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Windows Cache Extension for PHP (aka, “WinCache”) 1.0 General Availability Today
Today we announce the general availability of the Windows Cache Extension for PHP 1.0 (affectionately known as “WinCache”), which is an open source built-for-Windows caching extension to the PHP engine. You can view, contribute and download the source code for WinCache at the PHP repository for extensions (http://pecl.php.net/package/WinCache), where we have joined other Linux-based PHP caches.
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IIS SEO Toolkit 1.0 Final Release Available Today
Today, IIS launched the IIS SEO Toolkit 1.0, a free, fully supported extension to IIS7 that makes it easy for you to build and maintain Web sites optimized for search engines and site quality. In a world where thousands of new Web sites appear on the Internet every month, it is more important than ever to provide a Web destination that is easily discoverable by search engines. Users have a tremendous amount of choice on Web sites today, and poor site quality, like slow response time and broken links, will end up costing you site visitors and visits. Developers and site administrators can download the IIS SEO Toolkit today using Web Platform Installer or directly from the Microsoft Download Center, and start optimizing any Web sites on Windows (ASP.NET, HTML, ASP, or PHP).
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Download a powerful load balancer and caching solution free on Windows Server 2008 or later with Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0
I am very pleased to announce the final release of Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0, which provides a powerful load balancer and caching solution for free download onto Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. As with all the IIS Web server extensions, ARR is built by the same engineering team that brings you the IIS Web server, fully supported by Microsoft Customer Support, and will soon be localized in French, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Spanish, German, and Japanese.
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How You Can Use IIS7 as Web Front End to Java App Servers
Ask many server administrators if Microsoft’s IIS Web server can be used with Java servers, and you will probably hear a quick “No way!” with an optional sniff or chuckle, depending on your server preference. Starting with Windows Server 2008 and later, you can set up IIS7 as the Web serving tier in a three-tier deployment to IIS or Java servers on the backend.
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General availability of Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2, with IIS 7.5
As of today, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is generally available for purchase. This latest release of the Windows operating system contains IIS 7.5, which provides a set of enhancements and new functionality on top of the IIS 7 Web server platform.
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New IIS Web Extensions for Web Site Developers and Web Server Administrators
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8 New Free ASP.NET and PHP Open Source Apps in the Web App Gallery
It's been four months since we launched the Windows Web Application Gallery, and we've been adding apps to the Gallery steadily. Today saw the arrival of SugarCRM Community Edition (CE), a free customer relationship management PHP open source application with a vibrant community. SugarCRM CE joins seven ASP.NET apps that have been added to the App Gallery, with a healthy pipeline of ASP.NET and PHP open source apps in the proces of review and approval.
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Contributions to the PHP Engine
I am always amazed at the passion and energy that open source contributors put into what is often their “night job” after whatever they do to pay the bills. It is that passion that has driven a vibrant community of PHP open source applications that ranges from on-line learning to shopping carts. Those PHP applications are in turn driving the development of Web sites all over the world.
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Real World IIS Videocasts for Community ASP.NET and PHP Application Packaging and Deployment
I just wrapped up a series of videocasts that target developers and users who want to experience a simplified deployment experience for apps and the Web stack on Windows, focusing particularly on ASP.NET and PHP open source community applications.
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Real World IIS: Adding Web Deployment Tool Support to Community Application ZIP Packages (videocast)
If you package your application in ZIP format, you can add Web Deployment Tool support to simplify the installation of your application on Windows. Our open source application partners (ASP.NET apps like DotNetNuke and PHP apps like WordPress) add this Web Deployment Tool integration as part of being included in the Windows Web Application Gallery (as defined in the Web App Gallery Principles).
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Real World IIS: Staying Current with the Latest Microsoft Web Platform with Web Platform Installer (videocast)
Customers can download our extensions onto IIS7 (and sometimes IIS6) as a free, fully supported product that expands the IIS7 Web server in new directions. Getting new functionality every three to six months on the Web server is a good thing but it can be hard to track when a new release comes out.
The Web Platform Installer helps centralize a single discovery point for the Microsoft Web Platform -- Web server (IIS), application frameworks (ASP.NET and PHP), database (SQL), and tools (Visual Web Developer).
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Real World IIS: Packaging and Deploying an Open Source Application Using Web Deployment Tool (videocast)
Many Web site developers start development from an open source application as the base for a custom Web site. There are many high quality open source applications out there that make it much easier to put together a content, ecommerce, social network and/or community Web site. IIS offers a couple features that make your life a lot easier if you want to:
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Real World IIS: Installing a Free Community Application Using Web Platform Installer (videocast)
In March 2009, we launched the Windows Web Application Gallery, where Windows users can find and install free community applications easily on IIS. The Windows Web Application Gallery provides links to both ASP.NET and PHP applications and we're seeing strong user interest in both. You can get a Web content management system, blogs, and wikis. We are adding more ASP.NET and PHP community applications every month.
When we add an application to the Web App Gallery, the app gets added to an ATOM feed that is both consumed by the Web App Gallery and displayed within the Web Platform Installer (Web PI). So you can either visit the Web App Gallery web site or use the Web Platform Installer directly to find the same free community apps easily on IIS. You can learn more about Web PI here and Web App Gallery here.
This short video (just under 8 minutes) walks you through how to install Umbraco, an open source ASP.NET community application, from the Web PI.
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Real World IIS: Finding and Installing Web Platform Installer 2.0 (videocast)
The Web Platform Installer 2.0 is a free IIS tool that makes it easy to discovery and install the Microsoft Web stack and free community apps from the Windows Web Application Gallery. It's the "first mile" to get started with the Web Platform and Web App Gallery applications on IIS.
We're seeing thousands of downloads of Web Platform Installer (Web PI) by developers and administrators who use Web PI to discovery and stay up to date with the latest components in the Web stack. (We use Web PI here on the product team to set up and stay current with desktops/laptops and servers.) We also launched the Windows Web Application Gallery last month, which provides a way for users to discovery and download open source applications (ASP.NET and PHP) onto Windows. Every application in the Web App Gallery is download by Web Platform Installer (Web PI), so it's a critical component of the process.
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"Real World IIS" videocast series
In the first part of the series, I am going to focus on Web downloads that help make it easy to discover, deploy and manage ASP.NET and PHP applications on IIS7. I think developers and other users will be pleasantly surprised to find out about what IIS lets you do with Web apps today.
In the second part of the series, I will talk about extensions that take the IIS Web server into new territory, from load balancing to media to server migration. We have used the IIS7 extensibility platform to open up the core Web server to all these new scenarios.
Hope you enjoy the series! We've been busy here in Redmond. :-)
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Videos of IIS sessions at MIX 2009
If you are interested, you can check out the videos of the three IIS sessions at MIX. The sessions were 75 minutes long. I will be posting some shorter videos soon on IIS.NET for demos of how different IIS extensions work, starting with Web Platform Installer and IIS Database Manager.
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PHP Installation using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer v2 Beta
If you want to easily install PHP on Windows, you can use the newly released Microsoft Web Platform Installer v2 Beta to get the public community version of PHP ((VC6 x86 non thread safe installer build) on Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008/Win 7 with IIS and the Microsoft Web Platform. The Windows Installer for PHP also automatically configures IIS FastCGI as part of its setup.
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Community Applications and the Windows Web Application Gallery
We launched the Windows Web Application Gallery today at MIX. Bill demoed Web Platform Installer (Web PI) and the Web Application Gallery in the keynote, showing off how selecting an application from the Web App Gallery clicks off a targeted install experience through Web PI. See Introducing the Windows Web Application Gallery for details on how developers plug into the Web Application Gallery.
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IIS At MIX 2009: 10 New IIS Server Extensions, Windows Web Application Gallery, Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta
Today, at the 2009 MIX conference in Las Vegas, the IIS team rolls out a whole new set of releases...ten (yes,10) new free Web server extensions with a new end-to-end story for installing popular community applications like WordPress, Acquia Drupal, and DotNetNuke on IIS.
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IIS7 in Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 includes new additions to the IIS7 Web server, adding fit, finish, and a few extras to the best IIS platform ever.