SharePoint, Stream, and video files
Microsoft Stream is the video streaming service and has been a part of the M365 toolbox since 2017. Until recently, it was a standalone service that could partially integrate with M365 Groups. It replaced a deprecated (and short-lived) SharePoint video service. The idea was that we would have a central repository for video files within our tenant and a way to create and attend live events. That central repository was the Stream website, web.microsoftstream.com. Videos could be organized and searched in a few ways:
- By the groups that owned them (tied to M365 Groups)
- Into channels (a curated list of videos that could be followed)
- By people who posted them (search by someone’s name)
- From meetings (recorded meetings from Microsoft Teams)
In addition to its own site, Stream also provides a web part that can be added to modern SharePoint pages.
The Stream service brought some intelligent features such as noise suppression...
