Updates to Microsoft Teams Rooms Licensing

Did you miss this Microsoft Teams Rooms Update?

Microsoft is rolling out changes with new features and improvements to Teams Rooms Licensing with the introduction of Microsoft Teams Room Pro & Teams Rooms Basic.

The future of work should be flexible

As organizations continue to evolve, now more than ever they need a single integrated platform to collaborate and communicate effectively. Microsoft Teams is the hub for real-time communications, content sharing and teamwork. With this in mind, Microsoft has committed to bridge the gap between physical and digital workspaces so that teams are able to work wherever they are with whomever they want; meeting rooms don't have to be tied down anymore.

What is Microsoft Teams Rooms?

Microsoft Teams Rooms is a new web conference experience designed to deliver inclusive meeting experiences. It helps remove barriers between meeting spaces, places and people through content provisioning, context-aware real-time collaboration guidance and rich media inclusion across devices. Microsoft Teams Rooms helps people connect with each other in different ways so they can work together more efficiently.

Introducing Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic & Microsoft Teams Room Pro

Microsoft is introducing new licensing to replace Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard & Teams Rooms Premium. Customers will now be able to choose between two different options, Teams Rooms Basic & Teams Rooms Pro.

Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic gives access to audio, video and content sharing capabilities, so that users can collaborate within a meeting room environment.

Customers who need core management features such as advanced security & telemetry, full Teams Admin Center management and multi-screen support will require Teams Rooms Pro.

"Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro provides customers additional capabilities such as the ability to whiteboard, record meetings, and annotate over shared content."

Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic vs Teams Rooms Pro

Teams Room Basic is a free version of Teams Rooms and gives customers access to audio, video and content sharing. This license is included in the purchase price of any certified Teams Room Device. It’s available to all organizations and can be used by up to 25 users per tenant.

Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro provides customers additional capabilities such as the ability to whiteboard, record meetings, and annotate over shared content.

• Whiteboard allows you to collaborate with others around your ideas by creating a digital canvas for free-form note taking. Whiteboards can be shared with any number of people in your team, including individuals outside your organization.
• Record meetings so that you can watch them later or share them with others who were unable to attend the meeting.
• Annotate over shared content using pen or drawing tools in real time while someone is presenting at a meeting via Teams Video calling (available only in Microsoft Teams).

Microsoft Teams Managed Services

Teams Managed Services is an SLA-based service that provides a fully managed scope of support for your Microsoft Teams deployment. It includes incident remediation, automated updates, and advanced analytics to help you efficiently manage your environment.

You can get better visibility into how your users are using Teams by subscribing to Managed Services. You'll get notifications when incidents occur, allowing you to take action before they impact productivity or damage user satisfaction levels with the app. Notifications will automatically remediate or route issues back to customers’ IT departments or designated management partners so they can be addressed quickly.

Learn more about Microsoft Teams Rooms & Teams Voice

Have you already started using #teamsrooms and Voice? If so, we look forward to seeing you make the most of these new capabilities! If not, now is a great time to discover the future of collaboration. Join Interlink for our upcoming webinar: Microsoft Teams Voice: Gaining an Advantage in a Hybrid World. In this session, we’ll explore how you can use #microsoft365 Teams Rooms and Voice together to work smarter by enabling new ways for teams to communicate and #collaborate with each other wherever they are.

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