His first stop was . It was modern, fast, and gorgeous. But it was built for Docker, and getting it to play nice with Windows IIS was notoriously difficult. He reluctantly crossed it off.
But he wanted to be sure. He looked at , which was native ASP.NET. While powerful, it was a full CMS, and he only needed a forum. Forum Software For Windows
MS SQL Server was preferred by the board. His first stop was
He spent the next three nights coding custom migration scripts. He had to map the old, messy user tables to the clean, structured XenForo user table. He had to convert old [b] tags to [b] tags. The office was quiet save for the click of his keyboard. He reluctantly crossed it off
He navigated to localhost/install , and the sleek installer appeared. He entered the SQL credentials, and within minutes, the core files were indexed. Phase 3: The Migration Disaster
"This is amazing, Elias!" user AdminBob88 posted."Look at how fast the search works!" wrote OldSchoolGeek .
"It’s time," Elias muttered, staring at the screen. "We need to modernize. And we need to do it on Windows."