Working with the Add Publishing Point Wizard

The Add Publishing Point Wizard helps you create a new publishing point on your Windows Media server. You can start the Add Publishing Point Wizard by clicking Add Publishing Point (Wizard) on the Action menu of a server or the Publishing Points item in the console tree. You can also start the wizard by clicking the Add Publishing Point button on the Getting Started tab of those items.

This section provides information to assist you in completing the Add Publishing Point Wizard. This section contains the following topics:

• Naming the publishing point
• Determining the content type
• Selecting the publishing point type
• Using an existing publishing point
• Identifying the content location
• Selecting content playback options
• Enabling logging
• Verifying your publishing point options
• Completing the Add Publishing Point Wizard

Note

• The Add Publishing Point Wizard is designed to support common uses of Windows Media Services and does not incorporate advanced features, such as setting up cache/proxy publishing points. To create a new publishing point that uses advanced content sources, on the server Action menu, click Add Publishing Point (Advanced) and complete the dialog box.