I received a recent comment from Paul, asking how I found my "weekend gigs" or freelance development work. That's a pretty good question and the short answer (without sounding too presumptuous) is that God provides! The long answer is "I don't really know, it just seems to happen"...

This is the third post in my Commerce Server 2007 B2B Solution Development series and if you've been following the first two posts ( 1 , 2 ), you'll remember that I like to "begin with the end in mind". In Commerce Server 2007 terms, this means figuring out how to map the XML produced...

Designing and developing a B2B E-Commerce solution using Commerce Server 2007 and BizTalk Server 2006 and the new Commerce Server BizTalk Adapters can be fairly complex but there are a few best practices which can simplify this process. This may sound a little radical if you've never developed this...

If you've read any of my previous Commerce Server posts you'll remember that planning is the key to success and the first step in this planning process is understanding that "the purpose of any e-commerce solution is to fulfill an order". Everything else is just a means to an end. This...

Now that I've got your attention, let me qualify this somewhat by stating that developing a B2B (business-to-business) e-commerce web application is both easier and less costly than developing a B2C (business-to-consumer) web application. This is especially true when your application platform is...

The first in a series of Commerce Server 2007 articles written by me has just been published on Microsoft's TechNet web site. At the end of the article is a link to where you can download the sample code shown in the article. Integrating Commerce Server Orders with BizTalk Server Please let me know what...

If you want to see an older, gray haired developer get nervous in front of the camera, then watch this podcast from TechEd 2006. Mario Juarez [MSFT] is a great guy and did his best to make me feel comfortable but it's pretty intimidating to be talking in front of the camera. Gulf Coast Seal Golf Shirt...

It's been a pretty good day here at TechEd 2006 in Boston. Last evening's keynote address was very well received and had some very humorous segments. If you get the chance you should download a copy from the VirtualTechEd site. There are a lot of cool podcasts available on this site including the one...

FarPoint Technologies has released their first beta of the new FarPoint Spread for BizTalk Server 2006 . They are actively seeking developers from the BizTalk community to test this beta's capabilities to it's fullest extent. I've been using this for several months now and it's a truly great addition...

Caesar Samsi [MSFT] and I will be presenting two 75 minute "Chalk Talks" at TechEd 2006 focused on the new BizTalk Adapters for Commerce Server 2007. We'll have a few slides but mostly this will be an in-depth demonstration of the new adapters in "real world" situations. We'll be going deep in these...