Resources: Migrating from PHP on Linux to PHP on Windows

In this post, we will walk through the checklist of resources to migrate your applications from PHP to Windows. 

Migrating your PHP Applications to Windows

1. Install PHP. Install PHP on Windows
2. Engage in discussions about PHP on IIS in the PHP general Q&A forum
3. Migrate Web Server. Execute the steps to Migrate from Apache to IISand review the How to migrate to Windows guide as well as view the  Linux-Apache-MySQL PHP Migration webcasts
4. Migrate database.Migrate MySQL to SQL Server 2008and review the  SQL Server Driver for PHP Documentation
5. Performance tune. Build high performance PHP on Windows applications with Zend and boost performance with FastCGI on II6and FastCGI on IIS7. Very helpful to walk through the hands on lab for tuning and speeding up your PHP application
6. Download web applications from the web application gallery – this includes the most popular PHP applications. The most popular are DotNetNuke and the photo Gallery

DotNetNuke® Community Edition

DotNetNuke® is the leading open source framework for building websites and web applications on Microsoft ASP.NET. Through an intuitive, menu-driven interface, even non-technical users can use DotNetNuke to easily create powerful websites or extend the functionality and features of existing web applications. More information

Gallery

A slick, intuitive web based photo gallery. Gallery is easy to install, configure and use. Gallery photo management includes automatic thumbnails, resizing, rotation, and more. Authenticated users and privileged albums make this great for communities. More information