What's the best wiki to run on Windows?

Question

I want to set up a wiki for my team. I need it to run on Windows/IIS and if it needs a database, against SQL Server.

User-authentication must use/integrate with Active Directory, ideally natively rather than using LDAP.

Ideally, authorization would use Active Directory groups rather than something internal.

The ideal wiki would run on Server 2008 R2 x64, IIS 7.5 and SQL Server 2008 but these aren't requirements, just nice-to-haves.

Is there anything that fits these requirements and would you recommend it.

Answer 1

This website should give you a definitive answer: http://www.wikimatrix.org/wizard.php

Answer 2

We use ScrewturnWiki in our dev shop for the internal documentation.

It's a very mature open source implementation running as ASP.NET application. You can integrate user authentication with Active Directory and use SQL Server as backend database according to the information on the website.

Another candidate is Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server which offers Wiki-like features.

Answer 3

I use Confluence from Atlassian (http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/) which runs in an environment just like yours. Our teams found it really easy to start using and getting their content organised, even though most had never used a wiki before.

Answer 4

How many users? Do you need any DMS or CMS functionality as well?

Sharepoint can be used as a Wiki though its real benefit is a Document Management System (DMS). If you have a relatively small number of users it should suite your needs and fit in with your infrastructure.

Another popular .NET open source wiki project is DotNetNuke's Wiki Module.

Answer 5

If your looking for a simple & well designed wiki which is user friendly take a look at Perspective Wiki. It integrates easily with Active Directory.

Have also setup & used ScrewTurn wiki, which i can also recommend.

Answer 6

MS SharePoint, you may use it's other features also e.g. Document library.