<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
is	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
discontinued	O
solution	O
to	O
the	O
growing	O
difficulty	O
of	O
managing	O
complex	O
websites	O
which	O
included	O
multiple	O
technologies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
user	O
management	O
and	O
authentication/authorization	O
,	O
content	O
management	O
,	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
indexing	O
and	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
1997	O
,	O
incorporated	O
electronic	O
commerce	O
technology	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Merchant	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
first	O
effort	O
at	O
providing	O
a	O
solution	O
to	O
the	O
growing	O
business	O
of	O
Internet-based	O
commerce	O
(	O
or	O
e-commerce	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
its	O
evolution	O
(	O
culminating	O
with	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
3.0	O
)	O
,	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
expanded	O
on	O
Merchant	O
Server	O
's	O
functionality	O
by	O
annexing	O
content	O
management	O
tools	O
;	O
which	O
would	O
typically	O
be	O
involved	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
thought	O
,	O
in	O
facilitating	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
Web-facing	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
became	O
not	O
only	O
a	O
solution	O
for	O
businesses	O
wanting	O
to	O
sell	O
products	O
online	O
,	O
but	O
companies	O
who	O
had	O
corporate	O
intranet	O
servers	O
hosting	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
went	O
through	O
several	O
iterations	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
discussed	O
and	O
perhaps	O
widely	O
adopted	O
version	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
,	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
3.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
areas	O
of	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
3.0	O
functionality	O
included	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
its	O
time	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
offered	O
one	O
very	O
credible	O
among	O
a	O
select	O
few	O
alternatives	O
for	O
such	O
functionality	O
-	O
particularly	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
this	O
front	O
,	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
's	O
main	O
advantage	O
was	O
its	O
low	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
plus	O
side	O
,	O
once	O
configured	O
,	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Commerce	O
Edition	O
got	O
very	O
high	O
ratings	O
for	O
management	O
of	O
conducting	O
e-commerce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Management	O
of	O
products	O
and	O
orders	O
was	O
fairly	O
sophisticated	O
-	O
a	O
strength	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
extended	O
in	O
the	O
technology	O
that	O
succeeded	O
it	O
:	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
required	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
either	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
or	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
dependent	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
discontinued	O
production	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
E-commerce	O
functionality	O
was	O
moved	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
called	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Document	O
and	O
content	O
management	O
features	O
were	O
mostly	O
segregated	O
into	O
another	O
product	O
called	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Content	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
merged	O
with	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2007	O
which	O
today	O
has	O
two	O
principle	O
editions	O
:	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2019	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Online	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
services	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
e-commerce	O
technology	O
was	O
integrated	O
,	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
was	O
sold	O
in	O
two	O
editions	O
:	O
Standard	O
,	O
and	O
Commerce	O
.	O
</s>
