--- title: Microsoft and Zend collaborate on PHP for Windows description: Microsoft and Zend Technologies announced a technical collaboration to improve PHP interoperability on Windows Server and IIS. The plan includes a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-and-zend-collaborate-on-php-for-windows-vxjwzwbll twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft and Zend collaborate on PHP for Windows | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft and Zend Technologies announced a technical collaboration to improve PHP interoperability on Windows Server and IIS. The plan includes a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-and-zend-collaborate-on-php-for-windows-vxjwzwbll og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VXJwZWBLL.png og:image:alt: Microsoft and Zend collaborate on PHP for Windows og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft and Zend collaborate on PHP for Windows **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft and Zend Technologies announced a technical collaboration to improve PHP interoperability on Windows Server and IIS. The plan includes a Microsoft-built FastCGI add-on for IIS to interface with PHP, a Zend-run Windows testing lab to track PHP performance across versions, joint efforts to ensure a production-quality PHP environment for IIS 5.1 and newer, and community support for developers deploying PHP on Windows servers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How will PHP run on IIS now that Microsoft and Zend are collaborating? Microsoft plans to release a FastCGI add-on for IIS that acts as the interface between PHP and IIS, improving performance and interoperability. Zend will run a dedicated Windows testing lab to validate PHP performance as the language evolves, and both companies will work to make PHP production-quality on IIS 5.1 and later versions. _Teams running PHP on Windows servers can follow IIS and FastCGI developments on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [WordCamp US 2026: PHP conversation](https://daily.dev/posts/wordcamp-us-2026-php-conversation-p4vzshzbt) · Make WordPress Core · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-and-zend-collaborate-on-php-for-windows-vxjwzwbll) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft and Zend collaborate on PHP for Windows","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-and-zend-collaborate-on-php-for-windows-vxjwzwbll","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-and-zend-collaborate-on-php-for-windows-vxjwzwbll"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T13:05:21.728Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T13:12:19.173Z","description":"Microsoft and Zend Technologies announced a technical collaboration to improve PHP interoperability on Windows Server and IIS. 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