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Teams offers two options for broadcasting Teams meeting content:
Network Device Interface (NewTek NDI®) is a modern solution for connecting multiple media devices, such as studio cameras and mixers, without physical connections. Instead, NDI® technology enables connectivity over a local intranet, including on a local machine. This technology is a widely adopted industry standard for producing live content for streams, with significant awareness and adoption in the professional broadcast world.
Serial Digital Interface (SDI), known for its reliable long-distance transmission, is a widely used technology for sending video through cables. It's a go-to choice in professional broadcasting because it carries uncompressed, high-quality video along with audio and other data. Hardware devices from AJA Video Systems and Blackmagic Design provide connectivity to legacy broadcast devices that use SDI.
NDI® and SDI technology is supported in all locales.
As an admin, you can allow your users to use NDI® and SDI for broadcast production in their meetings. For the most secure solution, don't turn on this policy as a global setting.
1. Turn on the broadcast production policy
To turn on NDI® and SDI broadcast features for a user, you can use the Teams admin center or PowerShell.
Manage broadcast production in the Teams admin center
- In the left navigation of the Teams admin center, go to Meetings > Meeting policies.
- Select an existing policy or create a new one.
- Go to the Audio & video section.
- Turn the Broadcast production with NDI and SDI hardware toggle On.
- Select Save.
Manage broadcast production in PowerShell
You can use the -ContentSharingInExternalMeetings parameter in the CsTeamsMeetingPolicy cmdlet to enable broadcast production for your users.
To allow users with this policy to use broadcast production, use the following script:
Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy -Identity <policy name> -AllowNDIStreaming $true
2. Instruct your users to turn on production capabilities
Users with an enabled Broadcast production with NDI and SDI hardware policy must turn on Production capabilities from Settings > App Permissions in their specific client. For details on how your user can turn on production capabilities, see Broadcasting audio and video from Teams.