--- title: Microsoft Web Development Summit 2009 | daily.dev description: A personal recap of the invite-only Microsoft Web Development Summit 2009 (WDS09), a conference bringing together Microsoft and the PHP community. The author... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-web-development-summit-2009-eyjkj6cab twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Web Development Summit 2009 | daily.dev og:description: A personal recap of the invite-only Microsoft Web Development Summit 2009 (WDS09), a conference bringing together Microsoft and the PHP community. 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Microsoft sessions covered IIS, Web Platform Installer, Silverlight, SQL Server, Bing, and PowerShell, while PHP sessions covered WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and interoperability bridges, with the overall tone described as a respectful, open dialogue between the two groups. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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