To provide an on-demand training seminar

1. In the console tree, click Publishing Points.
2. On the Action menu, click Add Publishing Point (Wizard).
3. Complete the steps in the wizard, making sure to select the following options:
   • On the Content Type page, click Files (digital media or playlists) in a directory.
   • On the Publishing Point Type page, click On-demand publishing point.
   • On the Directory Location page, type the location of the training content. Make sure the content files are in the order that you want them to be viewed.
   • On the Content Playback page, if it is important that your training is viewed in a specific order, make sure that the Loop and Shuffle check boxes are cleared.
4. On the Completing the Add Publishing Point Wizard page, you can start other wizards to help you create announcements and wrappers:
   • Create an .asx or .htm file. Click this option if you want to provide users with an announcement file that they can use to connect to your training seminar. The Unicast Announcement Wizard or the Multicast Announcement Wizard will start.
   • Create a .wsx file. Click this option if you want to play certain content to users before they connect to the training seminar. This option is useful for providing curriculum identification, course provider information, or legal notices. You can also specify content to be played at the end of your training seminar, but users will not receive that content if they close their players before the end of the session. The Create Wrapper Wizard will start.
   • Create both a .wsx file then .asx file. Click this option if you want to use the wizards to create both a wrapper playlist and an announcement.
5. In the console tree, click the publishing point you have created.
6. In the details pane, click the Properties tab.
7. In Category, click General.
8. If you want clients to be able to use a single link to access all of the content, enable the Enable access to directory content using wildcards property. If you want clients to be able to access the content files individually, make sure the Enable access to directory content using wildcards property is disabled, and then use the Unicast Announcement Wizard to create individual announcement files for each content file.

Notes

• You can combine your presentation with a Web site that contains background information and links to additional resources. Reference the announcement files within the Web site to give visitors easy access to your content.
• You can use a digital media presentation program such as Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint 2002 to integrate video, audio, slides, HTML, and custom backgrounds into a presentation. Presentations created using Microsoft Producer can be streamed using Windows Media Services.
• This procedure only applies to the Windows Media Services snap-in.

Related topics

• About wrapper playlists
• Implement streaming scenarios
• Presenting training seminars
• Announcing content
• Testing a stream
• Working with the announcement wizards