Reminder: Stream (Classic) retires on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted

Microsoft will retire Stream (Classic) on April 15, 2024, and all videos on Stream (Classic) will be deleted after the retirement date. Stream (Classic) has already been auto-disabled for end-users, and admins can delay this change until the retirement date. To prevent data loss, Admins must migrate their tenant's Stream (Classic) data to Stream (on SharePoint) before the retirement date. The successor service, Stream (on SharePoint), entered general availability in October 2022.

To prepare for this change, users are recommended to begin using Stream (on SharePoint) and direct users to upload videos to SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Yammer, and to put a plan in place for migration. All existing Stream (Classic) videos can be transferred to Stream (on SharePoint) to take advantage of Stream’s rich integration within Microsoft 365 by using the migration tool that allows you to transfer your videos to SharePoint while also bringing over metadata, links, and permissions associated with your videos.

Stream (on SharePoint) brings many capabilities of Stream (Classic) which allows users to record and play videos directly in many everyday work and school apps such as Teams, Office.com, Yammer, Viva, PowerPoint, and SharePoint. The service also enables users to easily manage video files with the same security, admin controls, multi-geo support, compliance, permissions, and sharing controls as the rest of your files in SharePoint and OneDrive. Furthermore, it offers features such as recording videos with advanced tools directly in the camera like background blur or replace, inking, text, audio only, and teleprompter.

In summary, if you haven't already, it's important to migrate your Stream (Classic) videos to Stream (on SharePoint) before April 15, 2024, to avoid data loss.

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