Microsoft Teams Rooms: Enhanced cross-platform meetings via SIP join

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 11, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows will soon support joining third-party meetings via SIP, including services like Google Meet and Zoom. This feature requires a Pro license and a SIP calling plan from a CVI partner, such as Pexip. Rollout begins late August 2024, with the feature initially turned off.

Coming soon: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows will be enabled to join meetings like Google Meet, Zoom, Cisco Webex, Amazon Chime, RingCentral, and others from conferencing services that support SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) join.

You’ll experience the look and feel of a Teams Rooms meeting with access to some third-party platform in-meeting controls (depending on the platform being used). Features include up to 1080p video quality, dual screen support, different meeting layouts, and HDMI ingest. This capability requires a SIP calling plan from a Cloud Video Interop (CVI) partner; this plan is currently available through Pexip in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

This message applies to Teams Rooms customers with a Pro license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 400703.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024

General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024

How this will affect your organization:

Before this rollout: Teams Rooms does not support third-party SIP conferencing services to join meetings. Teams Room does support dialing into SIP endpoints.

After the rollout: The default state of this feature is off.

Device settings with all conferencing services enabled. Teams Rooms Pro license and plan with CVI provider needed:

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What you need to do to prepare:

If you do not want to use this feature, no action is needed. This rollout will not impact you.

To enable SIP dialing from the Teams Rooms on Windows:

Learn more

1. Ensure the Teams Room has a Pro license assigned
2. Ensure the Teams Room has a license to dial SIP from one of our certified CVI providers
3. Run the PowerShell commands to assign the right policy to the Teams Room
4. Change the settings in the device to enable one or more conferencing services to dial from the Teams Room

• What’s new from Teams Rooms and Devices at InfoComm 2024 – Microsoft Community Hub
• Enable Teams Rooms devices to join third-party meetings – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn (will be updated just before rollout begins)

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. If you enable the feature, you may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

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