Media Player For Server 2008 R2

Windows Media Services 2008 R2 Release Candidate

Final calendar week, nosotros released an updated version of Windows Media Services (WMS) for Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate. Whether you lot are streaming content to Windows Media Player, Silverlight, or another Windows Media-compatible thespian, this latest release (WMS 2008 R2, for brusque) offers all of the great features you have come to expect in WMS, and more than.

Here are some highlights of what WMS 2008 R2 provides:

More Options. Installs on all Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (6.i.7100) editions, including the post-obit:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation – new option for WMS!
- Windows Web Server 2008 R2
More Value. All unicast streaming features are now bachelor on all versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 (see table, beneath).
Higher Reliability. Already-proven on-need and live streaming reliability further improves in Windows Server 2008 R2.
Easier Deployment. Fewer installation packages makes deploying WMS simpler:
- One package for all editions of Windows Server 2008 R2
- 2 packages for the WMS Remote Server Assistants Tool (for use on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 clients)
Meliorate Virtualization. Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 R2 improves performance and manageability of streaming VMs.
Reduced Power Consumption. Windows Server 2008 R2 can dynamically arrange power usage as streaming loads change.
Multicast for Silverlight. With the new Silverlight Multicast Plug-in, WMS can now deliver multicast streams to Silverlight.

The easiest mode to get started with WMS 2008 R2 is by running the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta on your Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate server. This very useful tool volition download and then silently install WMS using the default settings.

Tabular array 1 - Windows Media Services 2008 R2 Release Candidate features past edition

Characteristic	Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and Foundation; Windows Spider web Server 2008 R2	Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Datacenter
Absolute Playlist Time
Avant-garde Fast Offset
Avant-garde FF/RW
Advertising server support
Circulate Auto-Commencement
Cache/Proxy Plug-in
Custom plug-in support
Event-based scripting support
Fast Cache
Fast Reconnect
Fast Recovery
Fast First
Fast Streaming
Internet authentication method (Assimilate)
Net Group Direction Protocol version 3 (IGMPv3) support
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support
Intranet authentication methods (Negotiate authentication, Anonymous access)
Live Streaming
Multicast content delivery
Multiple authorization methods (NTFS ACL, IP Address)
Multiple control protocol support (HTTP, RTSP)
Multiple media parser support (Windows Media, MP3, JPEG)
Multiple playlist parser support (WSX, Directory)
On-Demand Streaming
Play While Archiving
Robust event notification (WMI, SNMP)
Server-based content repacketization
Server Core installation choice
Unicast content commitment