<s>
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
software	O
product	O
for	O
building	O
multichannel	O
e-commerce	O
applications	O
and	O
systems	O
using	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
known	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
lifecycle	O
developed	O
,	O
sold	O
,	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
Sitecore	O
for	O
building	O
multichannel	O
e-commerce	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
Sitecore	B-General_Concept
Commerce	I-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
11.1	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
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
was	O
developed	O
by	O
eShop	O
and	O
purchased	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
eShop	O
’s	O
technologies	O
were	O
integrated	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Merchant	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
which	O
evolved	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Server	I-Application
in	O
1997	O
,	O
*	O
and	O
eventually	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
Microsoft	O
outsourced	O
product	O
development	O
of	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
to	O
Cactus	O
Commerce	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Ascentium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ascentium	O
then	O
bought	O
outright	O
the	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
business	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
Ascentium	O
re-branded	O
its	O
company	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
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
known	O
as	O
commerceserver.net	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sitecore	O
acquired	O
commerceserver.net	O
in	O
late	O
2013	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
product	O
as	O
Sitecore	B-General_Concept
Commerce	I-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sitecore	B-General_Concept
Commerce	I-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
pre-packaged	O
tools	O
for	O
building	O
and	O
deploying	O
e-commerce	O
websites	O
and	O
e-commerce	O
software	O
applications	O
using	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on-premise	B-General_Concept
or	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
additional	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
and	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
introduced	O
in	O
version	O
10.1	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
11.1	O
of	O
the	O
Commerce	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
codebase	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
first	O
built	O
entirely	O
in	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
4.5	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2013	O
,	O
eliminating	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
6	I-Language
and	O
various	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
runtime	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sitecore	B-General_Concept
Commerce	I-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
has	O
the	O
following	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Sitecore	B-General_Concept
Commerce	I-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
forms	O
the	O
technology	O
foundation	O
of	O
and	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
Sitecore	O
Commerce	O
,	O
Sitecore	O
's	O
primary	O
commerce	O
offering	O
that	O
also	O
includes	O
Sitecore	O
Commerce	O
Connect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
marketed	O
and	O
sold	O
as	O
an	O
optional	O
,	O
integrated	O
module	O
of	O
the	O
Sitecore	O
Experience	O
Platform	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
offers	O
other	O
modules	O
for	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
,	O
multichannel	O
customer	O
experience	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
storage	O
and	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
