Acquia Drupal Included With Microsoft Web Platform Installer

Andover, MA (Gawkwire.com) Acquia today announced the availability of Acquia Drupal on the Microsoft Web Platform, allowing website owners to run the Drupal social publishing system on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers. The Microsoft Web Platform offers a complete ecosystem for building and hosting websites, services and applications. By providing Acquia Drupal for the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, Acquia is enabling Microsoft developers around the world to build web applications with Drupal.

"We are very pleased that Microsoft chose to include Drupal in the Microsoft Web Platform," said Tom Erickson, Acquia chief executive officer. "This is a testament to Drupal's popularity and influence in the global web developer community and is an important step in our efforts to expand Drupal adoption."
 
Installation with the Microsoft Web Platform provides the fastest route to getting Drupal websites installed and running in a Microsoft environment. Developers can select Acquia Drupal in the Windows® Web App gallery and can install the application on either IIS 6.0 and 7.0 web servers. This enables developers to utilize PHP in combination with IIS and Windows to build secure, high performance websites that meet their social publishing requirements. Acquia Drupal is available for the Microsoft Web Platform Installer at http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/AcquiaDrupal.aspx.