Windows Server 2008 R2
Benefits for Application Developers
More business opportunities – with PHP integration
You can now host PHP applications on a Windows platform and support more business applications.
FastCGI
FastCGI operates as an interface between IIS7.5 and PHP – with file change monitoring, real-time tuning and message tracing. It also speeds up process-handling and builds reliability by re-using processes rather than shutting them down and opening them up again each time there is a request.
IIS7.5
There is built-in support for PHP in IIS7.5. IIS7.5 integrates new support and troubleshooting features, including configuration logging and a dedicated Best Practice Analyzer, and integrates many of the more popular extensions for IIS, including updated versions of Secure FTP and WebDAV.
With IIS7.5, developers can take control of the Web server footprint to increase security and decrease patching. They can also resolve faulty applications faster and release them to market more quickly. Support costs are reduced with simplified deployment and application configuration.
New technologies can be rapidly leveraged with IIS7.5's extensible framework. IIS7.5 is also managed more efficiently with the introduction of new management application programming interfaces (APIs), a powerful new user interface (UI), a suite of command-line tools, and the capability to manage IIS7.5 directly from Windows PowerShell 2.0™.
