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Stream embed permissions
lionel1055- We had exactly the same problem and have managed to solve this. In the advanced sharing options it is possible to grant (a group of) users 'Limited Access' permissions (see also https://learn.microsoft.com/nl-NL/sharepoint/understanding-permission-levels#default-permission-levels). By granting this level of permission they do not have the option to download the videos.
I hope this helps.
lionel1055
I'm having issues as well. The trouble is that to share a video all of the variables have to come along with it for others to view it. If you put it into a sharepoint page, sharepoint chops off those variables. So the videos I am making for my entire organization to view require permission to access. This is a bit of a headache, to be honest.
The way the settings work I can't just set the video to 'share' - and I certainly don't want to email every single person in my company every time I update a sharepoint page.
This change is recent and I hope they change how permissions work overall. The sharing dialog box often doesn't keep my settings - and I shouldn't have to send an email every time I want to change video permissions.
Microsoftjenn_X - Embed works off of who has direct access to the video file. The way share links works is that you have to click the link if it's a "everyone in my company" link. So "everyone" doesn't have access until they navigate to the link. We aren't doing that redemption of the link in embed or web parts.
You can follow the instructions I listed above to use share links but share it to specific people or groups. Or you can assign direct access to people or groups without the link or email. To do this from the Stream player page:
- Go to the share drop down
- Select Manage access
- In the upper right there is a little icon of a person with a + sign, click that to open the "Grant access" screen
- From grant access you can give permissions to any specific people, security groups, or M365 groups. When you do this those people have access to the file no matter what link or embed code is used.
- Additionally, you can type the special phrase of "everyone except external users" into the grant access box, this will grant EVERYONE in your organization permissions to your file.
We have a project under development to add a button into Manage Access for video files only that will let you grant access directly to everyone in the organization without needing to use a share link they click nor sending an email. We think that in many cases this will help with these videos you intend to share widely via embed codes. I don't have a timeline I can say at this time but it is under development.