Teams Rooms EMEA Monthly | ISE 2024 Edition

Welcome to the ISE 2024 edition of the Teams Rooms EMEA Monthly newsletter in February. ISE 2024 was held last week in Barcelona, and it was bigger and better than ever before. Really amazing to meet colleagues, partners, and customers in person. Its also Lunar New Year ????- Year of the Dragon (Happy New Year to all).

Top of Mind

Last week Integrated Systems Europe 2024 was held in Barcelona. ?And for all the the ISE content take a look at the YouTube channel – Microsoft at ISE 2024 - Join us live from the show floor ( youtube.com ) This year,?Integrated Systems Europe , the world’s largest AV industry event saw? 73,891 verified attendees from 162 countries attend the event hosted in Barcelona Spain. Attendance as an all-time high since the show’s inception in 2004 and an increase of 27% YoY vs. the 2023 show.?It was so incredible to see the team working so hard together in Barcelona to deliver a full partner pre-day, 4 days of customer & partner side meetings, and live broadcasts from the event, great teamwork!

Every one of our #MicrosoftTeamsRooms hardware partners showed up and showed up in a big way. It's clear that ISE is a global moment for the industry. Check out the OEM Partner Overviews:

Poly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7KZTyd9qo

Jabra: https://youtu.be/EjQYedqzTeg

Yealink: https://youtu.be/gqPAlC6cNYE

Logitech: https://youtu.be/Yw7xUN04zCU

Cisco: https://youtu.be/K-33BhpJtZE

Neat: https://youtu.be/ckVvRko7Pxo

Crestron: https://youtu.be/8sRWDhA2Nf4

Lenovo: https://youtu.be/9P8rskiGBPc

?Reflecting on the ISE, it was amazing to see the partnership and the strength of the Microsoft Teams Rooms offering on full display. It came through in all the partner announcements, side meetings and conversations at after parties. I can't wait to see what the rest of this year brings in the UC space and I'm looking forward to where #ISE2025 will take us!

While at the event Lee Edgerton had a chance to shoot some short videos with the partners ?he works closest with, you can find those here . A huge thanks to everyone for finding the time and energy to tell Lee about all the latest and greatest on the show floor.

What's New in Microsoft Teams

Not even ISE can slow down the certification of new devices!

All the latest on Microsoft Teams updates and new devices can be found on the latest What's New in Teams post for Jan 2024 but there's plenty that was announced over the new year period that's I'd like to cover below.

• The Logitech Sight was certified as a Microsoft Teams Rooms accessory with the Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini to provide remote attendees with a front-and-centre view of the in-person interactions in the meeting room. Henry Levak ran through this experience with Lee at ISE. Find out more here .

• The AVer Information VB350 is a camera and speaker bar now certified for Microsoft Teams. With dual 4k lenses, 18x zoom and simple setup, it's a great solution for medium to large rooms. Find out more here .

• The Lenovo ThinkSmart 180 is a premium conference bar with 180 degree FoV, superior audio and all the latest AI-powered technology. Find out more here .

• The AudioCodes RXV200 bundle is designed to deliver an optimal hybrid meeting experience for focus rooms and includes the RXV200 intelligent A/V hub, the RX-PAD touch room controller, the RXVCam50 camera and RX15 speaker. Find out more here .

• The AudioCodes RXVCam10-CC is a content camera now certified for Microsoft Teams. Ensuring remote attendees can clearly see whiteboard content is critical and a content camera is critical in rooms that have a physical whiteboard. Find out more here .

For the full list of currently certified devices click here .

BYOD Rooms Feature available in Public Preview!

We just announced the release of the 'bring-your-own-device’ (BYOD) rooms and devices discovery feature is now available for public preview?in Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. This new experience enables IT admins to:

• Discover their BYOD rooms and devices.
• Associate discovered devices with their respective rooms.
• Take advantage of valuable insights on rooms usage and devices activity. Note: for GA, Teams Shared Device (TSD) license will be required for usage analytics and reports in Pro Management.?

MS Learn article:?https://aka.ms/BYOD_learn

Check out the discussion between @Michel Bouman (TEAMS), @Jimmy Vaughan, and @Sandhya Rao really useful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPqZnUCCQKI ISE2024, What's coming from shared work spaces with Microsoft Teams.

Stay tuned next month for the usual announcements, upcoming events etc.

Given it's top of mind for everyone right now, I'll leave you with the upcoming Microsoft #Copilot (for Jimmy and Michel – Copilot, Copilot, Copilot, Copilot) Super Bowl commercial. WATCH ME!

Tom Halards

#MicrosoftEmployee #MicrosoftAdvocate