Join Developer Evangelist Chris Koenig for a guided tour of running PHP on Windows. In this talk Chris will explore enhancements to the Windows environment for installing, configuration and running PHP applications as well as explore some of the tools available on the Microsoft platform to the PHP developer.

• Overview of PHP on Windows

* Target towards making Windows the best place to run PHP applications
* DEMO: Tour IIS Management tools, discuss extensibility
* DEMO: Show web.config management of IIS on a per-web site basis

• Web Platform Installer

* Automatically download and install necessary components to run applications, including PHP applications
* Includes most dependencies (Doesn’t auto-install MySQL)
* Not all applications are represented today, but there is a process to get your apps/distros listed
* DEMO: Download and Install Drupal with all dependencies

• URL Rewrite vs. .htaccess

* DEMO: Show settings in Web.Config that mirror .htaccess

• Custom php.ini per web site

* DEMO: Show configuration changes needed to run custom php.ini

• VS.PHP and Expression Web

* 3rd party tooling for doing PHP development on Windows
* DEMO: Tour environment, including debugging, CSS management, etc.

Chris Koenig is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, based in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining Microsoft in March of 2007, Chris worked as a Senior Architect for The Capital Group in San Antonio, and as an Architect for the global solution provider Avanade. As a consultant, Chris worked with a variety of clients from many vertical markets, ISVs and other solution providers on enterprise-class Windows and web-based applications. Today, Chris focuses on building, growing, and enhancing the developer communities in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. You can contact Chris through his blog at blogs.msdn.com/chkoenig, via email at chris.koenig@microsoft.com, or via Windows Live Messenger at chris@koenigweb.com.

About DrupalCamp Dallas

DrupalCamp Dallas is a two day event for Drupal developers, users, and those who are curious about the open source platform. Admission for the event is $30 and users can register on the website, drupalcampdallas.org. Admission to the camp will cover all sessions, food at the event, and a free DrupalCamp Dallas t-shirt. For more information about the camp, visit drupalcampdallas.org or call 214.887.8586.

Sponsors include Improving Enterprises, Firehost, Acquia, Volacci, Rocket Genius, Open Circle, CMS Website Services, Koine Media, LevelTen Interactive, and Tarakan Design.

DrupalCamp Dallas is organized by a team of local Drupal users and agency owners: Lee Raney, Jennifer Conley, Colin Alsheimer, Tom McCracken, David Hahn, Randall Knutson, Dustin Currie and Mark Sonnabaum.

About Drupal

Drupal is a popular content management system that blends web content management and social media capabilities with an enormous library of custom extensions. The Drupal framework and supported extensions are all backed by a large network of professional developers and hobbyists. Using the Drupal framework, companies and individuals can easily create engaging, socially interactive websites.