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FastCGI for IIS 6.0 is released on Download Center: Just over a year after the we first announced the FastCGI (see the first ever blog post about it: http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2006/09/29/Making-PHP-rock-on-Windows_2F00_IIS.aspx ), the final RTM version is here! You can download directly Read More...
Posted 12 November 07 11:51 by Mike Volodarsky | 8 Comments
Filed under PHP, FastCGI, IIS6
IIS FastCGI and PHP: What you absolutely need to know to host PHP applications on IIS 6 and IIS 7: Everybody knows that IIS FastCGI is a great way to run PHP applications on IIS. We've been making great strides at delivering a solid production experience for hosting PHP on IIS, for both IIS7 on Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 and IIS6 / IIS5.1 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. So, if you are looking to give FastCGI a try, where should you start? With all the coverage this work has been receiving, its starting to get out of hand. Here is the information you absolutely need to know to get started: Read More...
Posted 09 October 07 01:20 by Mike Volodarsky | 27 Comments
Filed under PHP, IIS7, FastCGI
Deploy your PHP applications today with the IIS 6 FastCGI Go-Live release!: At last, the IIS FastCGI Go-Live release is here! This release enables you to begin hosting PHP applications in production on your existing IIS 6.0 servers immediately, and brings multiple fixes and performance improvements over the previously released Read More...
Posted 24 September 07 04:45 by Mike Volodarsky | 15 Comments
Filed under PHP, FastCGI
The latest on the FastCGI project and PHP support on IIS: Ever since the original release of FastCGI Tech Preview 1 , and the Microsoft/Zend collaboration announcement to bring production-quality PHP to IIS, the FastCGI project has been steadily gaining momentum in the community. With the release of Longhorn Read More...
Posted 29 May 07 03:59 by Mike Volodarsky | 11 Comments
Filed under PHP, IIS7, FastCGI
10 steps to get Ruby on Rails running on Windows with IIS FastCGI: Since the original tech preview release of FastCGI last year, we've been seeing a lot of requests for getting Ruby on Rails running with our FastCGI. Theoretically, since the FastCGI component uses a standard protocol to support FastCGI-enabled applications, Read More...
Posted 18 February 07 12:53 by Mike Volodarsky | 108 Comments
Filed under FastCGI, RubyOnRails
At last, Windows-optimized PHP 5.2.1 has been released!: The much-anticipated PHP 5.2.1 has just been released, and is available for download from http://www.php.net/downloads . This release contains many fixes Zend has contributed to improve the performance of the PHP scripting engine on Windows as part of Read More...
Posted 10 February 07 09:19 by Mike Volodarsky | 3 Comments
Filed under PHP, FastCGI
Turbo-charge your PHP applications with IIS FastCGI Technical Preview 2: After 3 months of community feedback and development, the FastCGI Techical Preview 2 has just been released!

The FastCGI Technical Preview 2 release is an update for the first ever release of Microsoft IIS FastCGI feature in October 2006, providing a platform for high-performance and reliable way to run application frameworks like PHP on IIS. Read More...
Posted 31 January 07 11:55 by Mike Volodarsky | 29 Comments
Filed under PHP, FastCGI
Try out the IIS FastCGI techical preview: As you know, we released the FastCGI technical preview this week, aimed at providing a fast and stable platform for running FastCGI applications like PHP. Its been very popular, with more downloads then we have expected for the first week. I wanted to say thank you to everyone trying this out ... Read More...
Posted 03 November 06 03:38 by Mike Volodarsky | 0 Comments
Filed under PHP, IIS7, FastCGI
Making PHP rock on Windows/IIS: Right as I was about to go home, one of our developers comes in to tell me some good news about our new IIS7 FastCGI module. So, I figure I would shed some light on our recent work to improve hosting PHP (yes, you read right, PHP) applications on Windows/IIS. Read More...
Posted 29 September 06 08:51 by Mike Volodarsky | 17 Comments
Filed under PHP, IIS7, FastCGI

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For the past 5 years, I was the core server Program Manager for the IIS 7.0 and ASP.NET 2.0 products at Microsoft.
Now, I work on advanced web server tech using IIS 7.0, .NET, and Windows Server 2008 and write about it in this blog.

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>IIS 7.0: Explore The Web Server For Windows Vista And Beyond
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