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Marc Mroz
Microsoft
MicrosoftI know this change is different than Stream (Classic) and YouTube. But it matches what users would have to do to share any other file in M365. So we are bringing videos to match the same mental models as other files. Our suggestion is that users start storing videos wherever makes the most sense to them in the flow of their other work. If they are sharing in a Viva Engage community they can just upload it to the post or Community directly. Or if it's part of a Teams team just upload the video there in the Files tab. If they already have a SP site for other related work upload them directly in the SP site. If it's not something that fits to some other team, community, site, then upload them to OneDrive. Folks just need to be okay with uploading videos and sharing them in M365 the same way they would any other file. It's different but people should be able to easily understand it once they get over the slight mental shift.
Hi Marc, Thanks for following up. I'm still on the fence about the net benefit of these changes. With Stream on SharePoint, I have managed to do lots of cool things with my videos by now having access to the SharePoint REST API (get/set properties, transcripts). But this big model change will make it more awkward for many content creators. Its like if Google said "We have shutdown YouTube. Instead, simply upload videos to Google Drive folders and share them like files!" You *can* think of video as files but in my experience its common for many people not to. Its a shame we can't have the best of both worlds.