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Iron Contributor

Jun 22, 2017

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Can Channel owners be changed?

I can't find a way to make another user an owner of an already created channel. What happens to a channel when their owner leaves the organization? Even if it continues working it looks pretty lame ...

Marc Mroz
Jun 22, 2017
You are correct we do not have a way to change the channel owner. We display the person that created the channel originally.

For group channels any of the contributors to the group can change channel settings/add/delete them.

But for companywide channels only the person who created the channel and the Stream Admins can change infoabout or delete the channel.

This isn't ideal, I agree with you.

Could you add your ideas about what we should do with channel onwners/creators to the Stream Ideas forum so others can vote/comment on them?

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Stream-Ideas/idb-p/StreamIdeas

Mandoss

Iron Contributor

Jul 11, 2017

Would be really useful to assign more then one owner as well for that very reason.. Or at least be able to reassign ownership. With 0365 as IT Admins you were able to change owners very easily - the new 'DIY' stream model isn't really how our business works so will be interesting to see how we can make channels for others and re-assign ownership

Brent Ellis

Silver Contributor

Jul 12, 2017

Another reason I continue to advocate for the O365 Video model in Stream. Having a stream channel as part of an O365 Group is an ok feature, but at the end of the day it should not be the primary mechanism, Video Portals are majority curated things. 'diy' as you put it has pros, but lots of cons as well, our organization doesnt work like that either.

Bill Blais
Iron Contributor
Mar 01, 2018
I agree with Brent Ellis, here. Connecting to a group is definitely a good feature, but it should not be the requirement -- nor should the only other option be 'companywide'. I can imagine a situation where Marc Mroz's point of a 'Stream only' group might answer this, but without more details can't be sure.
- Marc Mroz
  Microsoft
  Mar 02, 2018
  Bill Blais - Just to add a little more detail on the concept we are looking into for "Stream only groups"...
  
  The new group type wouldn't be connected to an O365 Group.
  
  It would have 3 roles where you could assign people control over the group (Owners, Contributors, Viewers).
  
  At each of the 3 roles you can assign both individual users or AD security groups.
  
  Everything else about the group will function nearly the same as the current O365 based groups in Stream today. The stream only group would get a home page, ability to have channels in the group, etc.
  - Bill Blais
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 02, 2018
    Marc Mroz - Any word on the 'Stream-only groups' concept? This would be huge for us (and others, I imagine).