Migrate From Azure Media Services to LinqTV Flex: A Hassle-Free Guide

Microsoft has announced that it is going to retire Azure Media Services by June 30, 2024. Hence, if you are using AMS for your business, you have only a few more weeks in hand to migrate to some other alternative platform.

In this blog, we will tell you about the available AMS alternatives, why LinqTV Flex can be the best choice, and how you can migrate to LinqTV Flex very easily without any potential downtime. So, let’s get started.

Azure Media Services offers a robust and dynamic cloud-based platform for building literally anything related to audio and video streaming. It is packed with multiple core features and services, including:

Apart from the listed features, Azure Media Services helped its users in the overall delivery and management of their audio and video content. Their analytics helped you keep track of audience engagement across all your content.

But with Azure Media Services retiring this June, all of these features and services will also retire. Hence, all the users of AMS and its broad spectrum of services will have to migrate to another platform or service before June 30, so that their viewers can keep accessing their content without any downtime or disruption.

Effortless migration with ZERO data loss, ZERO downtime! Click here to migrate to LinqTV Flex today!

As an Azure Media Service user, you must be looking for good alternatives to migrate to, right? Well, the following alternatives are by far the most prominent options available:

When we tried to do a quick comparison of all the features these four alternatives have to offer, we got the result as tabulated below:

All-in-One Video Hosting Platform

Video Encoding & Streaming Infrastructure

Video Streaming Services

Businesses, Enterprises, Developers, Content Managers

Developers, Enterprises

Enterprises, Broadcasters

Businesses, Developers

Encoding, On-Demand Streaming, Live Streaming via LinqTV Live, Multi-DRM & Forensic Watermarking for Security, CMS, Video Player Customization, Analytics

Encoding (SDK), Live Streaming, On-Demand Streaming, DRM & Security, Analytics (limited)

Live & On-Demand Streaming, Cloud DVR, Ad Insertion, Content Management, Video Processing

Live Streaming, VOD Management, Encoding, DRM & Security, Analytics, Player Customization

User-friendly interface that can be used by ANYONE

User-friendly interface with developer options

Tiered plans start at US $199/month

Pay-as-you-go based on usage

Tiered plans start at US $499/month

Yes (limited features)

Cloud-based & On-premises

From the above comparison table, we can clearly see that LinqTV Flex offers the most user-friendly video CMS and the most extensive features among all the available alternatives. Also, migrating to LinqTV Flex is super easy and requires minimal effort from your side.

LinqTV Flex is an all-in-one video hosting platform built to be your business’s central video hub. You can host, manage, and share all your video and media assets from a single dashbo