Skype Meeting Broadcast - recommendations when feeding video clips into Event?
Hi all - Giving this new network a try! We are using Skype Meeting Broadcast to conduct company-wide town halls and the like. We're a media company so in general these meetings include talking heads as well as frequent use of clips and sizzle reels into the event. Today we are accomplishing this using an Inogeni SDI->USB or HDMI->USB converter to feed the video into essentially the speaker camera feed in the Producer client. We're noticing some variable quality depending on the clip. Does Microsoft have recommendations on the clip format (encoding type, bitrate, etc.) to achieve best quality. We're not certain if the artifacting we are seeing is coming from the SFB client that is acting as Producer or if on the backend in whatever it is that Skype Broadcast Meetings does to create the event feed for viewers. Thanks so much! DaveCan I use Skype Meeting Broadcast with a hybrid deployment if on-prem is Lync Server 2013?
Hi, I am very interested in leveraging the Skype Meeting Broadcast capabilities for our company. We have E1 licenses for everyone but our Skype deployment is using Lync Server 2013 on-prem, and will likely remain that way for a while. I have been reading through the documentation for this and it isn't clear to me if Skype for Business Server 2015 is required to do this hybrid setup or if we can do hybrid with Lync Server 2013 and still use Broadcast. I started with this article: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-is-a-Skype-Meeting-Broadcast-c472c76b-21f1-4e4b-ab58-329a6c33757d At the bottom there is a link to https://technet.microsoft.com/library/mt243953.aspx, which specifies that the article is for Skype for Business Server 2015. That is why I thought it was a requirement... however, once inside that article, I saw there was this article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj205403.aspx, which contained instructions server 2015 as well as 2013 here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj205403(v=ocs.15).aspx. It looks like the hybrid configuration is supported with Lync Server 2013 on premises, but I can't tell for sure if that includes support for Skype Meeting Broadcast, or of that is just for basic capabilities. Any insight you can provide is greatly appreciated! Thanks, BrianSkype Broadcast Meeting Roadmap?
We've trialled SfB Broadcast Meeting, and found it promising but a bit limited at present - screen sharing for us is a major requirement - however I can't find a roadmap or similar with information on when/if that function (or any others) are going to be introduced. Are there ongoing plans for SfB Broadcast to be developed, or is it a "garage" project that's out there but will now be ignored and left as-is?
Skype Meeting broadcast is not enabled for .edu,.gov and non-profit organization
Skype Meeting broadcast is not enabled for .edu,.gov and non-profit organization To use SFB Broadcast you need to have O365 Enterprise license E1,E3 or E5 with Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan Currently SFB Broadcast meeting is not allowed for Education, Government and Non-Profit Organization We really want it for our schoolsSkype for Business Broadcast - Mobility and Mobile Client Update!
This Friday, August 12, we're doing a Skype for Business Video Broadcast at 9am Pacific time. Listen to the Product Marketing team give you an update on Mobility - join us at http://aka.ms/sfbcast, Friday 8/12 at 9am Pacific. Sean Wilson and Praveen Maloo will talk about Mobility and some of the newest mobility features that are coming down the pike.
