Discussion on Microsoft's upgrade and potential uses of digital signage

Hello Readers, I hope you’re well.

Welcome to Episode 57 of the UCStatus Podcast. This episode features me (@randychapman), Mark Vale (@markvale83) and Shawn Harry (@shawnharry).

This week we chat about the list of revelations from a live fireside chat with Ilya Bukshteyn and Caroline Stanford, Jimmy Vaughan and Michel Bouman filmed at ISE. Then segway into about a bunch of Microsoft Teams Rooms news and roadmap entries that appeared following ISE 2024.

Here’s the list

Fireside chat

Live from ISE 2024 | Fireside Chat with Ilya Bukshteyn and Caroline Stanford (youtube.com)

• Windows autopilot support for MTRoW
• MTRoW remote control built into the Pro Management portal
• BYOD admin and User experience
• Microsoft Teams Rooms is growing by “thousands of rooms a day”
• Microsoft want to make it easier to set up MTR. The goal is unbox to deployment in under 4 hours
• intelligent speakers on any device not just intelligent speakers
• Digital signage on pro portal now being worked on
• custom background on Android is being coded now

Roadmap stuff

• Custom background coming to MTR on Android – rolling out June
• Breakout room support on MTR on Windows
• Zero touch provisioning on MTR on Windows. And Windows autopilot
• Ability to change language on MTR. Previously had to do it in Windows
• require meeting ID and passcode to join meetings on MTR
• Ultrasound proximity join admin controls for Teams Rooms on Windows
• User reported events in Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management. For user reported issues
• Join meetings with a QR code on Teams Rooms on Windows and Android using Teams mobile
• Configure maintenance window for Teams devices in TAC. For MTR and phones
• Meeting Chat shown by default in Gallery View for Teams Rooms on Windows
• 4K local HDMI content sharing quality for Teams Rooms on Android
• Give feedback for Teams Rooms on Android
• Home screen refresh for Teams Rooms on Android. Changed to be more like Windows which got chnaged to look like Android
• Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows UI refresh. A bit more work to make Android and Windows look the same
• 4K display UI scaling for Teams Rooms on Windows. Currently limited to 1920×1080
• new Teams is now part of Teams Rooms on Windows
• Shared display mode for BYOD meeting rooms
• BYOD admin experience

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