Url rewrite Azure PHP? - .htaccess

Question

I have created some PHP app on Azure but this is my first time i am using IIS for my PHP application. I know how to use .htaccess for url rewrite on Apache and there is no problem. But how to accomplish that on Azure IIS. Here is my .htaccess for Apache.
.htaccess
# The Friendly URLs part
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

Answer 1

You need to use your Web.config file and use the <system.webServer> and <rewrite> rules within this.
You will need to use the following inside your web.config to replicate the code you have above from your .htaccess:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Main Rule" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Answer 2

Proper web.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<directoryBrowse enabled="false" />
<defaultDocument>
<files>
<clear />
<add value="index.php" />
<add value="Default.htm" />
<add value="Default.asp" />
<add value="index.htm" />
<add value="Default.aspx" />
</files>
</defaultDocument>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="ModX IIS7 Rule 1 (By Simon Fraser)" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" ignoreCase="false" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{HTTP_USER_AGENT}" pattern="^.*internal\ dummy\ connection.*$" />
</conditions>
<action type="CustomResponse" statusCode="403" statusReason="Forbidden" statusDescription="Forbidden" />
</rule>
<rule name="ModX IIS7 Rule 2 (By Simon Fraser)" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(manager|assets)" ignoreCase="false" />
<action type="None" />
</rule>
<rule name="ModX IIS7 Rule 3 (By Simon Fraser)" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" pattern="" ignoreCase="false" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" pattern="" ignoreCase="false" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php?q={R:1}" appendQueryString="true" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>