To announce publishing point content

1. In the console tree, select the publishing point that contains the content you want to announce.
2. In the details pane, click the Announce tab.
3. Click Unicast Announcement Wizard, and then follow the steps in the wizard.

Notes

• This procedure only applies to the Windows Media Services snap-in.
• For a broadcast publishing point, you can announce your content by clicking either Unicast Announcement Wizard (for a unicast stream) or Multicast Announcement Wizard (for a multicast stream) and then following the steps in the wizard.
• If you change the list of stream formats after the creation of the multicast information file, the existing file is invalid. You must run the announcement wizard again to update the file. You are not required to create a new announcement.
• 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

• Managing connections to a publishing point
• Announcing content
• Working with the Multicast Announcement Wizard
• Working with the Unicast Announcement Wizard