Updates to Office 365 Video

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Seems the team behind Office 365 Video has had a ketchup effect lately and recently released new feature to the service, which in two weeks time have rolled out from first release to production. Pretty cool stuffs!

• Insert O365 Video from a SharePoint page
• Video Statistics and Analytics
• Improved upload flow
• Subtitles & Captions support

Video Embed is here! (for first release)

As with all tech following in other footsteps we all cheer when a new feature which should have been there from the start appear. Now in first release tenants in Office 365 you can get an embed code for your videos stored in Office Video.
[Support link about embed] [Get embed code via REST]



Click the Embed link, copy the embed code, and paste it into a page in SharePoint.





NOTE: The new blog experience via the Delve profile page already support using video’s from Office Video by pasting the URL for a video directly, so no need to use embed code.

Speaking at Ignite on Office Graph and Office Video

I’m really honored to be allowed to speak at the biggest SharePoint event for the third time in a row. Previously it was Microsoft SharePoint Conference, now it’s Microsoft Ignite!

Previously I’ve spoken on extending people search and search relevance, and this time I’ve been allowed back for two sessions. One on Office Graph and one on Office 365 Video. Both related to search in their own ways.

If you haven’t signed up for this all encompassing event which covers most of the tech Microsoft has to offer, head over to http://ignite.microsoft.com/ and book May 4-8, 2015 in Chicago in your calendar today!

Video Portal Troubleshooting

A new release without issues hard to achieve and Office 365 Video is no exception. I will explain a couple of typical scenarios which you might encounter.

• A channel with that name already exists
• I have renamed my channel, but the channel name is still listed with the old one on the channel listing page

Office Video is Live

Office Video just went live today November 11th, 2014. First they launched the Delve portal, now the Office 365 Video portal. Both driven by search. What’s next?

I have had the fortune to test out the preview and have with my colleague Andreas written a guide to get you started planning this new awesome feature. Head over to Getting started with Office 365 Video to read all about it and also check out Office 365 Video Explained for some good insight into the platform.

Also check the official blog post for an introduction.