Windows Media Services 9 Series is available as an optional
component of Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Windows Server
2003, Enterprise Edition, and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Edition. However, additional features are available when Windows
Media Services is used with Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
or Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition. The following table
provides an overview of the available features.
| Feature
|
Windows Server 2003,
Standard Edition
|
Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise Edition or Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Edition
|
| Absolute Playlist Time |
|
|
| Advanced Fast Start |
|
|
| Advanced FF/RW |
|
|
| Advertising server support |
|
|
| Broadcast Auto-Start |
|
|
| Cache/proxy server support |
|
|
| Custom plug-in support |
|
|
| Event-based scripting support |
|
|
| Fast Cache |
|
|
| Fast Reconnect |
|
|
| Fast Recovery |
|
|
| Fast Start |
|
|
| Fast Streaming |
|
|
| Internet authentication method (Digest) |
|
|
| Internet Group Management Protocol version 3
(IGMPv3) support |
|
|
| Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support |
|
|
| Intranet authentication methods (Negotiate
authentication, Anonymous access) |
|
|
| Multicast content delivery |
|
|
| Multiple authorization methods (NTFS ACL, IP
Address) |
|
|
| Multiple control protocol support (MMS, HTTP,
RTSP) |
|
|
| Multiple media parser support (Windows Media,
MP3) |
|
|
| Multiple playlist parser support (WSX,
Directory) |
|
|
| Play While Archiving |
|
|
| RTSP streaming |
|
|
| Robust event notification (WMI, SNMP) |
|
|
| Server based content repacketization |
|
|
| Unicast content delivery |
|
|
| Wireless streaming optimizations |
|
|
