An overview of Microsoft 365 Live Events in Yammer and Microsoft Stream. Presented at SharePoint Saturday Kansas City October 19, 2019.

1. DIY Live Events
with Yammer and Microsoft Stream
John Moore
Sr Technology Architect, Cerner

2. • 12 years in End User Computing
• macOS
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
• Productivity & Collaboration, Office 365
• Interests
• Technology (Apple, drones, videography, Nintendo)
• Maker (Fountain City Woodshop)
John Moore

3. • Live video vs On-Demand video
• Users watch live video 10-20x longer than on-demand [1]
• Live video is more authentic
• Live video is more engaging
• Yammer + Stream
• Q&A
• On-Demand & Time-shifting
• Transcription & Facial Recognition
Why Live Video?

4. • Technical How-To
• Stream Admin>Live Events
• Group owners can schedule events
• Considerations
• Limitations
• 4-hour time limit
• 15 concurrent events per tenant
• 10,000 attendees
• Group-based enablement based on training
• Network bandwidth considerations
• Microsoft Stream optimizations using
eCDN partners
Enabling Live Events

5. • Scheduling
• Only group owners can schedule
• “Presenters” is just for visibility
• Promoting
• Short-link idea (credit: Andrew Koebbe)
• Outlook invite vs SharePoint event
• Roles
• Producer
• Q&A Moderator
• Presenter(s)
Planning Your Event

6. • Be able to have a ’sidebar’ discussion going for
producers, moderators, and presenters.
• “Like” comments/questions that you actually like or
will answer
• The moderator is key to a successful event
• Run the Q&A to make the livestream “lag” less
noticeable.
• Capture action items for later follow-up
Tips during your event

7. • Keep the conversation going
• Post follow-up links and reference material
• Answer remaining questions, as appropriate
• Share highlights from the event as a SharePoint
News Post
• Collect analytics
• Group Insights
• Take a Post-event Survey [1]
• Build your champion network
• Have plan to reach out to individuals that were
most engaged during the event
After your event

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Tools of the trade

9. • Video
• Cameras
• External webcam vs HDMI/SDI
• Natural vs Three-point Lighting [1]
• Green screen [2]
• Presentation computer screen capture
• Playback of pre-recorded videos
• Audio
• Microphones
• Lavalier vs condenser/dynamic vs
USB headsets
• Live monitoring with headphones
• Presentation computer audio capture
Audio/Video

10. • Options
• OBS Studio
• Wirecast
• xSplit
• vMix
• Hardware encoders
• Encoding Software Basics
• Sources
• Scenes
• Mixer
• Controls (stream, recording, settings)
Encoding Software

11. • Allows you to be the producer AND presenter…if you’re brave enough!
• 15 key, 6 key, 32 key, mobile app variants
• Livestream Uses
• Scene Switching
• Source switching for nametags
• Audio source muting/unmuting
• Other uses!
• Teams meeting blur
• Open webpages
• Folders
• Hot keys
• Macros
Elgato Stream Deck

12. How I do it - Gear

13. How I do it – OBS Config
• Scenes
• Pre-show with countdown timer, video or
music playlist
• Live with camera, screen capture, etc
• BRB/Technical Difficulties with no mics
• End with no mics and QR code to survey
• Output 720p 30fps
• Stream Live supports up to 720p

14. • Get OBS and learn
• YouTube Playlist
• Test, test, test!!!
• Empty ‘test’ Yammer group
• Low-pressure events
• Host a ‘watch party’ of a pre-recorded message
• Microsoft Documentation
• Yammer Live Event Playbook
Call to action & Resources

15. Thanks!
John Moore
John.L.Moore@cerner.com @john_moore john-moore4