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Requirements

This section contains two sub-sections that are repeated for each machine. These two sub-sections detail the minimum hardware requirement and the software requirements to build and make the lab exercises work.

The basic template you will receive will contain the hardware requirements section filled in with the standard configuration.

Minimum Hardware Requirements: <SERVER 1>

Processor

1.5 GHz

Memory

1024 MB

Disk Space

20 GB

Software required before demo installation

Required Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Service Pack 1 or R2

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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005 Database Server (Enterprise Edition or Developer)

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005 Analysis Services (Enterprise Edition or Developer)

 

SQL 2000 Service Pack 4

 

SQL 2000 Analysis Service Pack 4

 

SQL 2005 Service Pack 1

 

SQL 2005 Analysis Service Pack 1

 

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006

 

Microsoft Commerce Server 2007

 

 

Manual installation instructions

  1. Install Windows 2003 Server using the default settings. When prompted for the administrator password type “Pass@word1”.
    • After Windows 2003 Advanced Server is installed, you are prompted to restart the machine. The Windows 2003 Manage Your Server dialog box appears. Close the Windows 2003 Manage Your Server dialog box.
  2. Install IIS and ASP.NET (If you are installing the Starter Site then you might also want to install SMTP Server and If you want to play with Commerce Server Staging then you might want to enable ASP for the reporting purposes of Commerce Server Staging).
  3. Install Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1
  4. Install SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition accepting all defaults EXCEPT for the Authentication Mode page, which should be changed to Mixed Mode. Use “Pass@word1” as password for the sa login. Once the installation is complete reboot the machine (You can substitute SQL 2000).
  5. Install SQL Analytics 2005 accepting all defaults. Once the installation is complete reboot the machine (You can substitute SQL Analytics 2000).
  6. Install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 once complete reboot the machine (If you substituted to use SQL 2000 install Service Pack 4).
  7. You may also need to install SQL Server Reporting for the Commerce Analytics.
  8. Perform a complete install of BizTalk Server 2006, accepting all defaults.
  9. Perform a complete install of Commerce Server 2007, accepting all defaults.
  10. Un-package Starter Site CTP accepting all defaults (You can substitute CSharpSite). After unpacking the Starter Site make sure to read the readme doc.

For CSharpSite follow these steps

  1. Select Start | All Programs | Commerce Server 2007 | Commerce Site Packager
  2. Select Next in Welcome Screen
  3. Select Browse from the unpack screen and select CSharpSite.pup
  4. Select all defaults.