Video gets more and more important in internal communication in companies and is a great supportive tool for helping users on their way to digital transformation. I my session we take a closer look at Microsoft Stream - the "Youtube for the Enterprise" - and I will give you lots of practical tips for creating video and audio content.

1. BEST PRACTICE WITH COMPANY VIDEO
ON MICROSOFT STREAM
Michael Greth
[MVP Office Apps & Services - Podcaster] [@mysharepoint] [Studio208]

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3. Best Practice with
Company Video on
Microsoft Stream
Victor Hugo: Nothing is more powerful
than an idea whose time has come.

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6. VideofortheEnterpriseistrendingforover10years

7. Manage your time & communications

8. Content Platform Search Share Create

9. Content Platform Search Share Create

10. Videos are the new documents
• Video says 60.000 times more than text
• Generation YouTube
• YouTube search engine number 2
• Video can actively support digital
transformation
https://cogdogblog.com/2012/07/60000-times-question/
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11. TOP 3 Usecases for Video
TRAINING AND HOW-TOS HR: ONBOARDING
NEW EMPLOYEES
CEO: TOWN HALL
LIVE MEETING
LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT

12. Content Platform Search Share Create

13. Platform
YouTube for the Enterprise (Video hub)
Content, Search, AI, Security
Encoding und Transcoding

14. Under the hood

15. Platform
You know Youtube – You know Stream

16. Microsoft Stream Navigation
GROUPS = Access & Security
CHANNELS = Content & Topics

17. Organize Videos by Groups
Groups in Microsoft Stream = Office 365 Groups
• organize videos
• control access to videos
• mini video portal
Public group
• Anyone in your company can join by himself
• Everyone in the organization will be able to see
the videos and channels within these groups
Private group
• Members added or approved by group owner
• Only group members will be able to see videos
and channels within the group

18. Organize Videos by Channels
Channels
• organization method for videos
• not a permission method
• don’t have any permissions on their own.
Companywide Channels
• Can be seen by everyone
• Everyone can add videos or remove videos
• Only videos that have "Allow everyone in
your company to view this video" checked
can be added to companywide channels
Groups Channels:
• Inherits the permissions from the group
• All contributors to a group can create
channels, add/remove videos and edit
settings about the channel

19. Create A Microsoft Stream Group

20. Create A Microsoft Stream Channel

21. Microsoft Stream my uploads

22. How to
upload a
video
Upload
through
browser
Upload
from
mobile app
Record a
Teams
meeting
Upload
from
PowerPoint
Stream a live
event

23. Microsoft Stream Video Upload

24. Title & Description
• Time codes (H:MM:SS) - You can build an interactive table of contents for
the video by typing in the time codes of interesting points in the video.
Viewers will be able to click on these time codes to jump to that point of
the video.
• #Hashtags - Add #hashtags to your video description as a lightweight
community way to group similar videos together. Viewers will be able to
click on the #hashtags and see other videos with the same tag.
• Links - Paste in a web address in the description and viewers will be able to
click the link to open your address in a new page when viewing the video.
• The title is limited to 100 characters.
• The description is limited to 4,000 characters.

25. Microsoft Stream Video Upload

26. Artificial Intelligence
• Captions autogenerated or uploaded
• Deep search
• Transcript mode
• People detection
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/

27. Coming Features (SPC19)
• Easily add interactive quizzes, polls and surveys in Stream videos
Generally availability begins this week
• Record and upload videos with the Stream mobile app and share
anywhere Generally available (record will be available in June)
• Stream webpart enhancements in SharePoint Generally available
• New admin features to help manage permissions and privacy
Generally available

28. Interactive quizzes, polls and surveys

29. Securely record, upload & share videos for
iOS and Android

30. OoB customization for Stream Webpart

31. New admin features to help curate user
experiences

32. Stream Analytics
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Stream-Blog/Global-Admin-Pro-Tip-Learn-how-to-build-video-analytics/ba-p/365267
• Video engagement analytics
• Power BI
• Security and compliance center Office 365

33. Videostreaming
and Network
Performance
• Hive ECDN Streaming for M365
https://www.hivestreaming.com/p
artners/integration-
partners/microsoft/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/de-
DE/stream/ecdn

34. Microsoft
Stream
Documentation

35. Microsoft
Stream
Licensing
overview
Licensing overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/license-overview

36. Content Platform Search Share Create

37. Intelligent Video
Search Microsoft Stream
Groups, Channels, Watchlists
Editable transcription (English and Spain)
People detection and timeline
CC and subtitles
Hashtags

38. Microsoft Stream Player
2
1
6
3
7
5
8
4

39. Mobile App iOS Android

40. Content Platform Search Share Create

41. Microsoft
Stream in
different
products
USE MICROSOFT
STREAM IN
MICROSOFT TEAMS
USE MICROSOFT
STREAM IN YAMMER
USE MICROSOFT
STREAM IN
SHAREPOINT ONLINE
USE MICROSOFT
STREAM IN ONENOTE
USE MICROSOFT
STREAM IN SWAY

42. Microsoft Stream Player in SharePoint Site
1. Video Title
2. Microsoft Stream Player Webpart
3. Subtitle
4. Player
5. Search

43. Content Platform Search Share Create

44. Restrictions
• Budget: Videos are to expensive to produce
• Time: Scripting, filming and editing takes too long
• Talent: We don’t have strong spokespeople
• ROI: We don’t have high viewership or engagement
• Resources: No Inhouse Team

45. The Challenge
• How far can I go down with the costs of
equipment and still have acceptable quality in
video production?
• With appropriate financial investment one can
fulfill (nearly) every requirement!
• The most important thing in video production is
good audio quality!

48. Microphones
• Build in mic (iPhone)
• Lavalier - Rode Lavalier
• Handmic - Sennheiser E835 / MD46
• Studiomic – Rode Procaster
• Wireless - Rode Wireless Go
• Rode SC6-L Mobile Interview Kit
• Rode VideoMicro
• Headsets - Beyerdynamic DT-297

49. Wire Microphones
• Build in audio App (iPhone)
• TRRS – TRS Adapter
• XLR cables
• XLR iPhone adapter iRig (TRRS)
• Rode i-XLR (Lightning)
• Rode RodeLink Newsshooter Kit

50. Mobile Recording/Mixer/Audio interface
• Mobile Mixer USB Yamaha AG 06
• Zoom H4
• Zoom H6
• Zoom F1
• Headphone beyerdynamics DT 770

51. Camera
• Your smartphone + add a mic
• Webcam build in
• Webcam Logitech C922
• DJI Osmo pocket
• Mevo Plus Cam
• DSLR or system camera
CamLink HDMI-USB

52. More Stuff
• Phone mounts + rigs
• Gimbal DJI Osmo Mobile 2
• Pivo – Interactive Pod
• LTE Mobile Router Netgear M1
• Powerbanks - Anker
• Tripods + LED lights
• Greenscreens

53. Helpful Apps
• Camera on your phone
• FiLMiC Pro for iOS – FiLMiC Remote
https://www.filmicpro.com/filmicpro/
• ManyCam https://manycam.com/
• LumaFusion iOS https://luma-touch.com/
• Camtasia https://www.techsmith.de/camtasia.html
• PowerPoint (save to Stream)

54. External Encoder for live events
• Open Broadcaster Studio OBS (Win, MacOS)
• Ecamm live (MacOS)
• Wirecast

55. SwitcherStudio
• Use iPhones or iPads to create professional, multicam videos while
streaming live to Facebook, YouTube, RTMP or Microsoft Stream.

56. thank you
questions?
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