Profile Administration Web Parts

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The Profile Web Parts provide a number of functions to the e-commerce site, including:

  • The ability for an anonymous shopper to create a new account. Account registration includes the capture of mandatory and optional profile information such as:

    • An identifying shopper ID (such as an e-mail address or unique ID)

    • E-mail address (if different than the shopper ID)

    • Name (usually first and last names)

    • Password

  • The ability for a shopper to log in to an existing account. The system will recognize this shopper upon log in, and be able to use specific profile information for various features, such as ordering, marketing, and so on.

  • The ability for a shopper to edit addresses and edit payment methods.

  • The ability to manage multiple billing and shipping addresses associated with one shopper. A shopper can add, remove, and edit addresses. The shopper can select and change default billing and shipping addresses.

  • The ability to store different credit card information for use during the checkout process.

Authentication and current-user context are supplied by SharePoint through the Membership provider. Commerce Server 2009 remains the source for all profile-related information.

Dd328161.alert_caution(en-US,CS.90).gifImportant Note:

We do not recommend using NTLM authentication in the extended zone your shoppers will use because some of the Default site functionality that requires a shopper log in will not function correctly when logging in under NTLM. This includes functions such as registration, profile management, login and logout, to name a few. This occurs because of a synchronization limitation of profile information between the Windows account, Commerce Server 2009, and SharePoint. However, primary browsing, shopping, and checkout functions are not affected.

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