Over the past few weeks Microsoft have released the code to implement Moodle and Moodle 2 on Windows Azure saving you the cost of hardware, redundancy and data protection. Using Windows Azure to host the website and SQL Azure for the database you now have another reason to move to the cloud and keep saving … Continue reading Host Moodle 2 in Windows Azure
We are very pleased to see the eBook being sold and schools and businesses getting back to us about their experiences during and after implementing Moodle in their Microsoft environment. Gavin Henrick is a solutions consultant based out of Dublin, Ireland who works with assisting organisations to implement a range of open source products such … Continue reading Moodle 2.0 Microsoft Technologies eBook review by Gavin Henrick
During the first 6 chapters we have looked at implementing Moodle 2.0 with Microsoft technologies such as Windows Server, SQL Server and Active Directory but having implementing all of these we can increase the user experience by configuring single sign on. As Kerberos was implemented in chapter 6 which will allow securer authentication but now … Continue reading Chapter 7: Configuring Single Sign On in Moodle 2.0
Kerberos was developed by MIT in the 80s to help with network security in a large network and has been used since Windows Server 2000 to increase security for users logging onto their domain computer. By using this ticketing solution your authentication is securer than basic or NTLM keeping your Moodle users securer from network … Continue reading Chapter 6: Configuring Moodle 2.0 with Kerberos Authentication
Configuring Moodle with Active Directory can be very simple but it is important that it is also done to best practice with tight security. During chapter 4 we discuss how to connect Moodle to Active Directory with a dedicated user that you have created and given delegated rights to. This user only has permission to … Continue reading Chapter 4 & 5: Configuring Moodle 2.0 with Active Directory and LDAP Attributes
Moodle 2.0 like most applications has a email services that can email course updates and password resets but one of the ways you can register with Moodle for a course is using email authentication but this must be configured first. This involves a SMTP relay server which Moodle users to send any mail. You may … Continue reading Chapter 3: Configure Moodle 2.0 to use Microsoft Exchange
Some of the great tools that have come out of Microsoft include the ability to have your environment running in a highly available farm. These can be achieved with hardware and software and Microsoft provide these functions using Load Balancing or services and clustering. In chapter 2 of the ebook we look at why you … Continue reading Chapter 2: Implementing Moodle 2.0 on Microsoft Load Balancing Technologies
Chapter 1 of the Moodle 2.0 in Microsoft Technologies book discusses why you might want to consider using Microsoft technologies instead of Linux, Apache and MySQL. Further into this chapter you are guided through the implementation of installing Moodle 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 using PHP for Windows, IIS and SQL Server Express Edition. … Continue reading Chapter 1: Install Moodle 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server Express and IIS
Over the course of the summer, Alex Pearce the Managing Director of BFC Networks has been writing a downloadable eBook based on Moodle 2.0 with Microsoft technologies. This book has specially been designed and written for technical staff who are looking at using Moodle 2.0 and wish to implement and integrate the website with Microsoft … Continue reading BFC Networks release first eBook on Moodle 2.0
A month or two ago I thought about all the content there is currently available on the internet regarding Moodle 2.0 and Microsoft technologies. There this isn’t very much so I’ve spent the last month or two writing and writing and writing putting together an ebook together looking at 7 different areas. The book is … Continue reading eBook:Moodle 2.0 with Microsoft Technologies