Getting started with
Skype Meeting Broadcast
IT Showcase Productivity Guide
November 2015
Skype Meeting Broadcast will change the way you run your online meetings
and events. Capable of scaling online meetings to audiences with thousands
of concurrent viewers, Skype Meeting Broadcast enables high-quality,
adaptive video streaming to any device on any operating system. Viewers of
the broadcast have more control over viewing options, and can collaborate
by using Yammer and Bing Pulse features directly in the user interface.
To start producing and managing broadcasts, make sure you are running
Microsoft Office 2016 (required). Then read this brief guide for instructions
about the most important steps for producing a broadcast.
Topics in this guide include:
Features and
options
Scheduling a
broadcast
Customizing a
broadcast
Starting a broadcast
After the event
For more
information
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Features and options
Skype Meeting Broadcast lets you:

View and collaborate from anywhere. View a live streaming video broadcast on any device,
from any place that has an Internet connection. Join live conversations by using a built-in
Yammer feed.

Rewind or pause a live event. Running late? No problem. Use the live rewind functionality to
start watching a live event from the beginning, or take a coffee break without missing a beat
by pausing and then resuming when you are ready.

Easily produce an event. No Hollywood experience is needed. Produce a reliable, scalable live
event by using familiar Skype for Business controls to switch between video and content, and
to spotlight presenters. You can also gain insight from in-depth, post-event metrics.
Scheduling a broadcast
As the meeting or event producer, the first thing you have to do is schedule your broadcast. Here’s
how:
1.
Go to the event scheduling portal by typing https://broadcast.skype.com into your browser.
2.
Select New meeting to create a new event.
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3.
Complete the Meeting details section by entering the event title, and the date and time of the
event. Note that the time zone is always local to the person scheduling the broadcast.
4.
Complete the Event team section by adding the email addresses of your event team members.
Only necessary people should be added here, because they will have full access to the event
configuration. (User aliases should be separated by a comma, with no spaces in between.)
5.
Complete the Attendees section. Attendees are event viewers. If you select the Secure access
option, you can list individual aliases in the text box or enter an email-enabled security group.
6.
In the Video recording section, the check box to enable video recording is automatically
selected.
7.
Select Done to save your event.
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Your broadcast is now scheduled! To let your attendees know about it, just copy the Join link URL
from the Meeting summary page into your Microsoft Outlook invitation, and send it.
Next, consider whether you want to add collaboration tools such as Yammer and Bing Pulse to your
broadcast.
Customizing a broadcast
You can customize your broadcast by adding collaboration tools such as Yammer and Bing Pulse.
The interactivity that these customizations provide can really add some interactive appeal for your
audience. Here’s how to add Yammer and Bing Pulse to the user interface of your meeting
broadcast:
1.
Go to the event scheduling portal by typing https://broadcast.skype.com into your browser. On
the Meeting summary page, select Customize.
2.
On the Attendee page settings page, include apps for audience participation. Decide where
you want the apps to appear on the screen (to the right or below). A maximum of two apps is
allowed per event.
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3.
To add a Yammer conversation to your meeting, select Yammer, and then select Select.
4.
In the Yammer Group ID box, enter the group ID, which you can get from the Yammer group
URL. The Prompt text and Yammer Group Network name boxes are optional.
5.
To add a Bing Pulse survey, select Bing Pulse, and then select Select.
6.
Go to http://pulse.bing.com, and sign in with your account. Select Create Pulse to create a
Bing Pulse event.
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7.
Select Make Pulse live, and then make a note of the event URL.
8.
In the Skype Meeting Broadcast scheduler, in the Pulse ID box, enter the last portion of the
URL (for example, “event”). In the Pulse Account box, enter the next-to-last portion (for
example, “account”). Your Bing Pulse survey is now embedded.
9.
Select Save and then Close.
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What it should look like
Here is how these customizations will appear for your viewers.
Yammer
Bing Pulse
Yammer
conversation
Bing Pulse
Starting a broadcast
Now that you’ve scheduled your broadcast and added your optional customizations, it’s time for
the broadcast. Here’s how to start and manage the broadcast yourself, as the event’s producer:
1.
Go to the event scheduling portal by typing https://broadcast.skype.com into your browser.
Open your event, and select the Copy Event Link URL at the very top of the page.
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2.
Paste the link into a new browser window. The Join the event page will appear. This page
appears only for the event team. Attendees will not see this page.
3.
Select Sign in as event team member.
4.
Turn on video by selecting the Video button
then selecting Start My Video.
5.
Under Presenters, right-click the video image, and then select Make Active Video for
broadcasting.
6.
To add Microsoft PowerPoint content, select the Present button
Broadcast client.
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in the Skype Meeting Broadcast client and
in the Skype Meeting
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7.
Select your preferred layout (Video Only, Video and Content, or Content Only).
8.
Select Start Broadcast to start streaming.
Note: If you stop a broadcast, you can’t restart it.
It’s show time! To see what attendees will see, paste the Event Link URL from the event scheduler
into your browser, and then select Join Event. You will see your broadcast streaming.
After the event
If you want to share the recording of the meeting, you can download or publish it. You can also
delve into metrics about the event for reporting purposes. Here’s how:
1.
Go to the event scheduling portal by typing https://broadcast.skype.com into your browser.
Select your event in the Ended area.
2.
On the Post-meeting summary page, under Video recording, check for a downloadable
recording of the meeting.
3.
To view event metrics, under Reports, select Download meeting report.
4.
Metrics for Bing Pulse and Yammer are also available.
By using all the data that is available to you from Skype Meeting Broadcast after your event, you
can analyze what worked and what didn’t, and can make improvements for your next broadcast.
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