Get started with Microsoft Stream

On this page:

Overview
- Where recordings are stored
Eligibility
Software
Create a video to upload to Stream
Get help

Overview

Microsoft Stream is an enterprise video service that enables Indiana University students, faculty, and staff to upload, view, and share videos securely. You can use Stream to share recordings of classes, meetings, presentations, training sessions, or other videos. You can also share comments on a video, and tag timecodes in comments and descriptions to refer to specific points in a video and discuss them with colleagues.

Where recordings are stored

Note:

Video recordings are stored within either Microsoft OneDrive at IU or Microsoft Teams at IU, depending on where the recording is made, and on who selects the recording button.

Important:

Microsoft OneDrive is not approved for storage of Critical or Restricted data, including the recordings of meetings that discuss PHI and other PII. Make sure that sensitive recorded meetings occur within secure Microsoft Teams channels, or that the recordings are migrated to secure storage locations if recorded elsewhere.

Within Microsoft Teams at IU, recordings state "Open in OneDrive". The opened file will play in browsers, and has a top menu to directly share, download, and copy, as well as other functions.

Use OneDrive for Business and SharePoint or Stream for meeting recordings details who can access recordings by default, though permissions can be extended or restricted as needed. Recordings can now be shared outside of IU.

Videos recorded within Microsoft Teams before December 20, 2020, will remain in the Stream application for some period of time, but Microsoft eventually will move those recordings into Microsoft Teams or OneDrive.

Eligibility

If you are eligible to use Microsoft 365 at IU, you are eligible to use this application and its related suite of products.

Software

This application is included in Microsoft 365, and you can access it from Microsoft 365 at IU .

For mobile clients, Stream is available via the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

Create a video to upload to Stream

You can create a video to upload to Microsoft Stream using a mobile application or a webcam, or by recording a meeting in Microsoft Teams, Kaltura, or Zoom at IU.

Note:

Office telephone service for faculty and staff at Indiana University will begin to transition from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams at IU in the first quarter of 2023. UITS encourages all students, faculty, and staff to switch from Skype for Business to Teams for chat now. Faculty and staff should continue to use Skype for Business for external phone calls until migrated to Teams Calls. For more, see About Microsoft Teams Calls at IU.

Get help

If you have trouble with any application, sign out of Microsoft 365 and completely close your browser or mobile app, and then restart it. You can also switch to a different browser to see if that resolves the issue.

To troubleshoot recording problems, see Troubleshoot audio and video issues on your computer or mobile device.

For help, contact your campus Support Center.