Why is the change happeningįirstly, to better facilitate users sharing meeting recordings externally to the organisation but there is more to it than that. Recordings that go to SharePoint Online will go to a folder called Recordings inside the Channel Documents folder structure.
Recordings that go to OneDrive will be presented in a new folder in the users’ OneDrive for Business called Recordings. To address this need, Microsoft Stream is changing such that going forwards, we will use OneDrive and SharePoint for Microsoft Teams meeting recordings. Microsoft has recognised the importance of the role that Microsoft Stream has been playing in meeting recording and that users need to not only collaborate and communicate during meetings but also after them with the recording. If you’re outside that organisation, the only way you can access that is if someone downloads the recording video file and shares it with you by manually copying the file to their OneDrive or SharePoint or worse, emails you the file. When you participate in a meeting with people from multiple organisations and the meeting is recorded, that goes to Microsoft Stream for the organisation of the meeting organiser. It is limited to internal use only and you cannot share recordings from Microsoft Stream with external users. We think, for example, that it’s a fantastic platform for sharing videos internally such as corporate messaging, training, and more. Microsoft Stream sure has a time and place. With change approaching, let’s explore how this is moving to use OneDirve and SharePoint for Microsoft Teams meeting recordings. For Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream as the location for meeting records brought its own set of challenges. It’s fantastic in its own right but limitations built within it and it’s positioning as a Microsoft 365 outsider has always been problematic.