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Teams Meeting Recording without Stream
Don't know if something has changed but our users are now able to record meetings without Stream.
We have stream disabled (don't ask) both in licensing and in AzureAD Enterprise Apps but users are able to record meetings, get transcripts, download etc.
Has something changed Microsoft's end?
Here is a bit more detail on the entire process: a meeting is recorded in the Teams service, and it remains there until it can upload it to Stream. Once it can upload it to Stream, a link to the recording in Stream is inserted in the related Team channel or chat, and it the video remains in Stream only. If the recording can't be uploaded to Stream, for whatever reason (maybe the user doesn't have access to Stream or the user doesn't have a license to Stream), it remains in the Teams service for 7 days (this has been recently increased to 20 days) and a user can download it from Teams and move it somewhere else (since the user can't access Stream, he or she can upload it to the files tab in Teams or his OneDrive for Business, as an example). The number of days can NOT be changed, because it's really just a temporary place to store the recording until it can get moved to Stream. After the deadline, the video is deleted from the service for good. I hope that helps you understand why different people see different things (once user can access Stream, and the other cannot).
Here is a bit more detail on the entire process: a meeting is recorded in the Teams service, and it remains there until it can upload it to Stream. Once it can upload it to Stream, a link to the recording in Stream is inserted in the related Team channel or chat, and it the video remains in Stream only. If the recording can't be uploaded to Stream, for whatever reason (maybe the user doesn't have access to Stream or the user doesn't have a license to Stream), it remains in the Teams service for 7 days (this has been recently increased to 20 days) and a user can download it from Teams and move it somewhere else (since the user can't access Stream, he or she can upload it to the files tab in Teams or his OneDrive for Business, as an example). The number of days can NOT be changed, because it's really just a temporary place to store the recording until it can get moved to Stream. After the deadline, the video is deleted from the service for good. I hope that helps you understand why different people see different things (once user can access Stream, and the other cannot).
dgorgone Hi, for some reason I'm unable to download the recorded meetings locally. I noticed this happened only recently but it only happens to me and a few others. I am perplexed as most people in the meeting could download them without any obstruction. As for me, it would not even show that the file is downloadable, I'm using a PC as well. Thanks.
dgorgone Hello Mr. Dave, actually mine is a bit different because after the meeting the recorded meetings doesn't show in the chat area. I mean I did follow the steps on starting the recording and ending the recording and it did not show after the meeting, its been 2 days now from the date of the meeting and I am afraid that after 7 days the video is now gone.
I even check in Stream, OneDrive and even in the Outlook. I did everything I could but the recorded is really gone and that meeting I have is very important. Attached is the proof that I did turn on the recording. I did not make any notes because I trusted the recorded meeting. I hope you could help me with this and I really appreciate your help.
Thank you so much.
How do I know if I have or not the license for steam? I'm actually using it to upload videos and create groups and channels. But the recording from teams is not going to steam.
I'm using a cooperative license of Office 365 from the university that I work for.
Best regards,
Ebrahim
- ChrisKnowlton
Microsoft
Ebrahimse81 - if your Teams Meeting Recordings are not going to Stream but stay as a download in chat, even though you can access Stream, here's a common cause: The impacted users have TeamsMeetingPolicy-AllowCloudRecording setting set to false (also available via the Teams admin center UI). See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/cloud-recording for a list of the prerequisites needed to send meeting recordings to Stream.
Hi,
User needs to be licensed to upload/download meetings to/from Microsoft Stream, however they do not need the license to record a meeting. If you wish to block a user from recording a Microsoft Teams Meeting, you must grant a TeamsMeetingPolicy that has AllowCloudRecording set to $False.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/cloud-recording
May I ask why you disabled Stream? 🙂 Sorry, no I will not ask that...
LinusCansbythanks that's what I thought, but users are able to download meetings.
Is downloading meeting inside teams different from downloading from Stream?
Stream being disabled is a legacy thing, the university has a service called Panopto which is used for Lecture capture and video distribution, perceived conflict with stream
- Yes, there it is possible to download a recording direct from Teams. I've only seen it when there been problem uploading to Stream and then users get the option to download direct from Teams.
If it is uploaded to Stream it will say something like "Your recording is ready in Stream now".
