In January 2013 Microsoft introduced new ODBC drivers for SQL Server in version 11. "Microsoft is adopting ODBC as the de-facto standard for native access to SQL Server and Windows Azure SQL Database, ...

It even includes a Web Gallery that lets you install popular PHP apps such as WordPress (see Ruslan Yakushev's tutorial). Doing so installs and configures PHP and the MySQL database. I chose to ...

My boss, having created a sophisticated MySQL and PHP-driven black diamond web site in PHP was enthused about the prospects of further web development with PHP. He suggested trying to get PHP on a ...