
But the coolest tool in my opinion is WebMatrix. Webmatrix lets developers create, manage and deploy Web Applications very very easy. And if you need to to more Webmatrix lets you also work with Visual Studio on the same project.
Written by Thomas Maurer• April 14, 2011• 4:30 pm• Hardware, Hosting, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, School, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Windows, Windows Server • One Comment

But the coolest tool in my opinion is WebMatrix. Webmatrix lets developers create, manage and deploy Web Applications very very easy. And if you need to to more Webmatrix lets you also work with Visual Studio on the same project.
Tags: ASP.NET, create, deploy, HTML, IIS, IIS Express, KTSI, Microsoft, Microsoft WebMatrix, Microsoft Webplatform Installer, MSSQL, MySQL, PHP, SQL, Visual Studio, Web, Web Application, WebMatrix, WPI, WPI 3.0, XAMPP, XHTML Last modified: April 14, 2011April 23, 2026• Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Speaking, Thomas Maurer
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My name is Thomas Maurer. I am a EMEA Global Black Belt (GBB) for Sovereign Cloud at Microsoft. I am part of Azure Cloud & AI Platforms and engage with the community and customers around the world. Opinions are my own.
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Beware of Webmatrix. It destroys any existing XAMPP installation and even uninstalling webmatrix doesn´t help.
Use XAMPP instead.