Presentation from my session "Sitecore Experience Commerce 9 Update 2 New Features" presented during SUGTourEU on first meetup of SUG Czechia & Slovakia in Prague on 30th October 2018

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Peter Prochazka / @chorpo / tothecore.sk
30th October 2018
Sitecore Experience Commerce 9 Update 2

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• History
• SXC 9 Update 2 New features
• Demo
• Where to go from here?
Agenda

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Peter Prochazka
• Sitecore Solutions Architect at Accenture / Avanade
• Experienced in Sitecore for 5 years, ASP.NET for 10+ years
• Sitecore Certified Developer (3x)
• Sitecore Experience Commerce 9.0 Certified
• https://tothecore.sk/
• @chorpo
Quick Introduction

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1996 - Microsoft Merchant Server 1.0
1997 - Microsoft Site Server 2.0
1998 - Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition
2000 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
2002 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2002
2004 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 FP1
2007 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2007
2009 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2009
2011 - Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 R2
2012 - Ascentium Commerce Server 10
History – Pre Sitecore Era Commerce Server

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2014 - Sitecore Commerce Server 11 (Sitecore 7.5)
2015 - Sitecore Commerce Server 11.2 (Sitecore 8.0)
2016 - Sitecore Commerce Server 11.3 (Sitecore 8.1)
2017 - Sitecore Commerce Server 11.4 (Sitecore 8.2)
2017 - Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1 / Sitecore Commerce Server 11.4 (Sitecore 8.2)
2018 - Sitecore Experience Commerce 9
History – Sitecore Commerce (Server)

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• Sitecore Commerce is dead, long live Sitecore Experience Commerce
• Goodbye Commerce Server
• Goodbye Commerce Server Business Applications
• Welcome new UI
• Welcome Flexibility and Extensibility
• Prepared for PaaS
• Installation by SIF
Sitecore Commerce 9 Initial Release Breaking Changes

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• Bug fix release
Sitecore Commerce 9 Update 1

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• Entity Composer
• Versioning
• Workflow
• Security Roles
• Reporting
• Changes in Information Architecture
Sitecore Commerce 9 Update 2 New Features

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DEMO

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• Rob Earlam
• Entity Composer in Commerce 9 Update 2
• Versioning in Commerce 9 Update 2
• Workflow in Commerce 9 Update 2
• Security Roles in Commerce 9 Update 2
• Reporting in Commerce 9 Update 2
• Christian Hahn
• Sitecore XC 9.0.2 – What has been changed?
• Sitecore XC 9.0.2 – Walkthrough of extending product definitions with custom fields
• Sitecore XC 9.0.2 – Walkthrough of versioning, workflows and publishment of
commerce content
• Sitecore XC 9.0.2 – How to retrieve Composer generated Templates within Sitecore Engine
• Sitecore XC 9.0.2 – Commerce Policies, Environments and Roles behind the scenes
Where to go from here? (SXC 9 Update 2)

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• Starting development with Sitecore Commerce 9 or searching for learning resources?
• Check my Sitecore Stack Exchange Question & Answer
• My blog posts:
• https://tothecore.sk/2018/06/22/sitecore-9-update-2-sitecore-9-0-2-installation
• https://tothecore.sk/2018/07/25/setting-up-development-environment-with-postman-and-
sitecore-experience-commerce-sxc-9
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxRCsBDIbxU (Made by Akshay Sura)
• https://tothecore.sk/tag/sitecore-commerce/
• Master Sitecore Youtube channels:
• Sitecore Experience Commerce Deep Dive
• Sitecore Experience Commerce
• Sitecore Documentation:
• https://doc.sitecore.net/sitecore_commerce
Where to go from here? (SXC 9 General)

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https://tothecore.sk/
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https://linkedin.com/in/chorpo
Peter Prochazka
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https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/

13. Thank you 

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