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Mark BrownWeb Platform Teammark.brown@microsoft.com @markjbrownd.o: markjbrown

But first….

Let’s talk about PHP

on Windows…

A look back to 2006• PHP 4.4, 5.0 • IIS 6

• PHP on Windows+IIS• Running on CGI– Stable but Slow

• Running on ISAPI– Fast but unstable

FAST-CGI PHP• Production PHP on Windows!!!• Requests from app pool• Automatic max app pool sizing• Auto recycling PHP pool when

php.ini changes• Consolidate PHP errors in IIS

IIS 7• Nearly ground up Rewrite• New modular architecture• Default minimum installation• Streamlined processing pipeline• New XML-based web.config

URL REWRITE

• Required for many Web CMS’s• Rules-based, text file or database• Reg-Ex & wildcard matching• Rewrite:– Outbound URL’s– Request headers and Server variables– HTTP Response– Inside specific html tags in response

• Import Apache mod_rewrite

WINCACHE• PHP Cache for Windows– Opcode Cache– File Cache– Resolve File Path Cache– Session Cache – User Data Cache

• WinCache Statistics Script

• Open source on PECL

PHP 5.3

• Total rebuild from source• Feature & security parity• Rewrote the build system• Native Win32 instead of POSIX• Latest compiler VC9• Many other optimizations

• Use NTS version for IIS

PHP Manager

• Register multiple PHP versions

• Easy checking of phpinfo()• Configure error reporting• Manage php.ini directives• Manage all PHP extensions• Remote PHP administration

SQL Server

• PHP Driver for SQL Server 2.0• Support for native PHP• Support for PDO• Support for PHP 5.3

• Source released under Apache 2.0

• Drupal 7 will be first major PHP app with SQL Server support

PHP INTEROPERABILITY

• Windows Azure Companion (CTP)– Install & configure PHP & web apps

• Azure Tools for Eclipse/PHP– Build for the cloud on PHP

• Azure Cmd Line Tools for PHP– Cmd line package & deploy to Azure

• Windows Azure SDK for PHP – Extend with blobs, tables and queues

• Currently working on getting Drupal to work great on Windows Azure

DRUPAL & MICROSOFT

• Web App Gallery– Easiest way to install– Zip + Manifest– Packages built and

tested for Windows+IIS

– Detects/Installs dependencies

DRUPAL & MICROSOFT

• Drupal QA Team• Certify for Drupal– Windows– IIS– MySQL

• Participating on drupal.org forums

DRUPAL & MICROSOFT

• Drupal 7 will ship with web.config

• Drupal 7 with MSSQL• SQL_PDO Driver• Drupal Module for SQL

• Now available!!!

DRUPAL & MICROSOFT

• DaNGO • Drupal and NGO’s– Windows Messenger– Bing Geocode– Activity Dashboard– Fundraising– eNewsletter*

• Install Profile

MICROSOFT WEBMATRIXIntroducing…

WHAT ELSE?

DRUPAL & WEBMATRIX

• Create a new Drupal site• Web Application Gallery– Acquia Drupal 6– Drupal 7

• Create from Folder– Drupal install profile

DRUPAL & WEBMATRIX

• Customize and Test– Light-weight editor• HTML, PHP, CSS

– Easily add modules– MySQL Database editor – Monitor HTTP Requests– Tune and optimize for

Search Engines

DRUPAL & WEBMATRIX

• Publish to the Web– FTP– Web Deploy

• Includes Database

– Pull - Synchronize• Web Hosting Gallery– Great deals on hosting– Drupal on Windows + IIS – PHP and MySQL

LEARN MORE…

• PHP on Windows– microsoft.com/web/php

• Web Matrix Download– microsoft.com/web/webmatrix

• Drupal on Windows– microsoft.com/web/drupal

QUESTIONS?Thank You

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