Creating phpBB forums in the cloud in minutes

Creating your own forums based on the popular phpBB engine has become even easier and more accessible. In the gallery of ready-made templates for the Windows Azure Web Sites cloud service (available for free for 10 sites), the phpBB forum template has appeared. This makes it possible in a few clicks to expand the forum and scale it in the cloud.

To create your own forum, follow these simple steps.
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Step one. Register online at http://windowsazure.com/ru-ru/ and get 90-day free access to the cloud platform. Request access to the new platform features at https://account.windowsazure.com/PreviewFeatures .

Step two. Go to the Windows Azure administration panel at http://manage.windowsazure.com/ and use the wizard to create a new site based on the Web Sites service. In the gallery of ready-made templates, select the phpBB forum.





Configure all the parameters of your service, specify passwords. In a few minutes you will get a ready-to-use cloud forum. Customize the service, monitor consumption statistics, scale it using the convenient administration panel.



Step three. Go to the forum address, configure it and start using it.



Enjoy working with your forum in Windows Azure!