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September 12, 2011

Chapter 1: Install Moodle 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server Express and IIS

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

August 12, 2011

eBook:Moodle 2.0 with Microsoft Technologies

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

March 7, 2011

Install Moodle 2 on Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server 2008 R2 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

June 6, 2010

Changes to WhitePaper: Moodle x64 PHP download

Since I publish the whitepapers on how to install Moodle on a Windows environment, to date (6th June 2010) they have been downloaded over 850 times. I certainly hope you have found they very useful. Over the next week I’ll be publish a 3rd Moodle whitepaper entitled ‘Implementing Moodle on a Windows High Availability Environment’ … Continue reading Changes to WhitePaper: Moodle x64 PHP download

April 12, 2010

Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, SQL, IIS

Its been a few weeks since I released my first whitepaper on how to implement Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86, SQL Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 (click here to download and click here to view blog post) and I have very pleased with the number of downloads it has already. Today I’m releasing my … Continue reading Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, SQL, IIS

March 29, 2010

Installing Moodle on Windows Server, SQL, IIS

Like me you might find implementing Moodle on a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) a little tricky and I personally want it on Windows Server, SQL Server and IIS. A Windows System can scale differently to anything like MySQL and you can manage it in a high availability environment with Microsoft SQL Clustering and … Continue reading Installing Moodle on Windows Server, SQL, IIS