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IIS Media Services is a set of media-related extensions for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 that provides an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform. IIS Media Services 2.0 contains three extensions:

• Smooth Streaming – on-demand adaptive streaming to Silverlight
• Bit Rate Throttling – meters the speed that media is delivered to a player
• Web Playlists – secure sequencing of media content

You can also download two additional beta IIS Media Services extensions from the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) by selecting IIS Media Services 3.0 - Beta. The two additional beta extensions available are:

• Live Smooth Streaming – live adaptive streaming for Silverlight
• Advanced Logging – rich, real-time client- and server-side logging

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to April 2023.

Files
IISMedia64.msi

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To install and use IIS Media Services 2.0:

• You must have administrative privileges on the PC
• Internet Information Services 7.0 must be installed, which you can accomplish using one of the following methods:
  1. Install Using Windows Server 2008 Server Manager
     • Open Server Manager
     • Use Add Roles to install the Web Server role
     • Refer to http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/29/installing-iis7-on-windows-server-2008 for full instructions
  2. Install Using Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta
     • Go to the Microsoft Web Platform Web page and download and run the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta.
     • In the Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta dialog box, on the Web Platform tab, select Web Server
     • Click Install and follow the prompts.

Click the Download button on this page to start the download, then do one of the following:

• To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
• To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.

Installing this extension module requires full administrative permissions. This is best accomplished using one of two methods:

1. Log in to your computer using the local "administrator" account before installation.
2. Copy the download to your computer, then log in using an account with administrator privileges and opening a command-prompt by right-clicking the Command Prompt menu item that is located in the Accessories menu for Windows programs and selecting "Run as administrator", then typing the command listed below to run the installation:
   
   msiexec /i IISMedia64.msi

Note: The above steps are required because the User Account Control (UAC) security component in the Windows Server 2008 operating system will prevent access to your system. For more information about UAC, please see the following documentation:

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa906022.aspx