UCStatus Podcast Episode 57: Post ISE 2024 Roadmap special

Feb 9, 2024

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Michel Bouman

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Revelations from a live fireside chat at ISE 2024 with Ilya Bukshteyn, Caroline Stanford, Jimmy Vaughan, and Michel Bouman. Topics include Windows Autopilot support for MTRoW, BYOD admin and user experience, Microsoft Teams Rooms growth, and upcoming features like intelligent speakers and custom backgrounds. Roadmap updates include breakout room support, zero-touch provisioning, language settings, and improved admin controls for Teams Rooms.

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

Provisioning Process and Comparison with Android Devices

04:15 • 6min

Licensing Dependencies and BYOD Admin Experience

10:09 • 6min

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

16:38 • 2min

Intelligent Cameras and Custom Backgrounds

18:14 • 8min

Capability of Voice Recognition and Language Settings

26:18 • 15min

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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