This is the Quick and Easy way to Install a WordPress Website on Windows Server 2008.  Step One, Download and install the Windows Web Platform Installer.  Launch the Installer and Click on Web Applications Tab and Select WordPress.

Choose “Install”.  The next screen will ask to install the following required third Party Applications:

• Web Deployment Tool 1.0
• PHP 5.2.11
• CGI
• URL Rewrite 1.1
• MySQL Windows Essential 5.1
• Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP 5.2

Select a root MySQL Password, I choose “FLuffy…….wait a second, get your own password.

Lucky for me, the Hyper-V VPS I am on is on an unmetered 100 MBps Connection, so the Download/Install takes minutes.  After it installs PHP and MySQL on the Windows server it will ask you to configure the new WordPress Web Application. You can install in the Default Directory, a Custom /url or a totally new Application with a Custom Domain Name.

Enter the MySQL password from step three, and click Continue.  Then you will get a Successfully installed message.

Now go to your URL/Domain and you should have the WordPress Initial Installation Screen.

Once you click on Install WordPress you will get your Admin User / Password.  Copy the Password and Click Login.  Once Logged in you can Create Pages, Add Plugins, and Choose Custom Themes.  Good luck and Happy Blogging!

You can install WordPress on a Windows Server, Linux VPS, or even a Shared Linux Hosting Plan quick an easy.  The Easiest WordPress Install, is RackWire’s WordPress Hosting, that has full Theme and Plugin Features!

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