Understanding publishing points

Windows Media Services uses publishing points to translate a client request for content into a physical path on the server hosting the content. After a client successfully connects to a publishing point, your Windows Media server manages the connection and streams the content. This section contains the following topics:

• About publishing point types
• Adding publishing points
• Configuring publishing points
• Streaming from publishing points
• Archiving content

Related topics

• Sourcing from playlists, files, and encoders
• Understanding streaming media
• Concepts