Install WordPress on Azure Windows Server 2016 VM with IIS 10 and MySQL
I have an Azure Windows Server 2016 VM with IIS 10 and MySQL. The VM comes with 2 VCPU and 4GB. It has been working properly to host my website developed with Asp.Net 4.5 and MySQL for a few years. I am thinking about moving my WordPress website to this server as well. Step 1: Install and configure PHP on IIS 8 in Windows 8 On Windows Server 2016, the Web Platform Installer installed following the above instructions does not show on the program files. It has to be manually started from the following folder. C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer With Web Platform Installer, the PHP installation is quite easy. After PHP is installed, the FastCGI module mapping needs to be configured following the instruction in this article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.webserver/fastcgi/ Next, perform the handler configuration: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.webserver/handlers/ Now it is time to test the environment to ...