Title: WordPress on 64-bit Windows
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress on 64-bit Windows

 *  [soporose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soporose/)
 * (@soporose)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-on-64-bit-windows/)
 * I currently have a version 2.7.1 WordPress blog (Thesis theme version 1.3.3) 
   hosted on a Linux server. However I now have access to free hosting on a fast
   64-bit server running Windows Server 2008 that has both PHP and MySQL installed.
 * From searching around I’ve established that WordPress can be installed on a Windows
   server, so here’s what I’m contemplating:
 * 1. Install a copy of the existing MySQL database onto the Windows server. This
   has already been done and no problems were encountered.
 * 2. Install a fresh copy of WordPress directly on to the Windows Server.
 * 3. Install the latest Thesis theme into WordPress.
 * 4. In wp-config.php point WordPress to the MySQL that was installed in step 1.
 * Is this feasible?
 * Can anyone see any problems?
 * Comments from anyone currently running WordPress hosted on a 64-bit Windows server
   + IIS?
 * TIA

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-on-64-bit-windows/#post-1091673)
 * If you are changing your domain or WordPress address then sounds good. Might 
   want to review [moving WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/moving_WordPress)
   and [Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
   just in case.
 * As a note, the coming Version 2.8 has support for the IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module

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