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Microsoft Web Platform Installer is a must tool for every developer out there. No matter what programming language you use if you are using iis as a web serber then Microsoft Web Platform Installer is the right tool for you.

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes it simple to download, install and keep up-to-date with the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer. In addition, install popular open source ASP.NET and PHP web apps with the Web PI.

Download The Microsoft Web Platform Installer from Microsoft website. Its just a 1MB download and takes few seconds to download.

Run the downloaded file and it will start downloading the latest Web Platform products.

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer has three tabs

1. What’s New? : This tab lists new web platform extensions. You can select the required extensions and start installing them. Below screenshot show What’s new tab with ASP.net MVC, PHP and some other extensions.

2. Web Platform: The second tab allows you to manage your Web server, Frameworks and Runtimes, Database installations. This tab also allows you to install tools like Silverlight and Visual Web developer.

3. Web Applications : This is the most useful feature of The Microsoft Web Platform Installer. This tab has a list of useful Web applications which you install directly from your The Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Some of the Apps include BlogEngine.net, Acquia Drupal, Wordpress and lots more

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