# New hope for Rails on Windows/IIS?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-hope-for-rails-on-windows-iis/74222>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 2, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-hope-for-rails-on-windows-iis/74222 "2006-11-02T02:42:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-hope-for-rails-on-windows-iis/74222/1 "2006-11-02T02:42:44Z")

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I know little about web servers, IIS or FastCGI, but this sounds like it  
may enable better support and/or performance of Rails on IIS.

“Microsoft plans to develop and release an Internet Information Services  
(IIS) add-on component, FastCGI, that will serve as the interface  
between PHP and the IIS Web server. Microsoft expects that this FastCGI  
component will be made freely available from Microsoft on  
[http://www.iis.net](http://www.iis.net) for users of Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows Server  
2003, Windows Vistaâ„¢ and Windows Server “Longhorn.””

See  
[http://www.zend.com/company/zend\_news/announcements/2006/10/microsoft\_and\_zend\_technologies\_announce\_technical\_collaboration\_to\_improve\_interoperability\_of\_php\_on\_the\_windows\_server\_platform](http://www.zend.com/company/zend_news/announcements/2006/10/microsoft_and_zend_technologies_announce_technical_collaboration_to_improve_interoperability_of_php_on_the_windows_server_platform)