| Announcement ID | MC810411 | Published Date | 07-11-2024 | |
| Service | microsoftteams | Last Updated | 08-27-2024 | |
| Category | Stay informed | Expiration Date | 01-06-2025 | |
| Roadmap ID | 400703 | Action Required by Date | ||
| Tags | Admin impact, New feature, User impact | |||
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| 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 mid-October 2024, with the feature initially turned off. |
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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. When this will happen:General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously September 2024). General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously mid-October). 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: 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:
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. |
