I guess the old adage when it rains it pours really is true. Microsoft folks are usually pretty quiet in the blogosphere when it comes to Windows Media, but not today. First, there’s a new blog at IIS.net called the IIS Media Delivery Blog:

IIS team members working on media will be posting here to talk about technologies in the pipeline and already here today that will help you better serve media content to your users.

The author (known only as brflem - dude, introduce yourself!) goes on to explain that the Windows Media Services team is now part of the IIS team, a reflection of the convergence of multimedia and web applications. Welcome to the blogosphere! You can subscribe to the blog here.

Secondly, there’s a wonderful post from Vishal Sood on Server Side Playlists (part 1 of a series):

Definition: Server-side playlist is a list that identifies what content is played for a client, the time at which it is played, and the order in which it is played. The server-side playlist for a Windows Media server is an XML document.

Looks like it’ll be an interesting series, so check it out if you’re serving digital media using Windows Media Services.