Azure Media Services
Cloud-based media workflow platform to index, package, protect, and stream video at scale
Manage, transform, and deliver media content with cloud-based workflows
Use high-definition video encoding and streaming services to reach your audiences on the devices they use. And enhance content discoverability and performance with AI. All while helping to protect your content with digital rights management (DRM).
Multi-channel pipeline that orchestrates video and audio analysis and incorporates cues into a single timeline.
Web interface for easy evaluation and integration, plus easy-to-use web widgets and REST APIs.
Intuitive customization and management features, letting you train and fine-tune selected models to improve indexing accuracy.
Compliance with regulations including HIPAA, ISO 27001-27018, FedRAMP, HITRUST, and PCI.
Boost media discoverability and performance
Increase the discoverability of your audio and video content by automatically extracting advanced metadata. Enhance your apps with new forms of detectable content like spoken words, written text, and faces, as well as speakers, celebrities, and emotions.
Explore Video Indexer
Support your modern content distribution
Deliver a range of media source file and content streaming and protection formats to client technologies like HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), MPEG-DASH, and Smooth Streaming. Use Azure Media Player to deliver content—applying industry standards like HTML5, media source extensions, and encrypted media extensions and providing an enriched, adaptive cloud streaming experience.
Scale delivery according to your needs
Live broadcast a town hall or company meeting, a webinar, or a large sporting event to any online audience. Azure Media Services handles audiences of all sizes while you control the properties of the outgoing video livestream, such as how much is recorded and whether or not viewers can start watching.
Learn moreHelp protect your content
Deliver content dynamically encrypted with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-128) or your choice of popular DRM systems, including Microsoft PlayReady, Google Widevine, and Apple FairPlay. Azure Media Services also delivers AES keys and DRM licenses to authorized clients.
Learn more about content protectionDrive professional standards
Microsoft Azure is the first hyperscale cloud to be formally assessed by the Motion Picture Association of America, certified by the Content Delivery and Security Association, and audited by the Federation Against Copyright Theft.
See Azure compliance certificationsRely on industry-leading Azure security
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Microsoft invests more than USD 1 billion annually on cybersecurity research and development.
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We employ more than 3,500 security experts completely dedicated to your data security and privacy.
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Azure has more compliance certifications than any other cloud provider. View the comprehensive list.
Competitive pricing for your cloud-based media workflows
- No upfront costs, pay for only what you need
- Billing only on actual minutes of service usage
Get started using Media Services
Developer resources
Tutorials
Learn how to use Azure Media Services with step-by-step tutorials.
Documentation
Find quickstarts, samples, and more to encode and package content, stream videos on-demand, broadcast live, and analyze videos with Azure Media Services v3.
See all documentationTrusted by companies of all sizes
Endemol Shine Group
Endemol Shine Group automates production of its TV show, Big Brother, with a cloud-based serverless workflow solution built on Azure Media Services—making movie magic more affordable.
Zone·tv
Zone·tv makes television viewing a more personalized experience with AI and Azure.
Haivision
Haivision streams thousands of hours of high-stakes video content at consistently high quality with Azure.
Avid
Paul Thompson, Director of Strategic Solutions, Avid"With MediaCentral Newsroom Management, Avid delivers accessibility, collaboration, and scalability, taking advantage of the economics the cloud enables."
Latest updates
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Azure Media Services now supports Live Transcription in preview
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Azure Media Indexer is being retired
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Public Preview - Video Indexer Multilingual identification and transcription
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Public Preview - Video Indexer Animated Character Detection
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Legacy media encoders are being retired on November 30, 2019
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Media Services is now available in both South Africa regions
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Premium Live Encoder now supports streaming at 1080p and 30 frames per second
Frequently asked questions about Azure Media Services
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Read the Azure Media Services v3 FAQ.
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Media Services guarantees 99.9% availability. Get details.
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Check availability by region.