Microsoft Web Platform - Start building better Web sites

Get Started in 3 Steps

1.	Install (click the Install button on the right) the Microsoft^®
	Web Platform for free.

2.	Simply select your options - Microsoft^® Web Platform Installer (WebPI)
	will configure everything.

3.	Start coding.

Powerful Set of Free Tools

	Microsoft^® Visual Web Developer^® 2010 Express provides you with everything you need to start building standards-friendly Web applications.
	SQL Server^® 2008 Express Edition is a lightweight, feature-rich, powerful database for your Web data-enabled needs.
	Easily add Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to your site with the Free SEO Toolkit, which is included in the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.

Latest Technologies

	Build Rich Internet Applications (RIA) easily with Silverlight^™ Tools and Visual Web Developer.
	Hit the ground running! Browse the Web App Gallery to find and customize Web applications.
	Tomorrow is here today! Easily develop, debug and deploy
	your applications to the cloud with the Windows^® Azure^™ Tools for Visual Studio.

Easily Publish and Share

ASP.NET pages and the SQL Server^® 2008 Express database to any hoster with the built-in Copy Web Site tools with Visual Web Developer^® 2010 Express.

Choose your Language

Using Visual Web Developer^® 2010 Express, you can choose to develop in either Visual Basic or Visual C#, all from within a single tool.

Visual Web Developer^® 2010 Express

Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight Tools

WPF Code Editor

Microsoft's Web Platform includes: Visual Web Developer,
SQL Server Express,
Silverlight Tools,
IIS and ASP.NET Extensions
and much more!

The setup for Visual Web Developer 2010 Express

requires WebPI to be installed. After WebPI is installed, the Visual Web Developer installation will start automatically.

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Expression Blend^® 4

Expression Blend 4 enables you
to create and modify Silverlight 4,
Silverlight 3, .NET 4 and .NET 3.5
projects as well as providing support
for Visual Studio 2010.
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	The setup for Visual Web Developer 2010 Express
	requires WebPI to be installed. After WebPI is installed, the Visual Web Developer installation will start automatically.