To start a broadcast publishing point

1. In the console tree, click the broadcast publishing point you want to start.
2. In the Windows Media Services snap-in, on the Action menu, click Start.

   -or-

   In Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web, click the Start button.

Notes

• Broadcast publishing points can be configured to start automatically when the first player requests a connection. For more information about this feature, see To enable the Start publishing point when first client connects property.
• Manually starting a broadcast publishing point may interfere with the Start publishing point when first client connects property. If you want your broadcast publishing point to start and stop automatically based on client connections, do not manually start the publishing point.

Related topics

• Controlling unicast connections to a publishing point
• Managing connections to a publishing point