Stream is the next generation of video, and is formally replacing its predecessor, Office 365 Video.  In this session, we'll learn how Stream differs & improves upon Office 365 Video, brings a fully mobile friendly, enterprise experience to consumers, and provide some guidance on how organizations can successfully adopt Stream to expand their training, communications, and collaboration experience.

1. Microsoft Stream –
The Video Evolution
Colin Phillips
Office 365 & SharePoint Consultant

2. Who Am I?
• My Background
• 18+ Years in Technology
• Today: Office 365 & SharePoint Consultant (with Kloud)
• Previously: 12 Years Developing Software, IT Infrastructure Projects, Workflows, &
Other Related Topics
• B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Victoria (BC, Canada)
• My Social Channels
Blog: itgroove.net/mmman / Twitter: @MMMan_Colin

3. Microsoft Stream 101
• Stream is intended for employees at all levels across businesses of
all sizes who are interested in using videos in the workplace to
connect, collaborate, learn and share information
• Anyone can search for videos easily and consume them on their
device, whenever and wherever
• All you need is a browser (latest Edge, Chrome, Safari supported)
• Supported on all major mobile platforms (iOS, Android, Windows)

4. Office 365 Video 101
• A Channel based video service within Office 365
• Upload, watch, share, manage videos
• Can “categorize” a video by putting it into a channel
• Based on a SharePoint Site Collection (including the associated
limitations)
• Mobile ready
• Embed videos on SharePoint
• Download & offline viewing

5. Stream eh? Tell me more!
• Enterprise Video Service enabling users
to upload, view & share videos securely
across an organization
• Stream makes it easy to…
• Share comments on a video
• Tag timecodes (in comments & descriptions) to refer to specific points in a
video to discuss with colleagues
• Hosted by Microsoft (part of an Office 365 tenant)
• Underpinned by Azure Media Services
• Allows for fast encoding & high performance streaming of content on a range
of devices across differing network conditions

6. Getting to Know Stream
• Trending Videos
• Navigation Bar
• Learn to use Stream

7. Getting to Know Stream
• My Watchlist
• Followed Channels

8. Getting to Know Stream
• Trending Videos and Popular Channels

9. Mobile Ready Out of the Box
• You don’t need to create different versions of a video, for various devices, the
service handles this for you

10. Known Limitations in O365 Video
• 10 GB file size
• Channel size: 25 TB
• # files in a channel: 20000
• # channels in a portal: 5000
• Basically, whatever is a limitation in a SharePoint Online Site
Collection, O365 Video inherits these limitations
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Video/O365-Video-
Limitations/td-p/18714

11. I Stream, you stream, we all stream thru Microsoft Stream
(What you can do – up to a limit)
Note: Microsoft Stream does not support audio-only uploads
Limit Type Operation Limit
Tenant Limits Total videos 100,000
Total channels 10,000
Channel Limits Users/sec groups per channel 50
Videos per channel 10,000
Video Limits Subtitle/captions per video 20
Thumbnails per video 5
Comments per video 2,500
File Size Limits Max video size 50 GB
Max text track / subtitle size 2 MB
User Limits Uploaded videos per user 5,000
Channels created per user 1,000
Total Comments 50,000
A Blu-ray quality
feature length film is
typically between 1
and 12GB (depending
on the encoding).

12. What are some of the Office 365 Video Shortcomings?
• Office 365 Video does not have the ability to "time-mark" videos
similar to what you’d see in YouTube
• File size & other limitations that are inherited from SharePoint
Online based site collections (previously discussed)
• Categorization (one video, one channel)
• Can’t be purchased as a stand alone product
• Can’t live stream
• Can’t Like video’s – Like, OMG, totally lame

13. New Features to Stream
• SharePoint Online Microsoft Stream web part - embed a Stream video or a whole channel
• Deep search - auto-generated speech-to-text to enhance search & discovery
• Face extraction – provides a face timeline on the playback page, jump to where various
speakers are detected
• Jump to point in video - jump exactly to the place where the context of what you wish to share
takes place
• Single video in multiple channels - upload once, using it many times
• Playback speed controls - maintains the quality & listenability; no chipmunks, just sped up
with the same pitch
• Storage adjustments benefit customers - original file uploaded into Stream no longer counts
against SP Online pooled storage. Now a dedicated 500GB of stream storage per tenant. Videos
encoded from Azure Media Services do not count against Stream quota
• Rich security, governance & admin controls – manage uploading, sharing and channels,
moderate and edit content on an owner’s behalf, add custom guidelines and consent, etc.

14. What Can O365 Video Do that Stream Can’t? (Yet)
• Major features offered in O365 Video but not currently in Stream
• Videos and channels showing up in Delve, SharePoint Enterprise Search,
SharePoint Home, and SharePoint mobile apps
• REST API
• Video view statistics
• Spotlight videos & channels
• SDN support for caching videos from 3rd party solution Hive
• Additional differences available in O365 Video & Microsoft Stream feature breakdown
• The goal is for at least feature parity (of major features) before
demoting O365 Video

15. Head to Head! Stream Versus O365 Video - Fight!
Video Stream
Current State Live GA
Dependent on SharePoint Online Yes No
Video : Channel (relationship) One : One One : Many
Dependency on Yammer Yes (for comments) No
Office Graph (search via Delve) Yes Not Yet
Encoding Speed (on upload) Slow Quick
(#) Tagging No Yes
Tagging People Yes Yes
Thumbnail (Title) Images Yes Yes
Download Video Yes Yes… ish
Embed Video Yes Yes
Email Link Yes Yes
API Support Yes Not Yet
Search Results Filtering No Yes
Watch list No Yes
Trending No Yes
Accessibility / Subtitles, Captions Yes Yes
Mobile Access / Experience Yes Yes

16. Microsoft Stream Future Plans
• Better integration with Office 365 (SharePoint, Delve, Search, etc.)
• Live Streaming
• Streaming videos via Azure CDN
• Developer goodies (REST API)
• External public anonymous
• Statistics & detailed portal and channel analytics
• Mobile Apps (iOS, Android, Windows Universal)

17. Where is my Stream Data?
• Stream currently hosts data in the following regions
• Stream will host data in the following regions in the near future (no timeline given)
• If you use Microsoft Stream and your tenant is in a region outside of current
regions, your data will be stored in the nearest geographic region
• Over time, Microsoft will be adding Stream instances in more regions to match the
set of regions supported today by O365 Video
Australia Canada China
Germany India United Kingdom
US Government Community Cloud
United States Europe Asia Pacific

18. Microsoft Stream Pricing
• Yes, you CAN buy
Stream as a standalone
service!
• Pricing details avail here
https://stream.microsoft
.com/en-us/pricing/
• Licensing details here
https://stream.microsoft
.com/en-
us/documentation/strea
m-license-overview/
Feature O 365
Plan 1
($USD)
Plan 2
($USD)
Price Included
$3 / user /
month
$5 / user
/ month
Capacity 500 GB / Tenant
Add’l Per User 500 MB / User
Standard Features All
Advanced
Features
Varies
by offer
None All
Enterprise
Controls
All incl.
Support
All (no
Support)
All (no
Support)

19. Microsoft Stream Licensing
• Microsoft Stream
capabilities vary
based on the Office
365 subscription and
this table highlights
functionality
differences by
subscription. The
“Add-on” is available
for Office 365 E1, E3,
and E5 subscriptions
to enable full Stream
functionality.
• E1/3/5 = Enterprise
& Education
Feature
O 365
Kiosk
E1 E3 E5
O365
Feature
Add on
View Videos Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ
Upload Videos Χ Χ Χ Χ
Search Automatically
Generated Transcripts
Χ Χ
In-video Face
Detection
Χ Χ
Timeline View of
Where Faces Appear
Χ Χ

20. Stream Governance Policy Sample Approaches
ALIGNMENT TO <Company> POLICY
The following table denotes the areas Stream is compliant with the <Company> Technology and Information Usage Policy:
Compliance Requirement /
Concern
Level of Compliance
Authentication Stream requires the user to authenticate with their <Company> login credentials
Network Security Stream is cloud hosted software (as a service). It can be accessed from any location including
the corporate network
Virus Protection Stream has several integrated protections against malware that are enabled by default.
Content is checked once it is uploaded and quarantined if found to be infected. The service
does not support a download function
Logging and Monitoring There is currently no logging and monitoring capabilities within Stream. However it is
possible to track statistics for video content such as the number of likes or views
External Systems Stream, being a cloud hosted service, is classified as an ‘external system’. Content is subject
to the classification policy denoted in <Insert Reference here>
Authorization and Access of
Information
Stream is to be considered an authoritative source of information for video content. It is the
responsibility of the content owner to secure video content to appropriate audiences. Content
can be restricted to specific groups or people

21. Sample Approaches to Company Policies on Stream
USE ON PERSONAL DEVICES AND HOME COMPUTERS
• Content from Microsoft Stream can be accessed from anywhere on device connected to the
internet
• Users will be able to access video content (assuming they have an internet connection) by
navigating to stream.microsoft.com and signing in with their company username and password
• For mobile devices, users will be able to access their content either via the browser by browsing
to stream.microsoft.com, and using the mobile-friendly web site
• Video playback will be optimised for the device and the network conditions. Video playback is
supported on metered connections, but be aware video playback is data usage

22. Sample Approaches to Company Policies on Stream 2
INFORMATION RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
• Information Rights Management is not enabled at <Company>. By default,
company information is not protected from unauthorized access once it is
removed from the organization. For example, it might be emailed to someone or
copied to storage on an unmanaged device or cloud service
• All content hosted on Microsoft Stream is subject to the <Company> Technology
and Information Usage Policy
• In line with this policy, accountability for information stored in Microsoft Stream
remains with the employee if that content leaves the organisation (for example it
is emailed out or stored with another device or service)

23. Stop! Demo time!
Let’s look at both O365 Video and Stream

24. The transition plan from O365 Video to Stream
Will be a phased approach as defined below
• Phase 1 – Tenant Admin Opt-in (2017 Q3/Q4)
• Limited to customers in specific regions who are not using the O365 Video REST APIs,
O365 integrations (Delve, SharePoint Home, SharePoint mobile, Enterprise Search),
and are comfortable with other differences between O365 Video and Stream
• Phase 2 – Tenant Admin Opt-out
• Applies to all customers in all regions. If the tenant admin doesn’t opt out of the
transition their tenant will be transitioned over to Stream during this phase
• Phase 3 – Automatic Transition
• All remaining O365 Video customers will be automatically transitioned over to Stream
Phase1 Phase 2 Phase 3

25. Embedding a Stream Channel on a Web Page
• Modern SharePoint pages have a
Stream web part
• Select Channel as a Source, paste in the URL
of your channel, and you’re done
• Visit a channel page in Stream, the URL will look like this
• web.microsoftstream.com/channel/<channel ID>
• Now add “embed” to the path in that URL, like this
• web.microsoftstream.com/embed/channel/<channel ID>
• Just put the above URL into a Content Editor web part in SharePoint
• You will now see a view of your channel, without all the Stream chrome
• And it’s responsive too!

26. Can Stream be Disabled?
• Important Note: Stream is enabled by default on ALL available
tenants
• Administrators can turn off Stream via the Office 365 Admin
Centre or AAD PowerShell
• Because this is enabled by default, the disabling process (manually)
is actually a bit of pain to get right (without turning on or off a lot
of other features on a user by user basis)

27. What else can you tell me? Oh, lots…
• There is currently no way to
monitor the amount of storage
your tenant is using in Stream
• Quota management will be coming
soon
• No, you can’t embed a video into
an email. This is for a number of
reasons, most principally
security, but also because it can
affect the information collected
by the service when a user views
the video
• You can provide access to video
content in an email using a
thumbnail image and link to the
video content
• Yes, you can change permissions
after a video is published
• Note that changing the permissions
of a video after it is published will
remove it from all channels
• Although the service supports
subtitles and captions, these
must be generated offline and
uploaded with the video
• The supported format is WebVTT
(*.vtt)
• You need one *.vtt file for each
language you are going to support

28. More on Retention and Ownership
• Content in Stream is not subject to a retention policy and is retained indefinitely or until
it’s deleted
• Users can delete the videos they upload
• Service Administrators can delete any content
• Stream does not have a recycle bin like in SP Online, deleted = gone for good
• By default everyone can see a video and is able to add it to their groups and channels.
Content in Stream is restricted in the following scenario;
• A user modifies a video’s permissions, restricting view permissions to certain groups or individuals
• All content stored in Stream is visible to administrators
• Video owners can view the permissions for any video to view a list of people and groups
that video is currently shared with
• Stream can be used to share both work and personal video. Content should be
considered appropriate for a general audience
• Stream should not be used to store information classified as confidential
• Data loss prevention policies cannot be applied to Microsoft Stream content

29. Submitting Feedback to
Microsoft on Stream
Right in the product itself, you can
provide feedback.
• Navigate to the upper right corner of
the Microsoft Stream window, choose
The Happy Face (), and when done
click Submit.
• You can also post feedback or vote on
other customers’ suggestions on the
Microsoft Stream User Voice forum.

30. Conclusion
• Microsoft strongly believes that video is a core content type across
all solutions used at work today. They want to evolve Stream to
deliver corporate broadcasts seamlessly, offer intelligent video
search by leveraging capabilities such as audio transcription and
face detection, as well as making video part of your business apps
like PowerApps, Microsoft Flow, SharePoint, et al. and workflows
• Office 365 Video will live on for the near future and will be phased
out over time (through voluntary or forced migration), but only
after Stream reaches feature parity
• Stream offers a great new opportunity for businesses, but it would
be wise for it departments to work with their corporations to
develop acceptable use policies

31. Contact Details
Colin Phillips
@Mmman_Colin
http://itgroove.net/mmman