The Microsoft Commerce Server team has announced that the Release Candidate of Commerce Server 2007 is available. This will be the new name of Microsoft Commerce Server 2006 beta. So check it out! :)

The following notes are released:

• Note that with this Release Candidate, a name change to Commerce Server 2006 to Commerce Server 2007 has been implemented. Microsoft decided to rename Commerce Server to 2007 to be more in sync with the Office 2007, Exchange 2007 and Windows Vista wave of product releases and our general branding guidelines.  This is a name change only and does not affect any features, support, or anything else.

• The CS2007 RC contains the English-only, Enterprise Edition for x86 and x64 platforms; other languages and editions will be available at RTM

• The CS2007 RC will expire on September 30^th, 2006

• The CS2007 RC is for testing purposes only, and is not supported by Microsoft in production environments except for authorized TAP customers

• This release does not include an updated Starter Site, that will be available in the RTM timeframe