October 3, 2007 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Microsoft has announced the Go Live beta 3 release of FastCGI for Internet Information Server (IIS), it was reported recently. The Go Live license provides hosting providers with a new component for Microsoft’s Web server platform that enables popular application frameworks like PHP to be hosted in a high-performance and reliable manner.
FastCGI is available as a free download from the IIS community site (http://www.iis.net) and the technology will allow IT Professionals to host PHP applications on Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6 with increased scalability and security. In addition, betas of Windows Server 2008 currently include the FastCGI extension as a completely integrated feature of IIS 7.
The new modular IIS 7 architecture provides additional functionality to PHP applications by enabling them to take advantage of new managed code services. A number of hosting providers enrolled in the program, including CrystalTech, DiscountASP, HostBasket, Hostway, Locaweb, and Webhost, have already deployed a PHP offer on Windows Server 2008.
