Course Number: 2260A Released: 02/2001

Delivery Guide
Designing E-Business
Applications with Microsoft
®

.NET Enterprise Servers
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Course Outline .........................................................................................................6

Setup ........................................................................................................................8

Microsoft Certified Professional Program .............................................................10

Facilities.................................................................................................................12

Module 1: E-Business with Microsoft .NET Technologies
Overview..................................................................................................................1

Introducing E-Business............................................................................................2

An N-Tier Architecture for E-Business ...................................................................8

Introducing the .NET Platform ..............................................................................19

Review ...................................................................................................................21

Module 2: Examining E-Business Applications
Overview..................................................................................................................1

Functional Characteristics of B2C Applications......................................................2

Lab 2.1: Examining a .NET B2C Application .........................................................4

Functional Characteristics of B2B Applications......................................................7

Lab 2.2: Examining a .NET B2B Application .......................................................20



Module 5: Managing the Business Logic Layer
Overview..................................................................................................................1

Implementing State in a Shopping Cart ...................................................................2

State vs. Scalability................................................................................................15

Membership and Authentication............................................................................24

Adapting the User’s View of the Site ....................................................................31

iv Designing E-Business Applications with Microsoft® .NET Enterprise Servers Commerce Server 2000 Personalization Tools ..................................................... 36

Lab 5: Using Business Desk ................................................................................. 44

Review .................................................................................................................. 55

Module 6: Transaction Processing on the Business Logic Layer
Overview................................................................................................................. 1

Mechanics of Web-Based Purchasing..................................................................... 2

Using COM+ in E-Commerce .............................................................................. 11

Using Commerce Server 2000 .............................................................................. 17


Overview of BizTalk Server 2000 ........................................................................ 44

Lab 8.2: Creating Business Document Specifications Using BizTalk Editor....... 52

Using BizTalk Server 2000................................................................................... 56

Lab 8.3: Creating Transformation Maps Using BizTalk Mapper ......................... 63

Lab 8.4: Creating Business Document Specifications Using BizTalk
Orchestration Designer ......................................................................................... 77

Review .................................................................................................................. 86

Appendix A: Planning for Microsoft .NET
Overview................................................................................................................. 1

Visual Studio.NET.................................................................................................. 2

Resources on .NET ................................................................................................. 8

Designing E-Business Applications with Microsoft® .NET Enterprise Servers v About This Course
This section provides you with a brief description of the course, audience,
suggested prerequisites, and course objectives.
Description
This course prepares application development architects for the task of
designing Microsoft
®

Identify how .NET Enterprise Servers, Microsoft .NET Framework, and
development tools support e-business applications.
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Design full-featured presentation tiers by using ASP.NET.
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Manage state in business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce applications.
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Plan for an optimal e-commerce transaction processing architecture.
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Plan for an application’s interaction with external applications, particularly
in business-to-business (B2B) scenarios.
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Exchange business data between organizations by using XML and
Microsoft BizTalk
™
Server 2000.