Blog Posts Tagged with "Silverlight" : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Silverlight apps not working/downloading on IIS 6.0? Try your mime types...

Mar 22, 2008

On IIS 6.0, there are no mime types for Silverlight by default (IIS6 was released a good deal prior to Silverlight and as with any type of content, you need to configure your web server to support it)... so you might experience that your app appears to...

3 comments Tags: IIS Silverlight

Exciting media announcements at MIX08

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...

3 comments Tags: media Windows Media Services Silverlight Media Pack Web Playlists Bit Rate Throttling

Mix 08 Keynote - Media initiatives

Mar 06, 2008

During today's keynote, Scott Guthrie discussed web, media, RIA and mobile. He announced the release of Silverlight 2.0 Beta 1 too. He specifically talked about how Silverlight 2.0 helps improve HD user experience , improve TCO and offers monetization...

0 comments Tags: Media Windows Media Services Bit Rate Throttling Web Playlists IIS Media Pack MIX MIX08 Expression Blend Atlas Silverlight Visual Studio

Screencast HowTo: IIS7 and PHP with FastCGI

Oct 23, 2007

Hello Dear Reader. I have been working with IIS7 for a while and I'm convinced that it's the cat's pajamas [1] I started playing with IIS7 and noticed that it had FastCGI support. This means I could plug in PHP or maybe Perl or even Ruby into IIS7. This...

0 comments Tags: IIS ASP.NET Speaking Screencasts Silverlight

Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

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...

21 comments Tags: media Windows Media Services Silverlight Media Pack

Silverlight and Expression and Bears, oh my!

Apr 30, 2007

I just watched some of the coolest demos I've seen in a while. Ray Ozzie gave the opening keynote address for Mix 07. I hate to say it but he stated nothing more than the obvious direction of technology, IMHO. Ray's address was quickly followed by Scott...

0 comments Tags: IIS 7 MIX07 Expression Silverlight