Title: WordPress on Windows SQL Server
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress on Windows SQL Server

 *  Resolved [Angela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelazou/)
 * (@angelazou)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-on-windows-sql-server/)
 * Hi,
 *  I’m working on a site that currently runs on XAMPP on a Mac OS host, and I wish
   to migrate it into a Win2008 server environment using Windows SQL server. I’m
   worried about the export and import process of the database as the two SQL servers
   don’t exactly use the same SQL query. Are there some caveats I should be aware
   of?.
 * Angela

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 *  Thread Starter [Angela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelazou/)
 * (@angelazou)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-on-windows-sql-server/#post-2425801)
 * Well, I found a migration tool (SSMA for mysql) that allows me to migrate a database
   from mysql to sql. However, I’m worried that sql query in plugins and wordpress
   are written in mysql language, and may not be compatible with windows sql server.
   Should I worry about that?
 * Angela
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-on-windows-sql-server/#post-2425807)
 * > Should I worry about that?
 * Nothing to worry about exactly, if it’s MS SQL server then it won’t work. WordPress
   requires MySQL 5.0 or later not MS SQL. Different animal.
 * [http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
 * I’ve never tried it but you can run MySQL on a Windows Server though.
 * [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/windows-installation.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/windows-installation.html)

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-on-windows-sql-server/#post-2425807)
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