In these videos from Train Simple, William B. Sanders, author of numerous Flash books, teaches you how to get started with Adobe Flash Media Server 2.
After watching these videos you will understand how to do the following:
To follow these video tutorials, you should install the following software:
The following video tutorials introduce Flash Media Server 2, including installation and configuration, and show sample applications powered by FMS.
This video shows you how to install and configure Flash Media Server 2 on your local Windows machine.

Figure 1. Installating FMS 2 on Windows
This short video shows you the steps required to install Flash Media Server 2 on a Linux system.

Figure 2. Installing FMS 2 on Linux
In this video, you will see sample applications that were created with Flash Media Server 2.

Figure 3. Sample applications
Train Simple is an Adobe Certified Training Partner offering video-based training for Adobe applications delivered over the web and DVD-ROM. The full Flash Media Server 2 training product offers comprehensive lessons and tutorials for building Flash-based applications. Train Simple also offers live, hands-on classes on the East and West Coast of the United States.
William B. Sanders is currently a professor of Sociology and Multimedia Web Design and Development at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, of which he was a founding faculty member. He has published over 40 computer books, including eight on Flash, ActionScript, or Flash Communication Server. Bill founded Sandlight Productions in 1984 as a computer book and software publication company, which has evolved over the past 23 years into an Internet development company specializing in Flash, ActionScript, and Flash Communication Server applications, along with e-business strategies. He has worked with computers ever since his alma mater, the University of California at Santa Barbara, was one of the original four nodes on ARPANET, along with UCLA, Stanford University, and the University of Utah. When he's not writing, he updates his websites at sandlight.com and mwd.hartford.edu. Bill recently published an instructional video on using Flash Media Server 2 for authorized training provider Train Simple, a new book ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns (O'Reilly, 2007), and an O'Reilly Short Cut, ActionScript 3.0 Programming: Overview, Getting Started and Examples of New Concepts (O'Reilly, 2007).