Microsoft is making generally available in most countries around the world as of June 20 its new video service for business users.
Microsoft introduced the public preview of that service, known as Microsoft Stream, last July.
Microsoft Stream ultimately is meant to replace the existing Office 365 Video service. Stream is for uploading, sharing, managing, and viewing corporate videos that can be used for education, training, and cross-company information sharing.
Like Office 365 Video, Stream is built on top of the Azure Media Services platform. Stream is designed to integrate with SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, and Office 365 Groups. Stream uses Azure Active Directory for authenticated access and provides encryption.
Stream provides speech-to-text transcribed audio that’s searchable; face detection in videos; and linked timecodes. Microsoft also revamped the Stream user interface and added more granular management controls.
The replacement of Office 365 Video by Microsoft Stream won’t happen immediately; it will be a phased migration, according to Microsoft.
