# Microsoft Stream

> Microsoft Stream is Microsoft’s enterprise video offering, developed for secure recording, playback, sharing, and management inside Microsoft 365. Its SharePoint and OneDrive foundation puts videos alongside everyday work files. Microsoft brought Stream’s player, recorder, and homepage together with its video editor under the Clipchamp brand in 2025.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Redmond, United States
- **Products:** Microsoft Stream preview, Microsoft Stream (Classic), Stream (on SharePoint), Unified Microsoft Clipchamp video experience
- **Notable:** Public preview announced July 18, 2016., General availability announced June 20, 2017, in 181 markets and 44 languages., SharePoint-based Stream became generally available in October 2022.

## Products & services

- **Microsoft Stream preview** — Business video service preview for uploading, sharing, tagging, and discovering organizational videos. Historical offering.
- **Microsoft Stream (Classic)** — Standalone enterprise video destination, generally available in 2017; subsequently retired.
- **Stream (on SharePoint)** — Video playback, recording, search, captions, sharing, and management for videos stored in SharePoint and OneDrive; capabilities now use Clipchamp branding.
- **Unified Microsoft Clipchamp video experience** — Brings the former Stream player, camera, and homepage together with Clipchamp video editing under one brand. Editor and AI feature access depend on license.

## Achievements

- Public preview announced July 18, 2016.
- General availability announced June 20, 2017, in 181 markets and 44 languages.
- SharePoint-based Stream became generally available in October 2022.
- Microsoft reported billions of videos uploaded to the SharePoint-based service during 2022.
- Former Stream playback and creation surfaces transitioned to Clipchamp branding in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Microsoft’s July 15 brand-unification update said refreshed Clipchamp video player branding and the ability to share standalone clips had fully rolled out in late June 2025.
- **2025-07** — The same update described unified access to the video start page from both the Stream and Clipchamp launch routes; Copilot video questions and summaries require a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

## Links

- Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/clipchamp
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-stream/

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