Server 2003 or IIS 7.0 with Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with update, or Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5.
Commerce Server 2007 Enterprise Edition.
SSL certificate.
MOM Server 2005 with SP1 (optional).

Web Server

Web servers support user access to Commerce Server Web sites. A Web server uses the following software products:

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 or Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, and Windows critical updates. For more information, see Microsoft Operating System Software Requirements.
IIS 6.0 with Windows Server 2003 or IIS 7.0 with IIS 6.0 compatibility enabled when using Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with update, or Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5.
Commerce Server 2007 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition for the Enterprise deployment.
SSL certificate.
MOM Server 2005 with SP1 (optional).
Commerce Server Health Monitoring Service (optional).