How To Simplify Video Recording Without Giving up Control

• The customer: A US state government organization providing shared video infrastructure for classroom instruction across the state.
• The challenge: Recording depended on a manual, multi-vendor process that created work for IT, limited recording flexibility, and could be disrupted when calls ended early.
• The solution: Pexip and Vbrick integrated video meetings and on-premises recording into one workflow, giving instructors control of their sessions while keeping recording centrally managed.

Across this state’s education environment, classroom instruction was already taking place over Pexip virtual meeting rooms and enabled room devices. The challenge arose when those video sessions needed to be recorded.

Each session required IT staff to manually manage their recording configuration. Only one recording could be captured per class. And if a call ended unexpectedly, the recording could be disrupted or cut short.

The state wanted its educators to be able to start and end their own sessions, without adding complexity or giving up centrally managed recording.

To meet the state’s needs, Pexip and Vbrick brought the meeting and recording environments together.

With Pexip Recording, powered by Vbrick, instructors can host and record their own sessions without relying on IT to configure each one. Recordings are automatically handled by Vbrick, while the state keeps the centralized control it needs.

Vbrick also automatically adapts the recording layout based on the size of the class, creating a simpler experience for instructors from start to finish.

The Pexip and Vbrick approach delivers clear benefits:

1. Less work for IT: Instructors launch and end recorded sessions on their own.
2. More reliable recording: Early call terminations no longer cut recordings short.
3. More flexibility: Multiple recordings can be captured per class.
4. Simpler infrastructure: One Pexip + Vbrick workflow replaces the previous multi-vendor setup.

The benefits extended beyond recording. The state government organization was also able to retire its legacy Polycom infrastructure while keeping around 450 existing video systems in use, moving them all onto Pexip.

Together, these changes have created a simpler video environment that is easier for instructors to use, easier for IT to manage, and ready to support educators and schools as their video needs evolve.