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Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web enables you to administer Windows Media servers remotely by using a browser such as Internet Explorer. Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web has most of the functionality of the Windows Media Services snap-in, but it also enables you to administer Windows Media servers in diverse scenarios, including servers that are separated from server administrators by firewalls, servers that are using a low-bandwidth network connection, or servers that are in a non-Windows environment. Using the Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web, you can perform common tasks such as creating and starting publishing points, monitoring publishing point activity, and configuring plug-ins. Tasks that require a fixed network location, such as creating announcement files, browsing folders, and creating and editing playlists, however, can only be done with the Windows Media Services snap-in.
Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web is a complete Web site that is hosted on your Windows Media server by Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). You can add Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web during installation or at any time using the Windows Components Wizard. After adding Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web, it is recommended that you configure an appropriate level of security for the administration Web site to protect data transferred between a remote computer and your Windows Media server and to protect your network from unauthorized access. For more information, see Securing the Windows Media Administration site.
Once you have installed Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web, configured the appropriate security settings, and started the Web site, you can access the Web site from any browser that supports Active Server Pages (ASP). Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web is useful if you want to administer one or more servers from a single location or if physical or network access to the server is difficult, such as when you administer a server across a network firewall. Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web is also useful for use in temporary remote locations. For example, you could use Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web to control broadcast publishing points from a remote location where you are producing and encoding a live event.
Once the main administration Web site has been opened remotely, Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web requires only a small amount of bandwidth. To access Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web, you must log on to the remote computer using an account that has administrative privileges. If you would like to provide non-administrators with access to Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web, you can modify the security settings in Windows Media Services to give specified users rights to administer the server. For more information, see Limiting user rights.
The system requirements for the server hosting Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web are roughly equivalent to those of a server running Windows Media Services. For more information about system requirements, see Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web.
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