Windows Media Services (WMS) is a streaming media that allows users to generate streaming media (audio/video). Only Windows Media, JPEG, and MP3 formats are supported.

In addition to streaming, WMS also has the ability to cache and record streams, enforce authentication, impose various connection limits, restrict access, use multiple protocols, generate usage statistics, and apply forward error correction (FEC). It can handle a high number of concurrent connections making it ideal for large audiences. Streams can also be distributed between servers as part of a distribution network where each server ultimately feeds a different network/audience. Both unicast and multicast streams are supported. Typically, Windows Media Player is used to decode and watch/listen to the streams, but other players are also capable of playing Windows Media content.

Our servers use the 64-bit versions of Windows Media Services 2008, which provides increased scalability. This version also includes a built-in WMS Cache/Proxy Plug-in which can be used to configure a Windows Media Server either as a cache/proxy server or as a reverse proxy server so that it can provide caching and proxy support to other Windows Media servers. Microsoft claims that these offloading technologies nearly double the scalability, making Windows Media Services the industry's most powerful streaming media server.

The plans listed on your website are generally for audiences between 10 to 500 listeners/viewers, depending on the bit rate of your Windows Media Streaming broadcast. Feel free to contact us if you require a plan with more than 500 slots.

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