Windows Virtual Stores

If you are looking a ready made solution to deploy a free vitual store, various server side applications are available for all operating systems. Many of e-commerce applications made in PHP (usually with MySQL database support)are free to use and customize. Magento is a new e-commerce application type created with PHP and having a MySQL database as backend. It provides compatibility with Unix operating systems and Windows. In order to easily deploy a virtual store on Windows by using Magento, you will need an Apache web server 1.x or 2.x, PHP 5.2.0 and MySQL 4.1.20 or a later version. You can find useful information in a previous article regarding the installation of Apache, PHP and MySQL with the help of WAMP software.