Microsoft Stream service description

Microsoft Stream is an enterprise video management service that lets people in your organization create, store, share, and view videos securely. Stream is deeply integrated within the Microsoft 365 app ecosystem allowing you to add and consume videos within other apps such as Teams, Viva Engage, Viva, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and SharePoint. Stream is commonly used at work to:

  • Record and watch Microsoft Teams meetings with automatically generated transcripts
  • Record video from user’s camera, screen or both
  • Share videos such as leadership, human resources or training/compliance videos
  • Watch videos
  • Search or read video transcripts
  • Share and comment on videos
  • Embed videos into SharePoint portals and pages

Note

Currently Microsoft offers two versions of Stream: Stream (Classic) and Stream (built on SharePoint). Stream (Classic) is a legacy version of the application that is in the process of being replaced with Stream (on SharePoint). For more information on the differences between the versions, see Stream (built on SharePoint), the new version of Microsoft Stream.

Microsoft Stream (built on SharePoint)

Microsoft Stream (built on SharePoint) allows for high quality video playback and rich media experiences for files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive for Business. The benefit of storing videos in SharePoint/OneDrive is that if offers admin control of storage, management, compliance, governance, & life cycle capabilities. Additionally, SharePoint/OneDrive is compliant across many industry standards and offers enterprise security, sharing and collaboration.

Available plans

Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint) is available for all Microsoft 365 customers through plans that have SharePoint and OneDrive available. Feature availability may vary across plans. Please see below for more details.

For detailed plan information on subscriptions that enable users for Microsoft Stream, see the Microsoft 365 business plan comparison and Microsoft 365 Enterprise plan comparison.

For detailed plan information on subscriptions that enable users for Microsoft Stream and are currently available in European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland see the Microsoft 365 business plan comparison for EEA and Microsoft 365 Enterprise plan comparison for EEA.

Feature availability

The following table lists the major features of Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint) available across plans (certain caveats apply – see the footnotes for further information). This table may change without notice. For the most up-to-date, complete list of Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint) features, see Current features and upcoming roadmap for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint).

Microsoft Stream (built on SharePoint) Features

Features Small business Enterprise plans GCC GCC – High DoD Education
Upload & view video & audio files Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Manage video & audio files via OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Get back to videos across Microsoft 365 that you created or were shared with you via the Office Home & Stream start page Yes Yes Yes No 1 No 1 Yes
Create screen & web cam recordings No 1 No 1 No 1 No 1 No 1 No 1
Generate transcripts for uploaded videos No 1 No 1 No 1 No 1 No 1 No 1
Search video & meeting recording transcripts in Microsoft 365 Yes Yes Yes No 1 No 1 Yes

1 Coming soon, see roadmap for details: Microsoft 365 roadmap

Learn More

For more information about Microsoft Stream, check out the following resources: