# Asterisk on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Asterisk Support\ **Created:** [October 30, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-on-windows/2156 "2005-10-30T23:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anonymoususerindenve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@anonymoususerindenve](https://community.asterisk.org/u/anonymoususerindenve)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-on-windows/2156/1 "2005-10-30T23:15:12Z")
Has anyone done an Asterisk implementation on Window, and if you have, could you either point me to documentation on how to do it? ---
**Author:** ![rightbrain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/rightbrain/32/511_2.png) [@rightbrain](https://community.asterisk.org/u/rightbrain)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-on-windows/2156/2 "2005-10-31T01:08:10Z")
[asteriskwin32.com](http://asteriskwin32.com) All the user-friendliness of Asterisk on the stability of Windows. 😉 IIRC, it doesn’t support anything but VoIP either. ---
**Author:** ![jsgoecke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/jsgoecke/32/585_2.png) [@jsgoecke](https://community.asterisk.org/u/jsgoecke)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-on-windows/2156/3 "2005-10-31T07:25:21Z")
This is a toy, I would never try to run anything in production on this. ---
**Author:** ![davewilliamson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@davewilliamson](https://community.asterisk.org/u/davewilliamson)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-on-windows/2156/4 "2005-11-01T16:53:14Z")
For testing purposes, I have used \* on Fedora core 4 (Linux) running under VMWare on Win XP. It is great for development, as you can setup muliple (Virtual) \* boxes on a single system, and even setup virtual networks (including limiting bandwidth and implimenting packet loss). The real bonus for this is, you can use VMWare GSX (about $1500) or VMWare workstation (about $200) - (Both for Windows and/or Linux) and lift your virtual machine off your dev device, and install it straight into production. This is a real bonus for pre-production testing, and fault finding for customers. The nice thing about VMWare is that there are NO hardware dependant drivers for the OS, so a Linux/Asterisk image you built under a Windows/VMWare dev, will move straight over to a Linux/VMWare prod. This certainly works well for VoIP only solutions, I have not tested it with any hardlines - drivers could be an issue here ! Cheers Dave ---
**Author:** ![jpatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e36b37/32.png) [@jpatten](https://community.asterisk.org/u/jpatten)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 9:19am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-on-windows/2156/5 "2005-11-02T09:19:19Z")
[quote=“davewilliamson”]The real bonus for this is, you can use VMWare GSX (about $1500) or VMWare workstation (about $200) - (Both for Windows and/or Linux) and lift your virtual machine off your dev device, and install it straight into production. The nice thing about VMWare is that there are NO hardware dependant drivers for the OS, so a Linux/Asterisk image you built under a Windows/VMWare dev, will move straight over to a Linux/VMWare prod. [/quote] Hi Dave, I’m thinking of buying VMWare GSX, but I’m not sure is it right for me. Is there any way I can test it before I buy it? ---
**Author:** ![Cybertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Cybertoy](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Cybertoy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-on-windows/2156/6 "2005-11-02T20:45:30Z")
you can download a free vmware player now so if you can get someone to create a vmware linux virtual machine for you then you can try it out to see if it’s the right thing for you.