Microsoft is Retiring Stream

Currently, we store and access corporate videos and MS Teams meeting recordings on the Stream (Classic) portal. Microsoft will soon be retiring this platform and going forward will treat video like any other file.

What does this mean for us?
From September 15, 2023, we will need to store and share videos and recordings on our OneDrive, SharePoint, or MS Teams sites.

We won’t be able to add new content to the Stream Classic portal, (although we’ll be able to see old content there until February 2025).

Do I need to move my content?
No. Between August and December this year, IM will move all content currently on Stream Classic to your OneDrive, a SharePoint site, or a Teams site, depending on the nature of the recording. You can find out more about the process here.

How will this affect me?
Most people in Anglo American and De Beers don’t “create” videos – though many of us keep recordings of Teams meetings.

Teams recordings

• Any recordings of Teams meeting between colleagues made after 2021, are already saved to your OneDrive.
• Teams meetings made before 2021 will be moved by IM from Stream Classic to your OneDrive.
• Any recordings of meetings held in a Teams channel prior to 2021, will be moved from Stream Classic to a folder on the corresponding Teams site.

Video content

• The IM programme team will get in touch directly if you own videos stored – in a group or a channel – on Stream Classic. They will confirm where your material will be saved.

Other changes:

• From September 15, 2023: you can no longer use Stream Live for live meetings – please use Teams Live instead.
• From February 15, 2024: you can no longer search for videos on Stream Classic. Find out how to search for videos on Stream on SharePoint here. The
  links to videos on Stream Classic will still work.
• From February 15, 2025, links to videos on Stream Classic will no longer work so please update your links before then.

You can find out more on this page on Eureka!.