Purpose
Microsoft is retiring Stream (Classic) in favor of Stream (on SharePoint). The new Stream app allows users to create, store and share videos securely and seamlessly. Video files are directly stored in SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive through Stream, making collaboration is easier than ever. Improvements to the interface include easier ways to record short videos, preview recordings, and share content on Teams.
The table below shows the difference between Classic and New Stream. This list is likely to change frequently; OIT will update this page as more information becomes available. Check the bottom of the article to see the last updated date.
Stream (Classic) vs Stream (On SharePoint)
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Stream (Classic) |
Stream (on SharePoint) |
| Storage |
- Video recordings are automatically uploaded to Stream (Classic).
- Pre-August 2021, videos were automatically uploaded to Stream (Classic)
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- Video Recordings are automatically uploaded to the organizer's OneDrive.
- Teams channel meetings are stored in the Team SharePoint site.
- Meeting participants are granted view-only access to any recordings they were a part of.
- Private meetings a stored in OneDrive
- Organizer is owner, falls in their OneDrive
- Participants have view-only access automatically granted – no download
- Channel Meetings à stored in team SharePoint > Recordings
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| Organization |
- Videos can be organized into stream channels or associated with groups.
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- Videos recorded in a Teams Channel meeting will be stored in the Files tab of the Team. Additionally, users can view the video in the Video tab of the team.
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| Web App |
- The web application can be found at https://web.microsoftstream.com.
- You can log into the web app and view all the public videos on the Stream platform.
- You do have the ability to slow down or speed up a video.
- Captions and Transcripts will be available for all videos.
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- The web application can be found at - https://stream.office.com/.
- Only videos that you have uploaded and videos that have been shared with you will be visible on the main dashboard, along with some publicly shared videos.
- Video uploaded will automatically have captions and a transcript.
- You can generate captions if the video does not have captions embedded in it.
- Video playback speed is available.
- Downloaded videos will lose their captions.
- Captions are a separate metadata attribute associated with videos on Stream, and are not embedded directly within the video.
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| Sharing |
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| Captioning |
- All videos in Stream (Classic) have captions generated by default. The video owner can also edit them.
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- Videos in Stream (on SharePoint) generated from Teams Meetings with transcription ON will have captions in Stream.
- You can generate captions if the video does not have captions embedded in it.
- Captions are also generated generation for videos uploaded by users. Users can also edit captions on this platform now.
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| External Users |
- This feature is not available in Stream (Classic).
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- Videos can be shared with external users or the public using “Anyone with the link” sharing.
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| Other Features |
- The other Stream (Classic) features include embedded forms and embedded code for the videos.
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- The embedded code feature is available on this platform but the embedded forms feature is not yet available
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