Manual:Installing MediaWiki on Windows Server 2008 R2

Requirements
The following items will be required:
 * Administrative access to the Windows Server 2008 R2 server
 * PHP installer (The file php-[version]-nts-Win32-VC9-x86.msi should be available [here].)
 * MySQL installer (The file mysql-[version]-winx64.msi should be available [here].)

Internet Information Services (IIS)
To install IIS follow the steps below:
 * 1) Open Server Manager, select Roles.
 * 2) Add the Web Server role, include Common HTTP Features -> HTTP Redirection and Application Development -> CGI.
 * 3) Open Internet Explorer and access http://localhost, it should bring up the IIS7 splash page.

Optional
Set default document to index.php.
 * 1) Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, select the server name from the list.
 * 2) Select the Default Document, highlight index.php and choose Move Up from the Actions side panel until index.php is at the top.

PHP
To install PHP follow the steps below:
 * 1) Launch the installer, click next through the default install.
 * 2) Create a file called C:\inetpub\wwwroot\phpinfo.php, include the line below.
 * 3) Open Internet Explorer and access http://localhost/phpinfo.php, it should bring up a PHP information page.



MySQL
To install MySQL follow the steps below: