Opencart on Windows 2008 OS

[quikshop]

I'm quickly approaching the moment when I need to decide on the Ecommerce platform for a new venture. I have a dedicated server running Windows 2008 OS and a SQL Server 2008 dbase.

1. Are there any issues installing Opencart on a Microsoft OS?

2. Can I use a SQL Server dbase with Opencart?

3. In this environment how easy is it to run multiple shop fronts from a single Opencart installation?

 

[antropy]

1. Are there any issues installing Opencart on a Microsoft OS?

I haven't done it but I don't see why it wouldn't work in a WAMP environment.

2. Can I use a SQL Server dbase with Opencart?

"If you try to use "system\database\mmsql.php", you'll get many errors, because the differences between MySQL and SQL"
http://forum.opencart.com/viewtopic.php?t=19807

3. In this environment how easy is it to run multiple shop fronts from a single Opencart installation?

Very easy, set up the domains and click a few buttons.

BUT ... why?!

Surely it would be better to run it on a Linux server?

 

[WebDesires]

We used to use a development WAMP server for developing all our Opencart sites before moving them a Linux server for a live environment. We didn't really experience any major issues when working like this. But we have now moved our development to a Linux server too.

We do offer Opencart hosting and we are Opencart specialists. https://webdesires.co.uk/website-hosting/opencart/

This is a page for one of our servers. We do have other servers including one in the US and two servers in the UK. This is the cheapest of the servers so if you want something more powerful if you have a particularly large and demanding site then we can also talk about that.

p.s. All our servers are now Linux and are managed by ourselves and boast excellent up-time and speeds.

 

[quikshop]

Surely it would be better to run it on a Linux server?

I have a dedicated box running Windows 2008 server that supports other business websites, hence my question. I don't really want to go down the route of using another hosting service for this business.

 

[Ecommerce Web Design]

You can run it on a windows server, but you must have the correct php libraries and run it on mysql. There are other database connectors you can use for other databases.

Here is a good article on how to do this.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16558056/how-to-connect-opencart-with-mssql-server

We run everything on LAMP boxes and we find this is excellent. It might be the oppertunity to spin up an amazon instance running on an SSD. Your customers will love its speed.