September 2006 Archive on BillS IIS Blog

How to install PHP on IIS

*Updated Recommendations - Please read the following instructions for running PHP fast and reliably* The FASTEST and EASIEST way to install PHP on IIS is using Microsoft’s Web Platform installer.  It completely automates setting up IIS, FastCGI and...

IIS7 - Vista vs. Longhorn Server

I'm often asked the question: if IIS7 is shipping in Vista, why isn't it also available on a Server OS? After all, what good is it to have IIS7 only on Vista right now, when I can't actually deploy anything on Vista? From the looks of Scott's recent blog...

Useful IIS7 Scripts from the Community

Steve Schofield has been blogging up a storm about IIS7, ever since he deployed www.iislogs.com on IIS7 beta 2. If you're interested in finding out more about his experience running a real web site on IIS7, or want to find some useful scripts to provision...

Using Visual Web Developer with IIS7

I've been using the free version of Visual Studio for web development - Visual Web Developer Express Edition - for a while now and I really like it. In my opinion it is leagues ahead of previous Visual Studio releases targeted at Web development. I still...

IIS7 RC1 out the door

You may be wondering what I've been doing since the last set of blog posts, which went out shortly after Vista Beta 2 shipped. Although I'm sure it hasn't kept you up at night, let me reassure you, we've been very, very busy. :) With RC1 available for...

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