About the Announce tab for a publishing point
The Announce tab enables you to create an announcement that you can use to direct users to your content. The Announce tab appearance depends on whether the selected publishing point is using unicast or multicast streaming.
Unicast streaming
For on-demand and broadcast publishing points, the Announce tab displays the following options for guiding users to your content. The Announce tab displays the current publishing point address so you can distribute it individually to clients or post it as a link.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
Run Unicast Announcement Wizard |
Click to start the Unicast Announcement Wizard and create announcement files. |
Multicast streaming
For multicast broadcast publishing points, the Announce tab displays the following additional options for guiding users to your content.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
Run Multicast Announcement Wizard |
Click to start the Multicast Announcement Wizard to create a multicast information file and an announcement file. |
Note
This feature is only available in the Windows Media Services snap-in.