Azure Media Services is a cloud-based platform for building broadcast-quality video streaming solutions, enabling encoding, live and on-demand streaming, content protection with DRM, and AI-powered video indexing and analytics. It differentiates through deep integration with the Azure ecosystem, including Azure CDN for scaling and Azure AI Services for analysis. However, Microsoft announced that Azure Media Services will be retired on June 30, 2024, and customers are advised to migrate to alternative solutions. Despite its retirement, the platform has been used for large-scale events and enterprise media workflows.
Easily extract meaningful insights from audio and video files using media AI.
Secure, reliable content delivery with broad global reach.
A web video player for Azure media services and other streaming scenarios.
Build rich communication experiences including calling, chat, and live events.
