{"id":5629,"date":"2015-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/announcing-the-release-of-the-httpplatformhandler-module-for-iis-8"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:30:20","slug":"announcing-the-release-of-the-httpplatformhandler-module-for-iis-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/announcing-the-release-of-the-httpplatformhandler-module-for-iis-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Release of the HttpPlatformHandler Module for IIS 8+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted to announce the release of the HttpPlatformHandler module for IIS 8 and IIS 8.5.&nbsp; The HttpPlatformHandler is used by Microsoft Azure Websites to host Java and now you can use the same module to host Java and other processes on local IIS installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HttpPlatformHandler is an IIS 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