Techno Babble

The Microsoft Web Platform provides a framework, web server, database and tools needed to build and run web-sites and applications on Windows.

One of the problems has always been the difficulty in configuring IIS to use tools such as PHP and MySQL so that you can easily use applications such as WordPress. Now, the Web Platform Installer takes care of all the necessary installation(s) and configuration(s) through (almost) a one-click installation process.

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer easy. The Web PI also makes it easy to install and run the most popular free web applications for blogging, content management and more with the built-in Windows Web Application Gallery.

A wealth of information is available from the web-site, check it out at

http://www.microsoft.com/web

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