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SQL Server 2008 License Pricing

Mike — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:38 +0000

A common question is the monthly cost of Licensing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and what the differences are between the versions. Below are the costs based on Microsoft’s Monthly SPLA Pricing Terms when you have a dedicated Virtual Private Server (VPS), Dedicated Server, or Managed Server in our Datacenter. This chart is a very high level overview on the pricing, CPU and Memory utilization of the different SQL Server versions and does not take into effect all of the different features included.

	Pricing	CPU	Max RAM	DB Size
Microsoft SQL Express	Free	1 CPU	1 GB	4 GB
Microsoft SQL 2008 Web	$20/mo	4 CPU	None	None
Microsoft SQL 2008 Workgroup	$55/mo	2 CPU	4 GB	None
Microsoft SQL 2008 Standard	$220/mo	4 CPU	None	None

All pricing is per CPU/Anonymous access to the DB, contact us for per seat licensing. The Microsoft pricing is valid for any Dedicated Server or Windows VPS that is hosted in our Datacenter. For a Full Database Comparison by feature of the different SQL 2008 versions see this Microsoft Article.

Windows VPS Cloud Control Panel

Mike — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:44:38 +0000

The FlareHosting.com Windows VPS Control Panel is a newer feature offered to our Windows VPS Customers.

Step 1: To access your Windows VPS Cloud Server go to the Client Area. After you log in, go to “My Services” find the Virtual Private Server Plan and click on the Details Link on the Right.

Step 2: You can now access the Windows VPS Control Panel where you can do the following:

Reboot the Server
Hard Reboot the Server
Start The Server
Shutdown the Server
CPU utilization (Processor Load)
Disk Space Usage
Total Memory Allocation
One Click Server Login using RDP
Monitor Total Uptime
Retrieve the Server User/Password

These Features allow our Windows Server VPS Customers to gain the control over their servers and online services 24-7. This is a current screenshot of a Cloud VPS Server.

To order your own Windows VPS go here.

Microsoft Web Platform installer for adding PHP, MySQL

Mike — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:45:44 +0000

Are you running a Cloud Server, Windows Virtual Server (VPS) , or a Dedicated Web Server, and want to utilize an use to use and install Web App, or Web Application? Microsoft has leveraged the following Web Apps for easy Download/Install on your Web Server:

PHP 5.2.11
MySQL 5.1
URL ReWrite 1.1
SQL Server 2008 Express
Streaming Media Services
Joomla! , SugarCRM, WordPress, Textcube, nopCommerce, Moodle, SilverStripe CMS, DotNetNuke, Umbraco, Drupal, nService. Amplifeeder

It is kind of hard to believe that Microsoft is leveraging all these Open Source tools on thier Platform, like SugarCRM a competing CRM product as well as MySQL. But in my opinion, it is great! Here is a Step by Step Guide on getting your Web Applications up and Running on MySQL/PHP:

1. First Step, go to Microsoft and install the Microsoft Web Platform. The Installation is pretty straight forward and takes under a Minute.

2. Run the Web Platform Installer. You can then Choose Three Catagories: What’s New, Web Platform and Web Applications.

3. Select the Applications you want to Install, such as WordPress on Windows.

4. The installer will require some dependacies for WordPress such as a MySQL Database, PHP 5.2. It will ask for a Database user/password.

5. The installer will then ask for the Web Site Settings for the new web application, and even allow you to add new directories.

6. The Installer will complete with all the applications that were installed on your server. Next, run the WordPress Easy Web Setup and you are up and running.

As an added bonus, there are even additional Database tools and .NET Framework 4. Well that is it, really easy to get PHP Apps up and running fast on Windows Server.