What are the components of a Sitecore Commerce deployment?

The following table lists the Sitecore Commerce and dependent Sitecore Platform components:

Package

Description

How Installed

Sitecore Platform

 

 

Sitecore XP

A complete installation of the Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) is required on all CM, CD, Processing, and Reporting Servers.

By a.zip file or .exe plus manual configuration.

Solr support package

Enables Solr as the search provider instead of Lucene.

By a .zip file with .dlls to be copied to bin.

Sitecore Commerce

 

 

Commerce Server

Commerce Server core components, including Catalog, Inventory, Marketing, Orders, Profiles, Commerce Server Manager, documentation, Commerce Server client tools, and the SDK.

By the installer and configuration wizard.

Sitecore Commerce Connect

A Sitecore Commerce integration layer component used for integrating the Sitecore Experience Platform with either other Commerce Server components or with a 3rd party commerce platform.

By the Sitecore package installer.

Sitecore Commerce Server Connect

A Sitecore Commerce integration layer component used for integrating specific Sitecore Commerce functions with Commerce Server Connect, and therefore with the Sitecore Experience Platform.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Sitecore Merchandising Manager

A unified Web based environment for merchandiser or marketing managers to manage their commerce related business data.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Desktop Business Tools

A business tool suite used with Commerce Server.

By part of the Commerce Server installer, or own installer.

BizTalk Adapters

A Sitecore Commerce abstraction layer component used to integrate Commerce Server with a 3rd party system such as an ERP.

By part of the Commerce Server installer, or own installer

Sitecore Commerce Server Connect Publishing Extensions

Extensions that enable staging of Commerce Server projects as part of the new Sitecore Experience Platform's Publishing Service module..

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Profile Import

A tool for bulk loading user profiles from previous Commerce Server installations into the Sitecore Experience Platform.

By an .exe executable.

Microsoft Dynamics Integration

 

 

Sitecore Commerce DynamicsIntegration Connect

A set of Sitecore Commerce Connect processors that implement transactional connectivity with Microsoft Dynamics Retail.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Sitecore Commerce DataExchange Core

A set of processors that map Microsoft Dynamics data to the Commerce Server Catalog subsystem. This Data Exchange Core package contains components that can apply across Microsoft Dynamics releases.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Sitecore Commerce DataExchange Providers DynamicsRetail

Release-specific Data Exchange components, in this case applicable to Microsoft Dynamics AX6.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Sitecore Commerce DynamicsIntegration TransactionService

A wrapper around the Microsoft Dynamics Transaction Service, enabling the separation of transaction functionality from storefront functionality.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Storefront Sites

 

 

Commerce Connect Starter Kit

A sample B2C retail store front that shows how to create and integrate a custom connector into Commerce Connect.

This StarterKit project is hosted on GitHub including its binaries, source code, license information.

By a .zip file with installer.

Reference Storefront for SCpbCS

A sample B2C retail store front template integrated with Sitecore Commerce Server, which can be used as a starting point for building a customized site.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Reference Storefront for SCpbMD

A sample B2C retail store front template integrated with the Sitecore Commerce Server powered by Microsoft Dynamics product, which can be used as a starting point for building a customized site.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Contoso Image Files for Sitecore Reference Storefront

Image files for Sitecore Reference Storefront Powered by Microsoft Dynamics in a Sitecore Update package.

By the Sitecore update package installer.

Development Kits

 

 

Commerce Server SDK

A number of Commerce Server code samples for working with BizTalk Adapters, developing Commerce Server Pipelines (*.pcf files), extending the Order System, and creating a catalog xml file.

By a .zip file with solution to create custom service.

Desktop Business Tools SDK

Source code and documentation to enable customizing the Desktop Business Tools.

By a .zip file with solution to create custom service.

Connect DynamicsRetail SDK

Development kit pertaining to the DynamicsIntegration Connect package.

By a .zip file with solution to create custom service.

DataExchange Commerce SDK

Development kit pertaining to the DataExchange Providers DynamicsRetail package.

By a .zip file with solution to create custom service.

Transaction Service SDK

Development kit pertaining to the DynamicsIntegration TransactionService package.

By a .zip file with solution to create custom service.

Ecommerce SDK

Development kit comprising a redistribution of the Microsoft Retail SDK, plus the Sitecore multi-channel functionality extensions.

By a .zip file with solution to create custom service.

Translations

 

 

Commerce Server (de-DE)

A complete German version of the Commerce Server.

By a .zip file with installer.

Desktop Business Tools (de-DE)

A complete German version of the Desktop Business Tools.

By a part of the Commerce Server installer, or own installer.

BizTalk Adapters (de-DE)

A complete German version of the BizTalk Adapters.

By a part of the Commerce Server installer, or own installer.

DynamicsIntegration Connect de-DE

German translations XML file for the DynamicsIntegration Connect packages.

By .xml file.

DataExchange Core de-DE

German translations XML file for the DataExchange Core package.

By .xml file.

DataExchange Providers DynamicsRetail de-DE

German (de-DE) translations XML file for the DataExchange Providers DynamicsRetail package.

By .xml file.