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Migrating from Stream (Classic) Group channels
We have 21,000 videos in Stream (Classic). Most of our videos are in group channels rather than 'company wide' channels. We use group channels so the videos for a particular teaching department could...
NickWalker666 - What did you end up doing? We have a similar situation.
We have Steam Channels set up, and would like to migrate from Stream Channel "ABC" directly into a new TeamSite Channel "ABC". To us, it seems if the same person created different Stream Channels, all those Stream Channels are included in one extra large "container" - irregardless of the Stream Channel it came from.
We have Steam Channels set up, and would like to migrate from Stream Channel "ABC" directly into a new TeamSite Channel "ABC". To us, it seems if the same person created different Stream Channels, all those Stream Channels are included in one extra large "container" - irregardless of the Stream Channel it came from.
MrJohn you are not going to be able to migrate from a Stream channel to a channel in a team because the storage of files in a team site channel is in a folder within the Documents library. The migration tool will let you select the site which will put the files into the documents library. I can't remember if it will let you select the library, but that is as far as you can select. You cannot put the files into a specific folder in a document library. You could, however, migrate to the Documents library of the team site and then once the files are there you could manually select them and move them to the channel folder. Just an extra step.
- karen_dredske - I believe it now let's us choose a Channel under the Documents folder. I did not hit the [Migrate] button, but it did let me navigate to the right Channel. We created a new channel on the Team called "Recordings", and we are planning on putting all recordings into that channel so people can view/search. {Our current thinking anyway}.
Unfortunately, we cannot limit the copy by which Stream Channel the videos came from...- MrJohn Have you thought about using tags? I have heard Varun talk about them on some calls and some users have found this useful and mentioned it as being an easy way to control what gets migrated where.
Check out the information on it. Here's the link directly to Tags, but there are more options described above it on this page.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/understand-the-tool#tagsYeah, Tags have been really helpful. You will need to assign Tags in the 'Scan' tab. If videos are already in the 'Migration', you can delete them from migration, re-assign tags under the 'Scan' tab, them move them back to migration. A little tricky to do but it is worth it once you get it figured out. This helped with managing the waves and clean up as well.
