MySQL on Windows

Are you concerned about the new licensing and pricing of Microsoft SQL Server 2012? Try our TCO Calculator to discover how MySQL Enterprise Edition enables you to reduce your database TCO on Windows by up to 96%* over Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition.

Why MySQL on Microsoft Windows?

While MySQL is famously known as the "M" of the popular LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python), Microsoft Windows consistently ranks as the #1 development platform for MySQL users in our surveys.

The popularity of MySQL on Windows can be attributed to the following advantages:

• Lower Total Cost of Ownership
• Broad platform support
• Ease of use and administration
• Reliability
• Performance and scalability
• Integration into the Windows environment
• Fully featured database with no functional limitations

Oracle provides a suite of tools to IT professionals for developing and managing MySQL-based business critical applications on Windows. They include:

MySQL Enterprise Edition: includes the most comprehensive set of advanced features, management tools and technical support to help you achieve the highest levels of MySQL scalability, reliability, security and uptime. MySQL Enterprise Edition reduces the risk, cost and time required in developing, deploying and managing business-critical MySQL applications on Windows.

Learn more about MySQL Enterprise Edition »

MySQL Workbench: a unified visual tool that enables developers, DBAs, and data architects to design, develop and administer MySQL databases. MySQL Workbench provides advanced data modeling, a flexible SQL editor, and comprehensive administrative tools.

Learn more about MySQL Workbench »

MySQL Connector/.NET: enables developers to easily create .NET applications that require secure, high-performance data connectivity with MySQL. It implements the required ADO.NET interfaces and integrates into ADO.NET aware tools.

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MySQL Connector/ODBC: enables developers to connect to a MySQL database using the industry standard Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) API. MySQL Connector ODBC provides both driver-manager based and native interfaces to the MySQL database, with full support for MySQL functionality, including stored procedures, transactions and full unicode compliance.

Download MySQL Connector/ODBC »

MySQL Installer for Windows: It now only takes 3 minutes from downloading the MySQL Installer to having a ready to use MySQL system on your machine! An easy to use wizard based UI will guide you through the installation process. You can select which products you want to have installed on your machine, including the MySQL Database, MySQL Connectors, MySQL Workbench, sample databases and documentation.

Download the MySQL installer for Windows »

Whitepapers

• MySQL on Windows - Why, Where and How
• A Guide for ISVS and OEMs: Migrating From Microsoft Access To MySQL Embedded Server
• A Guide to Securing MySQL Embedded Server on Windows
• A Guide to Migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL Embedded Server
• A Visual Guide to Microsoft Access Front-Ends with MySQL
• A Visual Guide to Installing MySQL Embedded Server on Windows
• A Visual Guide to Importing and Exporting Data Between Microsoft Excel and MySQL
• A Visual Guide to Installing MySQL on Windows
• A Visual Guide to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services and MySQL
• A Guide to MySQL Embedded Server for Microsoft Windows
• A Guide for Migrating From Microsoft Access to MySQL

Interviews

• Oracle TechCast Live: MySQL 5.5 Does Windows
• Podcast: MySQL on Windows

Microsoft Visual Studio Articles

• MySQL Connector/C++: Guide to building a Windows client using Visual Studio
• MySQL Embedded Library (libmysqld): using Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2008
• Creating MySQL UDFs with Microsoft Visual C++ Express

Microsoft Office Articles

• Connecting MS Office, MS Excel, MS Access to MySQL using ODBC

* Estimated savings for 3 year database TCO with MySQL Enterprise Edition vs. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition with the following hardware configuration: 4 Intel x86_64 Servers, with 4 CPUs per Server and 8 Cores per CPU.