Can I use Windows Media Services on a domain controller?

Windows Media Services can run on a server that is also acting as a domain controller. If you want to make an existing Windows Media server configuration act as a domain controller as well, keep the following in mind:

• If the domain controller is the first domain in a new forest, Windows Media Services will migrate its accounts and settings as expected.
• If the domain controller is creating a new domain tree in an existing forest, all local user accounts and settings are deleted. This causes an error, and Windows Media Services will not able to stream. To resolve this issue, do the following:
  1. Create a new user account with guest privileges after the server has been promoted to a domain controller.
  2. On the Windows Media server, disable the WMS Anonymous Authentication plug-in.
  3. Configure the properties of the WMS Anonymous Authentication plug-in to use the new user account you created in step 1.
  4. Enable the WMS Anonymous Authentication plug-in.
  5. Stop and then restart the Windows Media Services service.

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