Microsoft Enhances Teams Rooms with Intelligent Recaps, Other New Features

Published: Jun 20, 2024

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Key Takeaways:

  • Microsoft is adding intelligent meeting recap and Copilot capabilities to Teams Rooms, leveraging detailed transcripts and AI to generate summaries, insights, and action items.
  • A new AI-driven automatic camera switching feature will optimize camera views in meetings.
  • The Teams Rooms Pro Management service now supports BYOD rooms and bookable desks, providing data-driven insights and remote configuration capabilities.

Microsoft has announced a slew of updates for Teams Rooms and devices at InfoComm 2024, to enhance how meetings are conducted with AI-powered features. From intelligent meeting recaps to automatic camera switching, these enhancements aim to create a more seamless and engaging experience for both in-room and remote participants.

Microsoft is enhancing Teams Rooms devices with intelligent meeting recap and Copilot capabilities. These features use detailed transcripts with speaker attribution to generate summaries, insights, and action items. Additionally, the speaker recognition feature is now available in public preview for Teams Rooms devices.

Later this year, Microsoft will launch a new Team Copilot experience, making the AI assistant even smarter to better facilitate meetings. This Team Copilot feature will be able to take notes during meetings directly from the room.

Microsoft Enhances Teams Rooms with Intelligent Recaps, Other New Features
Team Copilot in Microsoft Teams Rooms (Image Credits: Microsoft)

Microsoft announced the upcoming addition of automatic camera switching for the IntelliFrame feature in Teams Rooms. This AI-powered feature will select the best camera from multiple sources, such as in-room and laptop cameras, to optimize the viewing experience for remote participants. Remote participants will also have the option to manually switch between different camera views for better engagement.

Additionally, Microsoft has introduced new meeting experiences for bring your own device (BYOD) rooms. With shared display mode, Windows users can now connect their laptops to audio and video sources in a BYOD room. This capability will be available for Mac devices at the end of June.

New management features for Microsoft Teams Rooms

Microsoft has enhanced the Teams Rooms Pro Management service with support for BYOD rooms and bookable desks. This update provides administrators with valuable data and insights to efficiently track inventory and plan spaces. The portal also provides the ability to configure software remotely and troubleshoot devices in Teams Rooms. Microsoft has also made it easier for IT admins to set up Teams Rooms with Windows Autopilot and Autologin.

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Reserving a desk through Teams on a computer (Image Credits: Microsoft)

Later this year, Microsoft plans to enable SIP-based conferencing services (like Zoom, Google Meet, Meet, Cisco, and Webex) for Teams Rooms on Windows. Users will be able to access various features in Teams Rooms meetings, including dual-screen support, different meeting layouts, and up to 1080p video quality. However, this capability will require customers to purchase a SIP calling plan from a Cloud Video Interop (CVI) partner.

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