<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
product	O
for	O
building	O
e-commerce	O
systems	O
using	O
Microsoft	O
.NET	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
purchased	O
the	O
core	O
software	O
that	O
formed	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
product	O
line	O
from	O
eShop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eShop	O
was	O
co-founded	O
by	O
Pierre	O
Omidyar	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
founders	O
of	O
eBay	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
rebranded	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Merchant	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
then	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
eventually	O
being	O
renamed	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
replaced	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
expanding	O
on	O
the	O
functionality	O
and	O
establishing	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
e-commerce	O
functionality	O
(	O
rather	O
than	O
concerning	O
itself	O
with	O
document	O
management	O
or	O
content	O
metadata	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft-developed	O
product	O
is	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2009	O
R2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
continued	O
to	O
honor	O
extended	O
support	O
of	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
2009	O
through	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sitecore	O
now	O
takes	O
responsibility	O
for	O
developing	O
,	O
selling	O
,	O
and	O
supporting	O
the	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
is	O
Sitecore	B-General_Concept
Commerce	I-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
11	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Used	O
extensively	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
middle	O
to	O
large	O
UK	O
retailers	O
,	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
gained	O
considerable	O
traction	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Primarily	O
implemented	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Partners	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
were	O
sites	O
that	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
were	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
foundation	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
2009	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
price	O
list	O
on	O
1	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
introduced	O
multichannel	O
awareness	O
into	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
default	O
site	O
(	O
running	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
SharePoint	O
product	O
)	O
,	O
including	O
30	O
new	O
web	O
parts	O
and	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
WYSIWYG	O
(	O
what-you-see-is-what-you-get	O
)	O
editing	O
experiences	O
for	O
business	O
people	O
and	O
site	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
comes	O
bundled	O
with	O
Data	O
Warehouse	O
Analytics	O
,	O
which	O
offer	O
sophisticated	O
reporting	O
functionality	O
,	O
dependent	O
on	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Analytics	O
module	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
Staging	O
(	O
CSS	O
)	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
also	O
comes	O
with	O
BizTalk	B-Application
adaptors	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
for	O
integration	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
BizTalk	B-Application
for	O
enterprise	O
data	O
manipulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
requires	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2005	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
also	O
can	O
leverage	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
Microsoft	O
server	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
BizTalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2006	O
,	O
R2	O
,	O
or	O
2009	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
Office	O
SharePoint	O
Server	O
(	O
MOSS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
.NET	O
Framework	O
3.5	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Component	B-Application
Object	I-Application
Model	I-Application
(	O
COM	O
)	O
are	O
also	O
required	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
other	O
components	O
used	O
by	O
this	O
product	O
are	O
dependent	O
on	O
these	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recommended	O
deployments	O
are	O
confined	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
or	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
business	O
was	O
outsourced	O
to	O
Cactus	O
Commerce	O
(	O
Gatineau	O
,	O
Quebec	O
,	O
Canada	O
)	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Ascentium	O
purchased	O
Cactus	O
Commerce	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
business	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
they	O
rebranded	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
Ascentium	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ascentium	O
later	O
rebranded	O
itself	O
as	O
SMITH	O
and	O
split	O
off	O
the	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
product	O
division	O
into	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
known	O
as	O
CommerceServer.net	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
Sitecore	O
released	O
Sitecore	B-General_Concept
Commerce	I-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
11	O
.	O
</s>
