It will take a moment to prepare itself – wait until it completes.

No matter which encoder you have, click “Start setup”.

If you, like me, don’t have one of these suggested encoders you’ll need to setup your encoder manually.

Enter settings/options for your live stream and click “Save”.

Once you’ve added yourself or a user in either place, they’ll then have the “Create –> Live event” option available.

Or, more often the case, unrestricted users (on live stream panel):

Only admins and unrestricted users can live stream.

Here’s how to enable Microsoft Stream for live streaming (must be an admin to enable):

Whenever you have an opportunity to stop paying for a third party product and use what you get included in your tenant, I think it’s worth giving it a try. Once an event is finished, the recorded stream includes face detection so users can skip ahead to a certain speaker as well as automatic and searchable closed captions.

I just found out that Microsoft Stream now allows users to live stream events (preview).

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