Microsoft announced today the release of Web Platform Installer (Web PI) 1.0, a free downloadable tool designed to help install the Microsoft Web Platform or its components. The whole platform can be ...

Microsoft isn’t exactly known for championing open source projects. So it’s rather surprising (in a good way) to see the company release something called the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, which ...

The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that allows you to install all or part of Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS 6.0 and 7.0, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, .NET ...

There was a lot of interesting news coming out of MIX09 yesterday. A new beta release for the Microsoft Web Platform Installer was one of them. What's new in Beta 2? And what's this we hear about the ...

Microsoft Office Project 2003 is useful for your business because it allows project managers to enter and modify project data. They can then use Microsoft Project server to send assignments or tasks ...

There are other install packages that try to take some of the pain out of installing and configuring open source software packages. For example, BitNami is a project that bundles many open source ...

How to Download and Install Microsoft 365 Apps on Mac, iPad or iPhone Your email has been sent Microsoft 365 is a collection of powerful office apps and services that are available on Windows, but ...

Installing Windows has always been something of a joke. Not always warranted, of course, but we all know how funny and catastrophic anecdotes outlive the less thrilling reality of something as ...

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