Last week, the Azure Media Services team published more updates in the Azure Management Portal that include some new features. In this post you will find a quick summary of what’s new.
Added support for JSON Web Token (JWT) format
Last month, the Azure Media Services team added support for JSON Web Token (JWT) format to restrict delivery of content keys; before this update, only Simple Web Token (SWT) format was supported.
With the latest Azure Portal updates, there is a new Token Type option in the Content Protection tab for both the AES and PlayReady authorization policies to let you set the format: JSON Web Token (default) or Simple Web Token.
Please take into account that:
- After applying changes to the authorization policies, it could take up to a few minutes to take effect.
- The Content Protection tab only lets you configure the authorization policies that are used for the encryption features in the Azure Portal. If you have a custom authorization policy, you will need to configure it programmatically using the SDK/REST API.
To learn more about how to use JWT format with dynamically encryption, you can read these blog posts by @GEOTRIF:
- JWT Token Authentication in Azure Media Services and Dynamic Encryption
- Integrate Azure Media Services OWIN MVC based app with Azure Active Directory and restrict content key delivery based on JWT claims
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Disabled Play command when the asset has custom delivery policies
The Play command in the Content tab is now disabled for assets that have a custom delivery policy created programmatically using the SDK/REST API (i.e. not with the Encryption command).
The reason behind this update is that the Azure Portal relies on the delivery policies created with the Encryption command. If you create a custom one, it might not cover the delivery protocols used by the Azure Portal. Therefore, to avoid any potential playback issues that could be misleading (users might think that there is an issue in the dynamic encryption configuration), the Play command is now disabled in this scenario.
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Added support for Streaming Endpoints advanced configuration
The Configure sub-tab for streaming endpoints now have three new sections:
- Cross Domain Policy: This section lets you specify the cross domain access policy for Adobe Flash clients. For more information, see Cross-domain policy file specification.
- Client Access Policy: This section lets you specify the client access policy for Microsoft Silverlight clients. For more information, see Making a Service Available Across Domain Boundaries.
- Custom Host Names: This section lets you configure a streaming endpoint to accept traffic directed to a custom host name. This allows for easier traffic management configuration through a Global Traffic Manager (GTM) and also for branded domain names to be used as the streaming. To perform CRUD operations on the custom host names, click the Configure button to open the Manage Custom Host Names dialog.
Please take into account that these sections (along with the rest) are only enabled for editing when the streaming endpoint has at least one streaming unit.
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