To install and use Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web

1. Install Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web by doing the following:
   • On the taskbar, click the Start button, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
   • Click Add/Remove Windows Components. Windows Setup starts and the Windows Components Wizard opens.
   • In the components list, click Windows Media Services, and then click the Details button.
   • Select the Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web check box and then click OK. A message appears, informing you that this component requires Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 and that installing this component will install IIS 6.0 with the Active Service Pages and Server Side Includes features enabled. Click OK to close the message and continue with the installation. 
   • Click OK to close the Windows Media Services dialog box.
   • Click Next to install Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web.
2. To use Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web from the local server, click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Windows Media Services (Web).

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To connect to Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web from a remote location, make sure the Web services are running on the Windows Media Administration web site are running, and then type the URL to the Windows Media Administration site into your Web browser. By default this URL is http://server_name:8080/default.asp.

3. Windows Server 2003 has an increased level of security that prevents some controls from running on non-trusted Web sites. Because the Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web runs from a Web site on the Windows Media server, if JavaScript and Meta-Refresh are not enabled for the Internet zone in the Security settings, you must make the Windows Media server a trusted site before you can administer the server remotely. To make it a trusted site, do the following:
   • On the taskbar, click Start, point to Control Panel, and click Internet Options.
   • Click the Security tab. In the list of Web content zones, click Trusted sites, and then click Sites.
   • In the Add the Web site to the zone dialog box, type the URL to the Windows Media server (for example, http://servername:8080), and then click Add.

     The address is added to the list of trusted Web sites.

   • On the Windows Media server, press F5 to refresh Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web.

4. If you have not run the Web Server Security Lockdown Wizard in Internet Information Services (IIS), the Security Settings page opens. Do one of the following:
   • Click the link to learn more about securing the Windows Media Administration site. If you decide to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to secure the Windows Media Administration site, you must reconnect to Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web.
   • Click Administer the local Windows Media Server to open Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web without enabling SSL.
   • Click Administer a list of Windows Media Servers to open the server list page and select which Windows Media server to administer.

Note

• You can also manage the server using a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. You can use the default snap-in configuration that was created when Windows Media Services was installed, which may be accessed in the Administrative Tools submenu, or you can add the Windows Media Services snap-in to Microsoft Management Console. For more information about adding a snap-in to an MMC console, see Microsoft Management Console Help.

Related topics

• Administering Windows Media Services
• Manage servers
• Secure the Windows Media Administration site
• To add a server