What is Stream (on SharePoint)?

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I have videos at my OneDrive folder with shareable links.&nbsp;
How can I insert these videos in Stream page without uploading physically but just with links?&nbsp;
Since there are copyright issue, I can't directly upload the video contents but just links.&nbsp;
Like building a website, I hope Stream to provide a way to share a video within Stream with only a link to other platform like OneDrive or Youtube. Please help me resolve that issue. Thank you very much in advance.&nbsp;

daniel_lee82 · Answer

Marc Mroz&nbsp;Thank you so much, Marc, please allow me a few follow-up questions so I am a newbie to this.&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Stream Product Term DefinitionYou said "So very likely in the next 1.5 years Stream (Classic) will be fully shut down. " and "Stream as a product will still exist but how it works in M365 will change slightly.". What I understand of those is as follows: would you review and confirm the following?1) Stream (Classic) = Which means a web page that holds all the videos and a destination for all employees to come to watch. = Disappear.2) Stream = "Stream as a product will still exist ..." Will exist even after the new Stream (on SharePoint) shows up = a video storage space without having a web page showcasing all the videos.3) Stream (on SharePoint) = "What is this?" = Will exist.3-1) If we can store videos in OneDrive and can embed them into a SharePoint page via web part? What is the point of the existence of Stream? And why is this at all called as "Stream (on SharePoint?), not OneDrive videos on SharePoint? It seems nothing to do with other than OneDrive and SharePoint.3-2) I inserted the links of videos in OneDrive into a SharePoint site for a test purpose, and when I played it, I found it was playing on Stream as follows: does that mean the video streaming/playing engine behind OneDrive or other MS M365 products is Stream?3-3) Web part definitionI inserted the links to the OneDrive videos into the SharePoint web page. Did I use a web part? If it means something else, please provide me with a brief guide for that. I am wondering whether I did it right or not.&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Our future enterprise video sharing platformWe need a central place to store all the videos worthy of being shared with and watched by every member of our organization, not just teams/email video link sharing. What are possible options?&nbsp;1) Build a SharePoint portal containing all the videos for employees for internal purposes.2) Are there any other options? Maybe Power Apps Page?&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you very much. Daniel&nbsp;&nbsp;

kevincrossman · Answer

Daniel_Lee82&nbsp; It might resonate more if you think of Stream (on SharePoint) this way:
1) Vastly improved video (and audio) playback, inside any service that uses SharePoint for files. Including OneDrive, Teams, and Yammer.
2) A new Stream-branded start page in office.com, similar to the start pages for Excel, PowerPoint etc.
3) "Stream" branding around #1 and #2.
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This transition may be confusing to many especially those with investment and association with Stream Classic, you're not the only one.

marc mroz · Answer

Daniel_Lee82&nbsp;Can you explain a bit more of exactly what you are trying &nbsp;to do?&nbsp;
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You can't build any customized pages in Stream (Classic). You have to physically upload videos to Stream (Classic).&nbsp;
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If instead you use SharePoint which is our go forward solution you can build customized internal pages and feature videos from YouTube, OneDrive, or SharePoint.&nbsp;
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Https://aka.ms/StreamPortals&nbsp;
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File viewer web part for videos in SharePoint or OneDrive.
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youtube web part for a video from YouTube.&nbsp;
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Stream (Classic) is going to be retired date to be announced later this year and we'll give 1 year notice. But you should start using Stream (on SharePoint) instead now.&nbsp;

daniel_lee82 · Answer

Marc Mroz&nbsp;Thank you for your reply!&nbsp;We are currently using Stream as a video sharing portal internally.&nbsp;So far, there have been only physically uploaded videos.&nbsp;Recently, there is a need to share videos in someone's OneDrive Business storage in the Stream portal because I do not physically own the videos but just viewer-rights.&nbsp;I hope to harmoniously embed the videos within our Stream site.&nbsp;&nbsp;Do you mean that Stream (Classic) will disappear in a year or so?&nbsp;And will there be only Stream (on SharePoint)?If it is just on SharePoint page, what's the point of Stream's existence?&nbsp;OneDrive is sufficient to build a SharePoint video sharing portal.&nbsp;And please send me links of how to build a Stream (On SharePoint). Thank you very much.&nbsp;&nbsp;Daniel&nbsp;What I am ultimately trying to do is to share videos internally in a nice format like Stream.

marc mroz · Answer

Daniel_Lee82&nbsp; -&nbsp;
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Do you mean that Stream (Classic) will disappear in a year or so?&nbsp;
And will there be only Stream (on SharePoint)?

We haven't announced the retirement date yet for Stream (Classic) but are getting ready to either later this year or early next year. We are waiting for the migration tool to be "generally available" before we announce the 12-month window until Stream (Classic) retires. So very likely in the next 1.5 years Stream (Classic) will be fully shut down.&nbsp;
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Stream (on SharePoint) is our go forward solution. The migration tool will help your IT admins move the videos out of Stream (Classic) and into SharePoint sites or user's OneDrive.&nbsp;
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If it is just on SharePoint page, what's the point of Stream's existence?&nbsp;
OneDrive is sufficient to build a SharePoint video sharing portal.
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And please send me links of how to build a Stream (On SharePoint). Thank you very much.&nbsp;

Stream as a product will still exist but how it works in M365 will change slightly.

All your video files will be stored in SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Yammer the same way you store all other files. This has major advantages in terms of life cycle, permissions, access, information governance, M365 Search, APIs, etc.
The Stream start page (https://stream.office.com) will be an easy way for users to get back to videos they've opened recently, were sent links to, etc. It is not going to be a "single enterprise video portal" like Stream (Classic) was. From looking at usage across Stream (Classic) most videos are watched because users were sent a direct link or the video was embeded into some other web page. Rarely do users actually come to Stream (classic) and browse for videos.&nbsp;
Videos are now searchable anywhere in M365 you search for other files. You don't have to go to a special place to search for videos just search in SP, Teams, Bing, office.com, etc and video files are shown right next to other files. Videos are searchable based on their title, description, transcript, and chapters.
To build video destinations like what you had with a Stream (Classic) group or channel, you now do that with SharePoint pages and web parts. This allows for much more customization and creativity to feature your videos along side other content. See these guides and walkthroughs: https://aka.ms/StreamPortals&nbsp;

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