Hosting a livestream

Last updated: August 11, 2026

The Livestream Hub is where you run a livestream. It is available on desktop, mobile and in Microsoft Teams.

Scheduling a livestream is covered in Creating livestreams. This page covers running one.

Test your setup first

Open the Livestream Hub and choose Test Livestream.

You will be asked for camera and microphone access, then you can check your connection, camera, microphone and settings.

Test streams are never published. They do not appear in the app and nobody can access them, so you can rehearse as often as you like.

Do this before the day, not on it. It is the difference between finding a problem with time to fix it and finding one with an audience waiting.

Starting a scheduled livestream

Open the livestream you are about to host, from the Livestream Hub or from your Calendar.

  1. Check the pre-filled livestream details and edit them if needed

  2. Choose Next to go backstage

  3. Grant camera and microphone permission when prompted

  4. Check that every speaker's audio and video is working

  5. Choose Go Live

Backstage is the last point at which problems are fixable without an audience. Use it.

Starting an instant livestream

You can also start a livestream without scheduling one, from the Livestream Hub. Fill in the details, go backstage, check everyone, and go live.

Instant livestreams are best used for testing and for genuinely unplanned sessions. A scheduled livestream gives people time to find it and book a place.

On mobile

Reach the Livestream Hub from the home screen, or from Profile, then the settings icon, then Livestream Hub under the General tab.

The flow is the same — choose the session, check the details, go backstage to check camera positioning for all speakers, then go live.

Livestream details

Title — what members see.

Guest speakers — anyone in your organization can be added as a speaker.

Topics — these determine which groups can access the livestream. As with other content, you can add further groups or restrict them.

Guest speakers

You can add up to six speakers to a livestream.

The first speaker in the list is the name shown in the player while the stream is live. Order the list deliberately.

Guest speakers can:

  • Start the stream

  • End the stream

  • Add people to the stream once backstage or live

  • Remove people from the stream

  • Change the livestream title and the groups it streams to

Anyone you add as a guest speaker can therefore change who sees the session. Add speakers, not observers.

After the stream

Livestreams are recorded automatically and saved to your organization's content, with the chat replay kept alongside. Members who missed the session can catch both.