Comments on: Server Core supports IIS7 in the Windows Server 2008 June CTP-Does it make sense?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:42:14 +0000

Bill, I use Windows, of course, but I am not a PHP developer I think most professional PHP apps were developed for LAMP environments. Did you ever post a question about a popular CMS in a user forum and get a question like this as reply: “Do you run it under Windows or Linux?�? In theory it shouldn’t matter, but praxis shows that it makes a difference. It is like with HTML and different web browsers.

By: Bill Staples

Bill Staples — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:51:48 +0000

Actually, PHP provides a great abstraction layer for applications and with IIS7 fastCGI runs just as fast and reliably on Windows as it does on Linux/Apache. In my experience most apps built on Linux/apache runs without changes on Windows/IIS7.

But for sake of argument, let’s agree that it doesn’t make sense to move applications build on LAMP to Windows/Server core. The issue becomes a chicken and egg problem. Regardless of which came first, the point is that developers can now build applications on Windows/IIS7 using PHP and MySQL and deploy them on the same platform as well. My bet is there are more PHP developers out there using Windows as a development environment than there are developers running Linux on their workstation. Do you run Windows on your PC?

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By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:20:05 +0000

Lukas, you’re certainly right. I really wonder why MS didn’t think of this in the first place. In the Linux world the admin decides which features are necessary to run a server. If you don’t need a GUI or a web application framework, then you don’t have to install it. Server Core is a move in the right direction, but MS still needs some time to catch up with Linux in this field.

Bill, I think it doesn’t make much sense to run PHP apps on a Windows machine, in my view. Usually they were developed in a LAMP environment. Every time something doesn’t work properly, you wonder if Windows is the reason.

By: Bill Staples

Bill Staples — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:04:41 +0000

With the introduction of fastCGI in IIS7, PHP runs great on IIS7, including server core. Check it out sometime. The download is free – what do you have to lose?

By: Lukas Beeler

Lukas Beeler — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:56:20 +0000

Agreed – IIS 7 on Server Core without .NET seems to pretty sparse.

But if .NET is going to be available on Server Core, this offers several new possibilites: PowerShell, and Exchange 2007.

Server Core + Exchange 2007 Edge Role seems like a good idea for a DMZ machine.