Azure Media Services documentation

Azure Media Services is a cloud-based media workflow platform that enables you to build solutions that require encoding, packaging, content-protection, and live event broadcasting.

Overview

About Azure Media Services v3

Concept

Azure Media Services v3 concepts

Overview

About Azure Media Services Video Indexer

Concept

Compare Media Services v3 presets and Video Indexer

Overview

Live Video Analytics on IoT Edge (preview)

Overview

Azure Media Player

Overview

About Azure Media Services v2 (legacy)

Concept

Migrate Media Services v2 to v3

Develop with Media Services v3 API

Stream live

Stream on demand

Encrypt content

Analyze content

Learn about Media Services specifications

Live Video Analytics on IoT Edge (preview)

Azure Storage

Learn about block blobs and containers

CDN

Use the power of the Azure CDN to stream content at scale with services from Akamai and Verizon or load balance across multiple content delivery networks

Event Grid

Learn how to use Azure Event Grid to react to relevant events