Installing WordPress on Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server

…piece of cake? I have now successfully installed WordPress 3.0.1 Beta 0.9.3 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. WordPress beta files was downloaded from sourceforge. The installation went very smoothly. I just followed the instructions found on WordPress for Microsoft and everything seemed to work … except! It is a beta version so some issues are expected. I could not update posts. I looked in the discussion forum and I was not alone having this problem. After a while someone came up with a temporary solution which fixed the problem until the next update of  WordPress for SQL Server.

I now only have a few “minor” issues. The pages are not showing up in admin module. The numbers of comments are always zero.  I have one plug-in that does not work, XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress 3.2.4. I’m sure these issues will be fixed when it’s time for release. I have installed a couple of other plug-ins without any problems.

To summarize I can say that installing WordPress on Windows Server and SQL Server is definitively an option. The reason I made this choice was that I don’t know much about MySQL and I’ve been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and if … sorry I mean WHEN there is a problem with my WordPress installation it will be much easier for me solve with this configuration.

Everything you want to know about installing WordPress on Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server is found at WordPress for Microsoft.