As an alternative to various software necessary to deploy PHP applications on Windows, Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Web PI 2.0) is a free tool that allows you to automatically download many products in the same time, like IIS, SQL Server Express, .NET Framework, Visual Web Developer, as well as the latest community version of PHP for Windows. Therefore, the user can easily develop and hosting PHP applications on IIS 7.0 with specific components provided through Web PI 2.0.

Practically, you will be able to install Blogs, Media Galleries, Content Management Systems or Wikis. Web applications as ResourceBlender.NET, mojoPortal, WordPress, Umbraco or BlogEngine.NET can be rapidly installed only with a few mouse clicks.

According to the official product description, the applications included into Web PI 2.0 are always updated: “Using an XML-based manifest of available products and technologies updated automatically when Web PI is run, Web PI ensures that each time the tool starts it will offer the most current components and the latest versions of each technology. Check back regularly with the Web PI and you can see the latest products on the “New” tab.”

Web Platform Installer 2.0 is compatible wih Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP2+, Windows Server 2003 SP1+, Windows Server 2008 operating systems and the installer has only 1 MB in size.

Web Platform Installer 2.0 (beta version) is available for free download on the official website.

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