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
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
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
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 past year I have write a few how to whitepapers on implementing the open source product Moodle onto Microsoft Technologies. In recent months Moodle 2 has been released and a new whitepapers is now available on how to install the product on: Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 IIS 7.5 … Continue reading Install Moodle 2 on Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server 2008 R2 and IIS