MCTS Guide to Microsoft
Windows Server 2008
Applications Infrastructure
Configuration (Exam # 70-643)
Chapter Eight
Configuring Windows Server 2008 Network
Application Services
Objectives
• Install and configure a Windows Media Server
• Stream broadcast and on-demand content, with
and without advertisements
• Use cache and proxy streaming to maximize server
performance
• Install and use Active Directory Digital Rights
Management Service to protect content from
unauthorized access
• Configure a wide variety of Windows SharePoint
options including incoming and outgoing e-mail
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Configuring Windows Media Server
• Streaming
– Allows user to start viewing content before entire file
is downloaded
• Streaming Media Services role
– Platform to accomplish streaming in Windows Server
2008
– Optional downloadable add-on to Server 2008
– Includes three role services
• Windows Media Server
• Web-based Administration
• Logging Agent
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Figure 8-1 Adding the Streaming Media Services role
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Configuring Windows Media Server
(cont’d.)
• Web Server (IIS) role must be installed for Webbased Administration and Logging Agent role
services
• Streaming media delivery
– Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
• Preferred for events streaming in real time
– Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• Use when data loss is unacceptable
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Activity 8-1: Install Windows Media
Services
• Download the installer from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads
– Execute the installer
• From the Start menu, launch Server Manager
– Click Roles
– Click Add Role
– Click Next if you see the Before You Begin window
• On the Select Server Roles Screen, check the box
next to Streaming Media Services
• Click Next to start the Wizard
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Activity 8-1: Install Windows Media
Services (cont’d.)
• Review the Introduction to Streaming Media
Services
• Click Next
• Check the boxes next to Windows Media Server,
Web-based Administration, and Logging Agent
• Click Next
• Check the boxes next to Real Time Streaming
Protocol and Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• Click Next
• Click Install
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Figure 8-2 Selecting the role services under Streaming Media Services
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Figure 8-3 Adding Web Server (IIS) service for Web-based Administration
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Activity 8-1: Install Windows Media
Services (cont’d.)
• Points to keep in mind:
– Windows Media Player
• Required for testing access to the content on the
server via Windows Media Services Console
– Publishing points
• Client connects to a publishing point
• Windows Media Services manages the connection
and streams the content
• Two types: on-demand and broadcast
– Content types
• Encoder, playlist, one file, files in a directory
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Activity 8-2: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point and an
Announcement File
• Open the Windows Media Services console from
the Administrative Tools program group
– The left pane shows your server and a list of
Publishing Points
• There are two default publishing points (an ondemand and a broadcast publishing point)
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Right-click Publishing Points in the left pane
Choose Add Publishing Point
Click Next
Type SingleFile in the Name text box, click Next
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Activity 8-2: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point and an
Announcement File (cont’d.)
• Click the option button next to One file and click
Next
• Click the option button next to On-demand
publishing point and click Next
• Click the option button next to Add a new
publishing point on the Existing Publishing Point
screen, click Next
• Type C:\WMPub\WMRoot\pinball.wmv into the File
name text box
– Browse to the directory and select the file
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Activity 8-2: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point and an
Announcement File (cont’d.)
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Click Next
Make sure the Yes box is checked, click Next
Click Next at the Publishing Point Summary screen
Make a note of the URL shown in the Completing
the Add Publishing Point Wizard screen
• Check the box next to After the wizard finishes
• Click the option button next to Create an
announcement file and click Finish
• Click Next
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Figure 8-4 Publishing Point Summary
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Figure 8-5 Completing the Add Publishing Point Wizard
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Activity 8-2: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point and an
Announcement File (cont’d.)
• Type the URL from Step 13 into the URL to content
text box and click Next
• Type the appropriate directory for the Web server
in the Announcement file name and location text
box
• Check the box next to Create a Web page with an
embedded player and a link to the content
• Type the appropriate directory for the Web server
and SingleFile.htm, click Next
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Activity 8-2: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point and an
Announcement File (cont’d.)
• Type SingleFile as the title in the Value text box in
the Edit Announcement Metadata dialog box
– Type your name as the Author and today’s date as
Copyright, and click Next
• Check the box next to Test files when this wizard
finishes if Windows Media Player is installed on the
server
– If not installed, leave the box unchecked
• Click Finish
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Activity 8-2: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point and an
Announcement File (cont’d.)
• If you checked the box in Step 22, select Test
announcement to start Windows Media Player and
connect to the stream
– Select Test web page with an embedded player
• If you do not have Windows Media Player installed,
point a browser on a machine with network access
to the server to the URL from Step 21 to test the
page
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Activity 8-2: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point and an
Announcement File (cont’d.)
• Types of advertising content
– Wrapper ads
• Play before and/or after the regular content
– Interstitial ads
• Streaming content placed in a playlist
– Banner ads
• Appear in the player rather than as part of the content
• Can be static text, images, or multimedia
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Activity 8-3: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point with a Wrapper Ad
• Open the Windows Media Services console from
the Administrative Tools program group
• Right-click Publishing Points in the left pane
• Choose Add Publishing Point (Wizard)
• Click Next to move past the Welcome page
• Type On-DemandPublishingPoint1 into the Name
text box and click Next
• Click the option button next to Files (digital media
or playlists) in a directory and click Next
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Activity 8-3: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point with a Wrapper Ad
(cont’d.)
• Click the option button next to On-demand
publishing point on the Publishing Point Type
screen and click Next
• Type C:\WMPub\WMRoot in the Location of
directory text box on the Directory Location screen
and click Next
• Check the box next to Loop (content plays
continuously) and click Next
• Check the Yes box, click Next
• Review the Publishing Point Summary, click Next
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Activity 8-3: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point with a Wrapper Ad
(cont’d.)
• Check the box next to After the wizard finishes
• Click the option button next to Create a wrapper
playlist (.wsx) and announcement file (.asx) or Web
page (.htm), click Finish
• Click Next
• Click Add Advertisement on the Wrapper Playlist
File Screen
• Click Browse and choose the file named
encoder_ad.wmv, click OK
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Figure 8-6 Wrapper Playlist File screen
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Figure 8-7 Add Advertisement
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Activity 8-3: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point with a Wrapper Ad
(cont’d.)
• Click Add Media on the Wrapper Playlist File
screen
• Click Browse, and choose the file named
fupgrade.asf
– Select File under Content type examples, click OK
• Click Add Media on the Wrapper Playlist File
screen
• Click Browse, choose file named
powered_by_100.wmv
– Select File under Content type examples, click OK
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Figure 8-8 Add Media Elements
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Activity 8-3: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point with a Wrapper Ad
(cont’d.)
• Click Add Advertisement on the Wrapper Playlist
File screen
• Click Browse and choose the file named
industrial.wmv
– Select File under Content type examples, click OK
• Click Next
• Type C:\WMPub\WMRoot\OnDemandPublishingPoint1_wrapper.wsx in the File
name text box, click Next
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Activity 8-3: Create an On-Demand
Publishing Point with a Wrapper Ad
(cont’d.)
• Check the box next to Enable wrapper playlist
when wizard finishes, click Finish
• Complete the Unicast Announcement Wizard
– See Activity 8-2 for instructions
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Caching and Proxy Settings
• Streaming audio and video
– Puts a load on the server and network bandwidth
available to the server
– Large numbers of requests for streaming content
can overload the server and cause delays
• Caching server
– Copies content from primary server and stores it in
local cache
– Serves the media directly to client computers
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Caching and Proxy Settings (cont’d.)
• Proxy server
– Works with live streams
– Connects to origin server and sends the stream to
the client
• Configuring cache/proxy settings
– Open Windows Media Services and choose server
node in left panel
– Select Properties tab and then select Cache/Proxy
Management from the Category list
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Figure 8-9 Properties tab in Windows Media Services console
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Figure 8-10
WMS Cache Proxy Properties
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Caching and Proxy Settings (cont’d.)
• Configuring cache/proxy settings (cont’d.)
– Click the enable icon to enable the plug-in for access
to the configuration options
– Double-click the WMS Cache Proxy in the Plug-in
window
• General tab
– Specify protocol to use when streaming between
servers
• Cache tab
– Set storage limits for the cache
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Caching and Proxy Settings (cont’d.)
• Proxy tab options
– Proxy
– Proxy Redirect
– Reverse Proxy
• Prestuff tab
– Specify settings for caching content prior to client
requests
• Query tab
– Search for cached content on the server and delete
specific content from the cache
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Activity 8-4: Cache an On-Demand
Publishing Point
• Enable caching if you have not already
• Open Windows Media Services console from the
Administrative Tools program group and choose
the server node where you created OnDemandPublishingPoint1 in Activity 8-3
• Click the plus sign next to Publishing Points and
click On-DemandPublishingPoint1
• Click the Properties tab
• Click Cache/Proxy in the list under Category
• Double-click Cache expiration under Property
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Activity 8-4: Cache an On-Demand
Publishing Point (cont’d.)
• Click the option button before After (seconds) if it is
not already selected
• Type 86400 in the text box (if not already entered
by default)
– This sets the cache expiration to 24 hours
• Click OK
• Click the Monitor tab
• Close any open windows
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Figure 8-11 On-demand caching monitor
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Securing Content
• Content may not be available for free
• Protect intellectual property
– Using Active Directory Digital Rights Management
Services
– Using Windows Media Rights Manager
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Windows Media Rights Manager
(WMRM)
• WMRM configuration and file processing process
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Packaging
Distribution
Establishing a license server
License acquisition
Playing the media file
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Installing and Configuring Active
Directory Digital Rights Management
Services (AD RMS)
• To take advantage of AD RMS:
– Content must be created by AD RMS-enabled
applications
• Example: Microsoft Office 2007 or later
• Using AD RMS Software Development Kit
– Developers can make applications AD RMS-enabled
• AD RMS must be installed as a Server Role and
properly configured
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Activity 8-5: Install Active Directory
Digital Rights Management Services
• Launch the Add Roles wizard from the Server
Manager
• Check the box next to Active Directory Rights
Management Services and click Next
• You may be prompted to install additional features
• Introduction page gives an overview of AD RMS
• Click Next to select the role
• Click Next to create or join an AD RMS Cluster
• Click Next to select the database configuration
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Figure 8-12 AD RMS Introduction page
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Activity 8-5: Install Active Directory
Digital Rights Management Services
(cont’d.)
• Click Next and type a domain user below the
heading Domain User Account
• Click Next to configure the AD RMS Cluster Key
Storage
– Select Use AD RMS centrally managed key storage
or Use CSP key storage
• Click Next and type the cluster key password
• Click Next and click the Web site for the virtual
directory where AD RMS will be hosted
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Activity 8-5: Install Active Directory
Digital Rights Management Services
(cont’d.)
• Click Next and select Use an SSL-encrypted
connection or Use an unencrypted connection
– Type the Fully Qualified Domain Name and port and
click Validate
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Click Next
Click Next and choose registration option
Click Next to confirm, and click Install
Log off and log back in to the server to begin
administering AD RMS
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Managing AD RMS
• Rights policy templates
– Used to encrypt documents limiting access to users
– Different levels of access can be granted
– Content can be made time sensitive
• Available options
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Trust policies
Rights policy templates
Rights account certificate policies
Exclusion policies
Security policies
Reports
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Figure 8-15 Initial screen of Active Directory Rights Management console
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Activity 8-6: Create a Rights Policy
Template
• Create a security group called hr with an e-mail
address of hr@yourserver.com
• Open the Active Directory Rights Management
Console
• Expand the list of options for this server
• Click Rights Policy Templates
• Click either Create distributed rights policy template
near the bottom of the central pane, or Create
Distributed Rights Policy Template in the Actions
pane on the right
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Activity 8-6: Create a Rights Policy
Template (cont’d.)
• Click Add on the Add Template Identification
Information page
• Select English (US) from the drop-down, type
Test1 in the Name text box, type This policy will
prevent printing and will cause the document to
expire after two days in the Description text area
• Click Next, click Add, select option The e-mail
address of a user or group, type
hr@yourserver.com
• Click OK and highlight hr@yourserver.com if
necessary
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Activity 8-6: Create a Rights Policy
Template (cont’d.)
• Uncheck the boxes to the right of Full Control,
Print, and Edit
• Check the box next to Grant owner (author) full
control right with no expiration
• Click Next, and select option Expires after the
following duration (days)
• Type the number 2 in the text box
• Click Finish to add the template to the configuration
database and generate an XML file in the shared
templates folder
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Configuring Microsoft Windows
SharePoint Services Server Options
• Microsoft SharePoint Services
– Used to share a wide variety of content types among
users
– Content is managed from a central point
• Decide whether the WSS installation will be
standalone or part of a server farm
– Server farm separates back-end data storage from
the front-end
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Activity 8-7: Install and Complete Initial
Configuration of SharePoint
• Download and start the installer for Windows
SharePoint Services Server
• Click the check box next to the label I accept the
terms of this agreement and click Continue
• Choose Basic to continue with the installation
• Installer displays two progress windows
• Installer displays the completion screen
– Ensure check box next to Run the SharePoint
Product and Technologies Configuration Wizard now
is checked, click Close
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Activity 8-7: Install and Complete Initial
Configuration of SharePoint (cont’d.)
• Click Next to move past the Welcome dialog
• Click Yes to restart the services and continue
Figure 8-19 SharePoint Products and
Technologies Configuration Wizard dialog box
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Activity 8-7: Install and Complete Initial
Configuration of SharePoint (cont’d.)
• Next screen shows configuration progress
• Configuration successful screen appears
– Click Finish to complete the configuration
• To keep in mind:
– Two SharePoint Web sites available
• Default side, bound to port 80
• SharePoint Central Administration Web site
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Figure 8-21 Default SharePoint Web site
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Figure 8-22 SharePoint Central Administration Web site
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Activity 8-7: Install and Complete Initial
Configuration of SharePoint (cont’d.)
• SharePoint Central Administration site
– Home Page
– Operations
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Topology and Services
Security Configuration
Logging and Reporting
Global Configuration
Backup and Restore
Data Configuration
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Activity 8-7: Install and Complete Initial
Configuration of SharePoint (cont’d.)
• SharePoint Central Administration site (cont’d.)
– Application Management
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SharePoint Web Application Management
Application Security
Workflow Management
SharePoint Site Management
External Service Connections
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Site Permissions
• User Permissions for the Web Applications page
– Accessed via link in Application Security section of
the Application Management page
– Allows enabling or restricting which permissions site
administrators can grant to users
• Three groups of permissions
– List permissions
– Site permissions
– Personal permissions
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Authentication Settings
• Can configure Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Services to require authentication before users can
access SharePoint site content
• Three types of authentication
– Windows
– Forms
– Web single sign on
• Adjusting authentication settings
– Click Application management tab
– Choose Authentication Providers under Application
Security category and click zone name
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Figure 8-23 SharePoint Edit Authentication page
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Backups
• Beginning a backup
– Choose Perform a backup from the Backup and
Restore section of the Operations tab
– Choose content to include in the backup
– Click Continue to Backup Options
– Select the type of backup and specify the location
• Click OK
• Restoring a backup
– Choose Restore from Backup
– Type location of the backup and click OK
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Backups (cont’d.)
• Restoring a backup (cont’d.)
– Click the radio button on the line of the backup to
restore
– Click Continue Restore Process and select the
component to restore
• Or click Select a Different Backup Package
– Click Continue Restore Process and choose restore
option: new or same configuration
– Click OK
– Use the Backup and Restore Status page to monitor
the restore process
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Figure 8-30 Backup and Restore History
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Antivirus Configuration
• Configuring antivirus settings
– Choose Antivirus from the Security Configuration
section of the Operations tab
– Select the settings you wish to enable
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Scan documents on upload
Scan documents on download
Allow users to download infected documents
Attempt to clean infected documents
– Type the time out value (in seconds)
– Type the number of execution threads
– Click OK
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Service Accounts
Table 8-1 WSS service names and accounts
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Configuring Windows SharePoint
Services E-Mail Integration
• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
– Can use outgoing e-mail to send alerts, invitations,
and administrator notifications
– Can store incoming e-mail in lists to help organize it
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Outgoing E-mail
• Configuring outgoing e-mail
– Choose Outgoing e-mail settings from the Topology
and Services section of the Operations tab
– Specify the following:
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Outbound SMTP server
From address
Reply-to address
Character set
– Click OK
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Incoming E-mail
• Enabling or disabling incoming e-mail
– Choose Incoming e-mail settings from the Topology
and Services section of the Operations tab
– Click Yes or No to enable or disable incoming e-mail
– Click one of the option buttons next to Automatic or
Advanced under the heading Settings mode
– Type the information to configure a connection to
your organization’s user directory, if applicable
– Type the server address
– Choose option to Accept mail from all or certain
servers, and click OK
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Configuring a Document Library to
Receive E-Mail
• Modify the settings to allow a document library to
receive e-mail
– Go to the team site and open a document library
– Click Settings and under the Communications
section click Incoming e-mail settings
– Click Yes to allow the library to receive e-mail
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Figure 8-32 Configuring Incoming E-Mail Settings for a document library
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Summary
• Windows Media Services
– Provides a way to effectively stream content to
clients
– Can be administered locally or from the Web
• Streaming media data is delivered through one of
two data transfer protocols
• On-demand and broadcast publishing points are
supported
• Four content types can make up a publishing point
– Encoder, playlist, one file, or files in a directory
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Summary (cont’d.)
• Advertising can be added via wrapper ads, which
are a type of playlist
• Content can be protected from unauthorized use
through Active Directory Digital Rights
Management Services
• Windows SharePoint Services allows users to
collaborate on content
• Some antivirus features can be configured through
SharePoint
• E-mail can be sent and received through
SharePoint
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