Logging data and events

Logging is a means of recording the activity of the clients that connect to your content.

Logging for unicast streams is provided by the WMS Logging plug-in.

This section includes the following topics:

• Understanding logging
• Logging data about unicast streams
• Logging data about multicast streams
• Distributing log files to customers
• Log file reference information
• Understanding event handler plug-ins

Notes

• Logging for multicast streams broadcast by Windows Media Services is provided by the Multicast and Advertisement Logging Agent, which is an Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) extension. You can use this extension with your Web server to log data about players that receive content as a multicast stream.
• Multicast streaming and the WMS Multicast Data Writer plug-in are available only if Windows Media Services 9 Series is running on the following editions of the operating system: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition. If you are running Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, these features are not supported.

Related topics

• Concepts
• Understanding publishing points
• Managing your Windows Media server