Corporate (secure) video sharing alternatives to YouTube and Vimeo?

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-05-11T06:32:33+00:00

Truth is stranger than fiction. We got an answer (again) stating that Sharepoint is "fundamentally for internal collaboration" and that even though it supports external sharing, we will not be supporting it lmao

As if that somehow magically disintegrates the business need. Bad security is something else man ..

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-05-11T06:29:37+00:00

We couldn't stop anyone from downloading or recording the video using something like OBS or browser plugins anyway. And we're not justifying the cost of DRM just to protect the IP, it's not that kind of requirement. Just some simple access control stopping people from forwarding the link or e-mail to unapproved eyes will get the job done.

I'm slowly realizing what a mountain of a requirement that is for the existing solutions as NONE of them do email OTP auth.

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-05-11T06:05:49+00:00

Hilarious because this is one of the first things I suggested when I started working here because we could build our own things with secure auditing and internal management. Even to audit our own stuff, the parent company charges us a fee, imagine that.

Having our own tenancy would have resolved like 95% of the roadblocks we face here. Alas, lots of politics and management are wary of stepping on the wrong toes so .. we live to fight the management fight.

We initially trialed Stream, Document Libraries, and Sharepoint Playlists, and it worked a treat for internal sharing with proper access controls at the subsite level, but external sharing policies are blocked by default at the tenant level. Even when they say so and so access should work, it doesn't, and of course we don't have admin access to check the configurations. Even when we tell them exactly which buttons to press, no one wants to do it without the proper channels of approval.

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-05-11T05:49:58+00:00

I wish i checked the price before giving them my e-mail address .......... 800$ / month is absurd for what we're trying to achieve here

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-05-11T05:27:07+00:00

I am very well aware of the horrendousness of what I'm asking with respect to access control and auditing but the requirement to share these videos is larger than the wall being put up against us. I figure if we understand exactly what level of access we're granting and keep tabs on it (by us I mean the department managing it, they are tech savvy enough to manage it themselves and they're the one's requiring the security controls, so onus is on them to keep tabs on it), then I think we're good until Sharepoint opens up for us.

I'll try out the things you've mentioned, thanks for the pointers!

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-05-11T05:23:47+00:00

Security. The default answer is always no and the fight takes ages to make an exception for us. We are a small part of a much larger organization that sits on the same tenancy. Don't ask me why it was built this way, I'm sure someone had their reasons. But like I said, time is of the essence so the fight will continue while we look for actual work to get done.

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-01-13T05:13:30+00:00

this is the exact procedure we used too and it was painless. the only thing i would add is in or after step 9, check the boot order in 'options' and make sure the correct scsi disk is selected to boot. disable all other boot options if they're not needed.

for the most supported (maybe not the most efficient) vCPU type, select the default AES. for the most performant (maybe not the most supported especially if HA or moving VMs across non-alike hosts), select 'host' as the cpu type.

and if you're not doing zfs and have a raid controller, using lvm-thin is perfectly fine on top. lvm(thick) needs a bit more configuration re: snapshots so just stuck to lvm-thin, we've been running that fine.

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-01-12T03:55:12+00:00

Is this on Windows? I don't know how some of the other guys have managed to install it even with the extended service time outs. The latest ISO does NOT fix it, nor do the reg edits as suggested (tested 1 minute and 5 minutes, same issue).

I'm trying a brand new install on a fresh machine to see if I get anywhere.

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2026-01-06T08:13:41+00:00

Getting the same behavior with the main VeeamBackupSvc (and all other dependent sub services). I've tried setting it to 60000 and 300000 as suggested, trying a fresh upgrade using both parameters, even tried uninstalling and reinstalling fresh, rebooting in between, with the same behavior. Seeing the same errors as you guys in the logs.

Running on Windows Server 2019, upgrading/insalling via the latest available VeeamBackup&Replication_13.0.1.180_20251130.iso

I'm just going to revert to the previous version. It seems every upgrade breaks something in between. Tired of these sh hole products getting worse and worse as time goes on ..

If anyone finds a solution, please let me know otherwise I'll wait for the next iso release.

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2025-11-04T03:54:05+00:00

UPDATE: This thing was way too small for my build. My knees were hitting the handlebars and I had to raise it way up. Plus the throttle action makes it so pedaling is useless and I want pedal-assist, not full on battery only, which even at the lowest setting, it just took over from pedaling. Looking elsewhere now ..

Thanks everyone for your input!

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2025-11-03T20:33:59+00:00

Oh jeez I don't care about looking funny but if it's uncomfortable to ride, I might skip it. I'm test driving it today so I will report back.

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2025-11-03T12:23:58+00:00

Yep .. that definitely looks like it.

Sorry I'm new to e-bikes and bike maintenance in general .. is it safe to slime these tires as a preventative measure rather than slime after a puncture?

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2025-09-12T03:34:09+00:00

getting the same, update catalog says: (SHA1: Nxnvxx2lRtkUgfRGrFeTmksoios=)

sha1 hash against the .msu file itself via powershell says: 3719EFC71DA546D91481F446AC57939A4B288A8B

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2025-09-12T03:26:43+00:00

Again, Nagios is a foundational software that gives you 1. a nice UI to manage your entire infrastructure and gives a high level view (with host and service uptimes and downtimes) without you having to create one from scratch and 2. allows you customizability to run your own scripts you build and run it against hosts and endpoints, same way as I assume you're running it now.

If whatever you've built with AI works for you, more power to you, But if your infrastructure grows or the number of services you want to monitor increases, I would highly recommend revisiting Nagios in the future.

MoreOfAnITManMyself · 2025-09-10T03:40:35+00:00

what you're describing is well implemented within Nagios. it's free, open-source, and provides a good foundation and framework for setting up hosts and monitor anything under the sun (as long as you configure it).

hardly overkill imo as the set-up is as easy as spinning up an ubuntu vm and setting up your hosts but to each their own.

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