How do I enable HIVE for Microsoft Teams live events?

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Last updated: Mar 15, 2023 by igor.murphy
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This article will guide you through the process of:

  • Enabling HIVE for Teams live events (via your Microsoft 365 tenant)

Before you Begin

Before you can begin, you must have:

Please refer to your "Customer On-boarding" email for the Hive License key or contact your Hive Streaming Solutions Engineer.

OPTION 1: Enabling HIVE for Teams live events with Teams Admin Center

Your company Office 365 Tenant administrator must execute these steps in the Microsoft Teams Admin Center (https://admin.teams.microsoft.com). Make sure you are logged in with a profile with administrator rights.

Select Meetings > Live events settings 


Click toggle key to turn on the "Use a third party distribution provider" Option

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

Capture the Hive License key sent in the welcome letter, or by request, in the "Provider license key" field

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

  

overview:

Click "Save" 

OPTION 2: Enabling HIVE for Teams live events via PowerShell command

Your company Skype for Business or 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 - use this PowerShell command or cmdlet, replacing the highlighted section with the HIVE for Microsoft License key provided via e-mail:

Set-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration -SupportURL https://support.office.com/home/contact -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

More information about the Get-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastConfiguration cmdlet may be found here.  New to PowerShell?  Try our PowerShell tips here.

It can take up to 24 hours for configuration changes to be fully propagated across the system, so be sure to execute these cmdlets well before you plan on running your first HIVE-enabled Teams live event.

Events configured before executing the cmdlet or the UI will NOT use HIVE.  If you have created events previously with which you would like to use HIVE - you should delete those events and re-create them.

Teams Live Events that rely on external encoders also rely on Microsoft Stream. Therefore, if you plan on using an encoder with Microsoft Teams live events (and HIVE), you should proceed with the process to enable HIVE for Microsoft Stream.

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