Moodle on Windows Server Environment?

Moodle on Windows Server Environment?

by Marc Dastous -
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Good day all;

I am not a server guru, so I'm not sure how to approach this (or if it is even possible).

I am a middle school teacher who has installed Moodle on my personal web site (http://www.gis4u.com/moodle/).  I am using Moodle to teach 7th graders about Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Unfortunately, even with 1 GB of space,  and 65 GB of transfer each month, I foreseen a problem with the amount of data that is being accessed from my site.  My goal would be to "sell" the school district administration on the idea of installing Moodle on a school district server.  The problem, we live in a Windows Server environment.

I had been told in the past, by district MIS personnel, that using a PHP system on the existing server would not be possible.  Is this really the case?  They have lied to me in the past and I want to confirm it with people I trust (the Moodle Community).  If it is possible, could you please share with me the required steps to make it happen?  I need "ammunition" to attack this issue.

Thank you in advance for your input and to all that have made Moodle possible!!

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Re: Moodle on Windows Server Environment?

by Sean Keogh -
As Martin has said, it is technically possible, indeed a lot of moodlers are using the Windows platform. The problem however may be that your MIS people don't *want* to install PHP.

Or of course it might just be technical incompetence smile
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Re: Moodle on Windows Server Environment?

by Marc Dastous -

I vote for technical incompetence wink 

I have experienced SOOOOO many issues with people in the MIS Department that say things "CAN'T" be done.  When in actuality it more like they don't want to do it!!  I believe myself to be an innovator, and I HATE it when someone says something can't be done!! 

There is almost always a way to do something better!! Moodle is a prime example!!

Have a great day!

Marc

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by Sean Keogh -
Well, I come from a background in what traditionally would have been called "MIS" but I've always believed in pushing the envelope wherever possible, rather than staying with a nice warm and fluffy "we've always done it this way" mentality.

Us MIS types are not all the same!  wink

Oxford Beardie
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by koen roggemans -
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Good point Marc

IMHO there are only tree limitations of wat "can be done": knowledge, time and money. goedkeurend

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by koen roggemans -
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I use Easyphp on my laptopcomputer to make the Dutch translation. Installed in no time and runs like a charm.

Since I use a server with Apache (for F-secure) and IIS (for the website) on the same machine, I wouldn't know why it is impossible to put a moodle aside. Go for it.knipoog

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by Richard Watkins -
As others have said, absolutely no reason it can't run on a windows machine. I run Apache on my Windows Server 2000 machine and it happily copes with over 2000 users (around 100 concurrently).
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Re: Moodle on Windows Server Environment?

by Marc Dastous -

Thank you all for your input!! 

I, too, am someone who prefers to push the envelope and was pretty sure this was possible.  I have forwarded Martin's link to one of the few people I trust in MIS (she's the webmaster for the district) to see what she thinks.

I am sure that I will have a fight on my hands.  They are already balking at my distribution of OpenOffice via my school's web site (http://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/lovejoymiddle/).  Another instance where the "we've always done it this way syndrome" is pounding it's fist.

Have an awesome day everyone!!

Marc

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by Rob Hillis -
I had precisely the same reaction from my MIS department when I proposed Moodle for the training intranet.  "No way are we installing PHP and MySQL on our intranet server".

When I proposed an extra server if they felt that way, they didn't want to know about it until (it'll be too expensive) until I suggested a Linux server.  That changed opinions of a second server PDQ.  smile

I'm quite aware that not everyone is cursed with an MIS deparment such as ours.  However, there are ways to get around it.  I now have a server that the call centre can run it's own oddball server applications that MIS don't like.  Moodle runs just fine on a Windows 2000 Server/IIS/PHP/MySQL base.

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