Microsoft Stream: video reactions

This feature will allow users to add or remove reactions to specific points of a recorded video via Stream Web App and Embed. Viewers will be able to see how their colleagues feel about a video and show their support towards the video owner. These reactions will be present in the timeline to highlight the most important parts of the video and can be used for navigation. Also, owners of the video can see detailed analytics about when viewers are reacting to videos and have ability to disable the feature.

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Microsoft Stream: Pay-as-you-go transcript translations

Make your content more inclusive by creating videos that your coworkers can easily view and understand in their primary language. Transcript translations in Stream (on SharePoint) give you the option to translate the transcript and closed captions of your Stream videos into more than 100 supported languages. To enable translations Admins must first setup billing using an Azure subscription, then they must be enable the feature in the M365 Admin center. Once enabled translations are billed via pay-as-you-go meters.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-syntex-pay-as-you-go-transcript-translations-in-stream-for-sharepoint-2e34ad1b-e213-47ed-a806-5cc0d88751de

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Microsoft Stream: Block downloads for shared videos

Some videos are meant to be viewed but not downloaded. Soon you will be able to share videos more securely with the “Can view, but not download” option. This option will be available in the permission drop down in the Microsoft 365 share dialog for Stream videos. When you select “Can view, but not download,” people who access the video you shared will be able watch it, but won’t be able to download or copy the video file.

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Microsoft Stream: Copilot in Stream

Copilot in Stream leverages LLM (Large Language Model) AI technology to help you quickly get the insights you need from Stream (on SharePoint) videos. With Copilot in Stream you can quickly and effectively summarize any video with a transcript, or ask deep dive questions for topics you need to understand. This feature is only available for customers who have purchased the Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

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Microsoft Stream: Video trim feature

Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint) will soon introduce a video trimming feature which will allow users with edit permissions to trim the start, end and any parts in the middle of a video.  When you trim a video, Stream won’t change the original video file itself. Instead, it just hides the trimmed parts from your viewers. 

When you’re done trimming you can toggle to the preview mode to see the trimmed video just like your viewers will see. When a video is trimmed the transcript and chapters will be adjusted automatically to reflect only what is shown in the video.

People with edit permission will be able to see full original content and edit or delete those trimmed parts. When available this feature can be accessed by opening a video in the Stream web app and taping the edit button.

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SharePoint: Advanced Video Analytics for Clipchamp Premium

We are building the next set of analytics features that would help video creators to better understand the audience and video viewing patterns. These features would be available as a part of the Clipchamp Premium license.

Views by geolocation: Geolocation shows the views of the video as a percentage of total views from different countries over the last 7 days, 30 days, and 90 days.

Usage by devices: This metric shows the views of the video as a percentage of total views from different devices (desktop, mobile, etc.) over the last 7 days, 30 days, and 90 days.

Average watch time: It represents the total playback minutes of a video across multiple sessions divided by unique sessions. It reflects the average time spent by a user while watching the video over its lifetime.

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Microsoft Stream: New features to record your screen in Stream

Record your screen with fun picture-in-picture shapes, new layouts, and easy access to the teleprompter.

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Microsoft Stream: Add a hyperlink or text callout to a video at specific times

Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding annotations that can include hyperlinks and text.

Call out important moments or share documents and other links to additional resources. You can add text and links anywhere in the video timeline to help guide your viewers to the right information.

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Microsoft Stream: Add a survey, poll, or quiz to a video at specific times

Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding a survey, quiz, or poll using Microsoft Forms. You can add forms anywhere in the video timeline for videos you own. Go to Microsoft Forms to view responses and share a summary link with answers and scores in Microsoft Forms.

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Microsoft Stream: Collaborative notes in Teams meeting recordings

This feature enables users to view and edit collaborative meeting notes while watching Teams meeting recordings in Stream. Collaborative notes allow meeting attendees to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items. Since Collaborative notes are a Loop component, it is always in sync regardless of how many places they live in. Assigned tasks in collaborative meeting notes automatically sync with To Do & Planner.

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