I was asked to install numerous WordPress sites in IIS. I’m wondering, should try to convince my clients to use Apache instead? Should I avoid using IIS?
Things I’m concerned about:
1 – According to this Q&A, permalinks work differently in IIS : Moving WordPress from Apache to IIS
2 – I have to find IIS specific instructions for fixing problems that may not have occurred if I used Apache. Which can get very annoying.
3 – The latest version of WordPress may not work as expected in IIS.
4 – Insert some other problem I might come across using ISS instead of Apache
Am I right in trying to avoid IIS?
There are all sorts of reasons based in technical details of the differences in LAMP and IIS, but simply tell them that performance and security is much better under Apache. From their perspective, that will save time and money, and usually those are the most important things to clients.