Windows Media Services

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Windows Media Services (WMS) is

Windows Server administrator to generate streaming media (audio/video). Only Windows Media, JPEG, and MP3 formats are supported. WMS is the successor of NetShow Services.[1]

In addition to streaming, WMS also has the ability to

Windows Media Station (*.nsc) file for use by a player.) Typically, Windows Media Player is used to decode and watch/listen to the streams, but other players are also capable of playing unencrypted Windows Media content (Microsoft Silverlight, VLC, MPlayer
, etc.)

64-bit versions of Windows Media Services are also available for increased scalability. The Scalable Networking Pack for Windows Server 2003 adds support for network acceleration and hardware-based offloading, which boosts Windows Media server performance. The newest version, Windows Media Services 2008, for Windows Server 2008, includes a built-in WMS Cache/Proxy plug-in which can be used to configure a Windows Media server either as a cache/proxy server or as a reverse proxy server so that it can provide caching and proxy support to other Windows Media servers.[2] Microsoft claims that these offloading technologies nearly double the scalability, making Windows Media Services, according to the claim, the industry's most powerful streaming media server.[3]

Windows Media Services 2008 is no longer included with the setup files for the

IIS Media Services.[5]

Releases

See also

References

  1. ^ "Microsoft Netshow Server". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  2. ^ "Windows Media Services 2008". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  3. ^ "Windows Media Services". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  4. ^ "Windows Media Services for Windows Server 2008". Microsoft Download Center. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Windows Media Services not supported on Windows Server 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  6. ^ "Overview of online broadcasting with NetShow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000". Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  7. ^ "Using NetShow Services with Presentation Broadcasting - Office 2000 Resource Kit - Microsoft Office Online". Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  8. ^ "Windows - Official Site for Microsoft Windows 10 Home, S & Pro OS, laptops, PCs, tablets & more". www.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

External links

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