Microsoft offers download tool for Web developers. Microsoft is offering a free download manager, Web Platform Installer (PI) 1.0, intended to make it simpler to install Microsoft Web developer technologies ranging from .Net Framework 3.5 to ASP.Net to Silverlight and more, the company said this week. The tool installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including Internet Information Server, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition and SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. With the installer interface, developers can install either specific products or the entire Web Platform. Web PI also offers the latest editions of the platform. The tool provides an almost one-click download install of Microsoft's free Web products, saving developers from having to go to different Web sites to install and configure these products.
The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s user interface, you can choose to install either specific products or the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer. The Web PI also helps keep your products up to date by always offering the latest additions to the Web Platform.
System requirements
- Supported Operating Systems are: Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008.
- You must have a live Internet connection.
- You must have administrator privileges on your computer to run Web Platform Installer.
- .NET 2.0 Framework
- Supported Architectures: x86 and 64-bit
Source : Microsoft infoworld.com
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