How to Use Custom Streaming App in Teams

Steps

  • Schedule a Teams meeting and Join the meeting.
  • Once you have joined your meeting, click on the Apps icon on the top of the meeting window.

Screenshot of the teams meeting highlighting the "Apps" Icon

  • You may see the app available the moment that you click the apps button or if you don’t see it, go to the search bar and type in "Custom".
    • You then should see, and app called "Custom Streaming" show up.

Image of the Apps section highlighting "Custom Screening"

  • Click on the App icon and then click Add.

Image of the Custom Screening application highlighting "Add"

  • Click Save on the welcome message. 

Image of the Custom Screening section highlighting "Save"

  • Now that the app has been added to the meeting you can start the process of getting ready to live stream.
    • You should see a panel on the right side of the teams meeting window, in that panel you will see a "Stream URL" box and a "Stream key" box. We will get the info for those fields on our third-party streaming site.
    • For this example, we are going to use YouTube, but the process should be the same for other platforms.

Image of the Teams meeting highlighting the custom screening section

  • Go to YouTube and sign into the profile you use for content sharing. Go to YouTube studio and setup a Live stream.
Note: In order to stream on YouTube, you will need your phone number linked to your account. If you are linking your phone number today, you will need to wait 24 hours from the time you linked it before you can livestream. 
  • Once you’re on the "Live stream" page you will then see the two fields that you need to start streaming the teams meeting, the Stream URL and the Stream key.

Screenshot of YouTube live highlighting the "Stream URL and Key"

  • Back in the Teams meeting, add the information that we just gathered from your YouTube side.
    • Once the information has been entered you should then see the Start streaming button popup. Click on button.

Screenshot of team meeting highlighting the "Start Streaming" button

  • A confirmation message will popup, click Allow.

  • It will usually take a few seconds for it to show up on the third-party site but once it does your good to Go live!

Image of the YouTube live streaming highlighting the "Go Live" button

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