Microsoft is introducing Microsoft eCDN, a new standalone WebRTC-based enterprise content delivery network offer designed to enhance live video streaming across an organization using Microsoft Teams.
The Microsoft eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network)—available for $0.50 per user per month with an annual subscription—allows organizations to seamlessly and securely live stream global meetings, all hands and townhalls, and distribute company-wide trainings, the company says.
The service is billed as a solution to hybrid and remote work, which Microsoft says has increased the need to stay connected and engage with employees in different locations. Microsoft says eCDN is also a solution to the heavy bandwidth load placed upon corporate networks from heavy use of Microsoft Teams and other collaboration apps.
The company says Microsoft eCDN is designed to enhance network reliability, reduce network saturation and deliver secure, high-quality, large-scale live video streaming with optimized network performance directly in Teams Live Events.
“Microsoft eCDN is easy to adopt and implement broadly across an organization,” the company says in a Tech Community blog. “Its mesh networks are self-balancing and automatically scale as the number of viewers increase.”
According to Microsoft, the peer-to-peer network reduces the overall load on corporate networks and helps prevent failure or quality issues. The solution also candles advanced analytics and troubleshooting tools that provide insight and fix user experience, performance and other network issues.
Microsoft also highlights the solution’s ease of adoption, as no additional installation is required on endpoints, and no changes are required to the physical network infrastructure.
The company says Microsoft eCDN comes after its August 2021 acquisition of Peer5, which offered a WebRTC-based eCDN solution that runs in-browser to optimize bandwidth usage and mitigate impacts to network and business communication apps.
With Peer5 integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem, the service is now built and managed on Microsoft’s Cloud with Office 365 compliance, which the company says ensures video content is secured and distributed only to authorized users.
Organizations can purchase Microsoft eCDN as a standalone offer through volume licensing, direct from Microsoft through the Microsoft 365 IT Admin Center or through other Microsoft Cloud Partners.
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