To install and use Windows Media
Services Administrator for the Web
Install Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web by
doing the following:
On the taskbar, click the Start button, point to
Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove
Programs.
Click Add/Remove Windows Components. Windows Setup
starts and the Windows Components Wizard opens.
In the components list, click Windows Media Services,
and then click the Details button.
Select the Windows Media Services Administrator for the
Web check box and then click OK. A message appears,
informing you that this component requires Internet Information
Services (IIS) 6.0 and that installing this component will install
IIS 6.0 with the Active Service Pages and Server Side Includes
features enabled. Click OK to close the message and continue
with the installation.
Click OK to close the Windows Media Services
dialog box.
Click Next to install Windows Media Services
Administrator for the Web.
To use Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web from
the local server, click the Start button, point to
Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then
click Windows Media Services (Web).
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To connect to Windows Media Services
Administrator for the Web from a remote location, make sure the Web
services are running on the Windows Media Administration Web site,
and then type the URL to the Windows Media Administration site into
your Web browser. By default this URL is
http://server_name:8080/default.asp.
Windows Server 2003 has an increased level of security that
prevents some controls from running on non-trusted Web sites.
Because the Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web runs
from a Web site on the Windows Media server, if JavaScript and
Meta-Refresh are not enabled for the Internet zone in the Security
settings, you must make the Windows Media server a trusted site
before you can administer the server remotely. To make it a trusted
site, do the following:
On the taskbar, click Start, point to Control
Panel, and click Internet Options.
Click the Security tab. In the list of Web content
zones, click Trusted sites, and then click
Sites.
In the Add the Web site to the zone dialog box, type the
URL to the Windows Media server (for example,
http://servername:8080), and then click Add.
The address is added to the list of trusted Web
sites.
On the Windows Media server, press F5 to refresh Windows
Media Services Administrator for the Web.
If you have not run the Web Server Security Lockdown Wizard in
Internet Information Services (IIS), the Security Settings page
opens. Do one of the following:
Click the link to learn more about securing the Windows Media
Administration site. If you decide to use Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL) to secure the Windows Media Administration site, you must
reconnect to Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web.
Click Administer the local Windows Media Server to open
Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web without enabling
SSL.
Click Administer a list of Windows Media Servers to open
the server list page and select which Windows Media server to
administer.
Note
You can also manage the server using a Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) snap-in. You can use the default snap-in
configuration that was created when Windows Media Services was
installed, which may be accessed in the Administrative Tools
submenu, or you can add the Windows Media Services snap-in to
Microsoft Management Console. For more information about adding a
snap-in to an MMC console, see Microsoft Management Console
Help.
Note