Components of a Dynamics Ecommerce Solution

The Situation Today for Many Organizations Retail Headquarters Financials Warehouse Management Stores Consumers Web Online Channel Management

Microsoft Dynamics for E-Commerce

Business Organizations e.g., Retailer Online Consumer Dynamics SharePoint Product Catalog Published to SharePoint Customer Interacts with Online Store Order Returned to Dynamics Dynamics CRT Services (Pricing, Sales Tax, Shipping) Order Fulfilled from Dynamics Microsoft Dynamics & SharePoint - Integrated E-Commerce Solution

Attributes framework Ability to define engaging enrichment experience via user-definable attributes Centralized category management Centrally manage category hierarchies for various scenarios

SHAREPOINT 2013 Server (Product Catalog Site) Term Store Navigation and categorization structure of a site Site Columns Define the attributes of a product catalog Content Types Create relationships between site columns List items A flattened representation of products and variants Search Properties Attribute refinement, indexing and query rules This is about the displayable content SHAREPOINT 2013 Server (Publishing Site) Page Layouts Controls look & feel, content based on associated content type Content Search Web Parts Functional “apps” that can be deployed on pages Display Templates Control layout and behavior of results and layout of each result Site Collections Primary and micro site “containers” This is about how its presented Master Pages Define the shared framing elements for all pages DYNAMICS FOR ECOMMERCE (Commerce entities) Navigation Hierarchy Defines the hierarchy of categories Product attributes Define a customizable product attribute schema Product catalog A collection of catalog products and variants Products & Variants A collection of products and variants Attribute metadata Refinable, queryable, sortable and searchable This is about the business content

Presentation (POS/Online Store..) Service Interface 3P Ext. 3P Ext. AX for Retail 3P Ext. 3P Ext

Customer registration Ability for a new customer to register or checkout as a guest Customer authentication Ability for the customer to be authenticated using Windows, Forms, Facebook or other custom schemes.

Prebuilt Virtual Machines Fully functional VM’s of AX, CRT, SP and “starter” online store to support demos and sales presentations Lightweight On Premise Deployment Simple deployment of online store and CRT to an existing AX and SP instance to support demos and training Developer Kit Deployment by an ISV of all parts and code for customization, further development and repackaging Pre-Live Deployment Deployment of a customized online store and CRT as a precursor to going into production Production Deployment Deployment of online store and CRT for production “go live” use

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