When you configure the advanced settings of an online
presentation broadcast by using the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Broadcast
feature or by using the Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Online Broadcast feature, if
you type the name or the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a server that is
running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 in the
Use this local Windows
Media Server on this LAN box and then click
OK, you
receive the following message:
PowerPoint was unable to
locate the Windows Media Server at Server_Name or
IP_Address. Please ensure that the location is
correct.
If you use the Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Online Broadcast
feature, and you type the name or the IP address of a server that is running
Windows Server 2003 in the
Use a local NetShow server on this
LAN box, you receive the following message when you click
OK
and then click
Broadcast Schedule in the
Schedule a New
Broadcast window:
'Server_Name or IP_Address' is not a
valid server. Please check to see that the server name is correct and the
server is online.
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This behavior occurs because Windows Server 2003 does not
support the Microsoft PowerPoint Online Broadcast feature. To use Microsoft
Windows Media Services, the Microsoft PowerPoint Online Broadcast feature
requires a server-side component that is not included in Windows Server 2003.
The server-side component that is required is the On-line Presentation
Broadcast service.
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To work around this behavior so that you can use a Microsoft
PowerPoint online presentation broadcast in a multicast scenario, you must
specify a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server as the Windows
Media Server.
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To use the Online Broadcast feature in PowerPoint 2003, you
must install the Presentation Broadcast add-in. For more information about
PowerPoint 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information about the Online Broadcast feature in
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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