Jul 14, 2008
A few folks have recently had questions about how to do sourcing of a video stream when using multicast with Windows Media Services (WMS). There are two basic scenarios that we often see: Unicast edge server sourcing from a multicast broadcast on an origin...
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Filed under: media, windows media services
Apr 29, 2008
Questions from customers on the floor of the NAB 2008 Show underscored again for me that many customers are interested in delivering digital media with Windows Web Server 2008 . Why? Because for $469, you can get the power of IIS 7.0 , the new IIS Media...
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Filed under: media, windows media services, silverlight, Media Pack, IIS Media Pack
Apr 10, 2008
A number of us from Microsoft will be meeting with customers and staffing the booth at the NAB Show again this year, including folks who work on Windows Media Services 2008 , IIS 7.0 Media Pack , Silverlight 2 , Expression Studio 2 , Interactive Media...
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Filed under: media, windows media services, silverlight, Media Pack, Expression Encoder
Mar 06, 2008
There were a number of exciting media demos and announcements related to Silverlight at the MIX08 conference, including ones related to IIS7, the IIS Media Pack Bit Rate Throttling and Web Playlists features, Windows Media Services 2008 (WMS), Expression...
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Feb 27, 2008
Today I'm pleased to announce the launch of Windows Media Services 2008. Windows Media Services, like all of Windows Server 2008, is significantly more secure, reliable and robust - and it is already considered by many customers to be the best in the...
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Feb 27, 2008
Today was a big day for IIS and WMS! As you may have seen among the many announcements, today we announced the launch of several media technologies: IIS 7.0 in Windows Server 2008 IIS Media Pack Web Playlists Customer Technology Preview (CTP) Windows...
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Aug 13, 2007
I'm often asked by customers whether they should use Web servers or streaming media servers to deliver their content, especially now for new rich media sites rolling out Silverlight . The answer invariably depends on their business objectives. Each type...
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Jul 24, 2007
Hi, my name is Chris Knowlton, and I am a Lead Program Manager on the IIS team. I have been with Microsoft for five years, working on streaming media delivery with Windows Media Services (WMS). The IIS team recently picked up the charter for WMS as part...
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