Can we distribute a podcast inside Microsoft Teams without a public RSS feed?

Yes. Shows are delivered over an authenticated feed inside your tenant, so no public RSS URL has to exist. Nothing is listed in the open podcast directories unless you choose to publish there as well.

Do employees need a separate account to listen?

No. Single sign-on through your existing identity provider recognises employees, so they press play in Teams without a second password. Single sign-on and SAML are supported, and access ends when the account ends.

What does our Microsoft 365 admin have to approve?

The Hypecast app is authorised once, with the permissions needed to identify listeners and post to the channels you approve. No custom development, and no access to message content, calendars or mail.

Where is the audio and the listening data stored?

All customer data is stored in Germany and processed within the EU, with data processing agreements available for your security review. Where a customer requires a different location, that can be selected.

What can we measure without identifying individuals?

Reach and listen-through are reported in aggregate only, by department, location or audience group. There is no named-listener or per-employee tracking, so no individual listening record exists. Bring the works council in before launch.

Integration

Your Internal Podcast.Inside Microsoft Teams.Authenticated, Not Public.

Episodes reach your workforce in the channels they already have open, played through an authenticated feed rather than a public RSS link. Every listener signs in with your existing identity provider, and reach is reported back per audience group.

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A Hypecast podcast episode inside a Teams channel, with the native player and a signed-in listener.

Integration

Can we distribute a podcast inside Microsoft Teams?

Yes. Hypecast publishes internal podcast episodes into the Microsoft Teams channels you choose, as an authenticated feed rather than a public RSS link. Listeners sign in with your existing identity provider, so access follows employment. Episodes also surface in Viva Engage and SharePoint, and listen-through is reported per audience group instead of anonymous download counts.

Why teams pick this integration.

Authenticated by default

Access is tied to your identity provider rather than to a shareable link, so a leaver loses access with their account. No public feed has to exist for the show to run.

Reach the channels people actually check

The leadership update lands in the company-wide channel, the enablement show in Sales, the safety briefing in Operations. Each episode targeted, none lost in an inbox. Roughly 80 percent of the global workforce is deskless, and Teams on a phone reaches them.

Listen-through, not delivery

Internal shows average a 78 percent listen-through rate (Hypecast platform data, measured across customer programmes after their first six months). You see where attention drops and which audience groups finish an episode, not just how often a file was fetched. Reporting stays aggregated, with no named-listener tracking.

How it works.

1
Your feed is authenticated, not public
Each show gets a private, authenticated feed inside your tenant. There is no public RSS URL to leak, and nothing appears in the open podcast directories unless you ask for it.
2
There is no public RSS to manage
Your Microsoft 365 admin approves the Hypecast app once, and you choose which Teams channels each show publishes to. Distribution is a permission, not a link you paste.
3
Listeners sign in with SSO
Employees are recognised through single sign-on, so they press play without a second password. Single sign-on and SAML are supported, and access, roles and reporting all follow the same identity.

Use cases.

In the Teams app

The episode appears as a post in the channel you chose, with a player that runs inside Teams on desktop and on the mobile app.

As a Viva Engage post

The same episode can be posted to a Viva Engage community, where the conversation happens in the thread beneath it.

Embedded in SharePoint

A player embedded on an intranet page or a campaign site, so a show sits next to the written content it belongs to.

How do the three options differ?

Teams alone, a hosting tool with an RSS feed, and Hypecast solve different parts of the problem.

How do the three options differ?
Criterion	Teams native audio	Hosting tool RSS	Hypecast
Episode feed and archive	Files and recordings, no episode feed	Yes, as a public or link-shared feed	Yes, an authenticated feed per show
Public RSS required	No feed at all	Yes, or a shareable secret link	No
Listener authentication	Tenant membership only	None; whoever holds the link can listen	Single sign-on per listener
Publishing workflow and approvals	Manual posting	Upload and publish	Multi-stage approval and audit trail
Analytics	Views on a file	Downloads, anonymous	Listen-through per episode and audience group
Governance across business units	Channel permissions	One account, one show list	Separate workspaces with delegated roles
Security documentation	Covered by your Microsoft agreement	Rarely published	ISO 27001 certified, GDPR, DPA, data stored in Germany

Security & compliance

Single sign-on and SAML through your existing identity provider, role-based access and an audit trail on every publication. ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, with data processing agreements available for procurement. All customer data is stored in Germany and processed within the EU, and another location can be selected where a customer requires it. Approved by IT teams at European enterprises including E.ON, DHL, Samsung and Munich Airport.

ISO 27001GDPRSSO / SAMLRole-based access

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