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Activating Microsoft Stream
Hi ChrisHoardMVP ,
Thank you very much for responding.
My new role is the Digital Skills Manager at the University I work in, but I have a very technical background having worked in Higher Education IT for nearly 30 years. My focus at the moment is driving the adoption of Teams for all staff and eventually all students. Without Stream being made available I can't promote the recording of meetings.
All your comments "how can it be administered, controlled, what happens if someone uploads questionable content, they have to ensure the service is compliant, the data is housed in the right data centres." are valid business and policy matters, and indeed need to be addressed.
I want to be the proof of concept you talk about. In your opinion, are there any settings or configurations that mean if the Global Admins activate Stream just for me, then they are opening it for any others too?
I have the O365 Global Admin Reader role, but I can't access the Azure Admin Center. I don't know what the Global Admins have to do to enable me to have access, and as such they can hide behind comments like "there's more to it than just enabling it for individual users, like Teams". I want them to engage with me, and for that I could with knowing what settings they actually have to activate for Stream. Is there any way you could tell me some more detail of the technical configuration that is needed to activate Stream? I would really appreciate and technical detail you could share with me.
Sorry - been at MVP Summit so haven't been able to respond sooner
All that is needed, for Stream to work for you, is to activate it on your licence. Then you will be able to use stream at https://web.microsoftstream.com, you should be able to record videos in Teams, use the Stream app. This won't open it up to other users. From how you use Stream, it could actually be useful for them to observe how you use it in order to give them the feedback they need to make any adjustments in the Stream Admin portal (I.e. prevent companywide channels, help set up groups). The inherent issue for the admin, as far as I know is that you can create Office 365 groups via Stream - and when you do that you create Teams, SharePoint Sites, Exchange mailboxes. That would be pretty dangerous with so many users, so you would want to tie down Office 365 group creation in Office 365 if you haven't already done so, then if you want to create a Stream (Office 365 group) you get the admin to create one for you with the members of your group
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris