Before you Begin

Please refer to your welcome email for the Hive license key.

If you have not received one, please submit a Support Request via the Hive Support Center

It can take up to 24 hours for configuration changes to be fully propagated across the system

Make sure to implement the changes well in advance of your first Hive-enabled Teams Live Event.

Events configured before configuring the new settings will NOT be Hive enabled

To use Hive for any previously created events, you'll need to cancel and re-create them.

OPTION 1: Enabling HIVE for Teams Live Events with Teams Admin Center

Your company’s Office 365 Tenant administrator must execute the following steps in the Microsoft Teams Admin Center https://admin.teams.microsoft.com

You need to be signed in with an account that has authorized administrator access.

  1. Select Meetings > Live events settings 

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Only if using the new interface of Teams admin center

Only if using the new interface of Teams admin center

  1. Select Settings & Policies > Live events

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  1. Click toggle key to turn ON the "Video distribution provider" option

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  1. Select Hive from the "SDN provider name" drop-down menu

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  1. Input the Hive License key you received into the "Provider license key" field

  2. Input the following text in the "SDN API template URL” field: https://api.hivestreaming.com/v1/eventadmin?partner_token={0}

  3. Click Save

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OPTION 2: Enabling HIVE for Teams Live Events via PowerShell command

Your company’s Microsoft 365 tenant administrator must execute the Microsoft PowerShell command: Set-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration

If you have already activated Teams Live Events and only need to enable Hive, please use this PowerShell command or cmdlet, replacing the highlighted section with the Hive for Microsoft License key provided via e-mail:

Set-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration -SupportURL -AllowSdnProviderForBroadcastMeeting $True -SdnProviderName hive -SdnLicenseId <replace with Hive License Key> -SdnApiTemplateUrl 'https://api.hivestreaming.com/v1/eventadmin?partner_token={0}'

For more information on the Set-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration cmdlet, please refer to the Microsoft documentation.

Verifying the Configuration

You can verify your Teams configuration, including the Hive Streaming configuration, with the cmdlet: Get-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration.

Use this command:

Get-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration * Previously one would use the below command, but Microsoft has recently changed the parameter:* Get-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration -ExposeSDNConfigurationJsonBlob $true

For more information about the Get-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration cmdlet, please refer to the Microsoft documentation.