A hands-on guide to creating and managing Web sites using the Microsoft BackOffice product suite. It explores what electronic commerce is, the role of networking technologies to industry growth, issues of privacy and security, and how to take an existing Web server and create an electronic storefront. Key features include examples of how to use SQL Server, Transaction Server, Internet Information Server and Commerce Server to create a Web site capable of providing content simultaneously to thousands of users, verify contents, and distribute products electronically.