how to install wordpress on windows machine or Azure VM
We always go to web hosting provider to get paid wordpress hosting but there are lot of options available to run wordpress hosting almost free.
One of the option is with MSDN subscription. if you have MSDN subscription with Azure then you can simply create wordpress website without any hosting charges. MSDN provides azure MONETARY CREDIT (aprox 10K rs) in which you can run 1 azure VM or wordpress web app with good configuration for a month without any additional charges.
Create Azure VM with wordpress – >
1> login to Azure portal https://portal.azure.com
2> click on “new” -> search for “wordpress” -> click on “wordpress on windows 2012 r2”
3> follow on screen instructions
Create WordPress web app on Azure :
1> login to Azure portal https://portal.azure.com
2> click on “new” -> search for “wordpress” -> click on “wordpress on windows 2012 r2”
3> follow on screen instructions
Install wordpress on windows – >
1> login to windows machine
2> download XAMPP from https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
3> to install XAMPP on windows machine follow KB – https://powershelltalk.com/install-wordpress-xampp-windows-10-windows-server-2012-2016-step-step/
