{"id":12564,"date":"2023-11-20T08:45:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/?p=12564"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:42:28","slug":"transforming-the-executive-boardroom-meeting-experience-at-microsoft-with-microsoft-teams-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/transforming-the-executive-boardroom-meeting-experience-at-microsoft-with-microsoft-teams-rooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming the executive boardroom meeting experience at Microsoft with Microsoft Teams Rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7436 size-medium\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/10\/ms-digital-stories-300x122.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Digital stories\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/10\/ms-digital-stories-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/10\/ms-digital-stories.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Executive boardrooms are where big decisions are made and important customer deals are won.<\/p>\n<p>When much of the world started working from home and many companies adopted a hybrid work model, we here at Microsoft began rethinking the way we meet and enable quality hybrid meeting experiences in all sizes and types of conference rooms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-body\"><p>When you\u2019re upgrading a boardroom, it\u2019s got to look fantastic and you have to get everything just right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\">\u2014 Matt Hempey, lead principal group product manager, Digital Workplace Productivity and Collaboration team, Microsoft Digital<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the most important meeting room scenarios that we tackled and knew we had to get exactly right, was the executive boardroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re upgrading a boardroom, it\u2019s got to look fantastic and you have to get everything just right,\u201d says Matt Hempey, lead principal group product manager on the Digital Workplace Productivity and Collaboration team in Microsoft Digital, the company\u2019s IT organization. \u201cIt\u2019s got to be thought through from every angle\u2014acoustics, aesthetics, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5T8LdrWaank\" aria-labelledby=\"Introducing a new hybrid meeting experience at Microsoft\"><\/iframe><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5T8LdrWaank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5T8LdrWaank<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: -5px;\"><em>Watch this video to see what a Microsoft Teams Rooms-powered conference room looks like after it\u2019s been updated with the Signature boardroom experience.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>Here at Microsoft, our team in Microsoft Digital worked with our partners in Global Workplace Services (GWS), our real estate organization, and the Microsoft Teams product group to build a new meeting room experience for executives that acknowledges the new post-pandemic world leaders are now working in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery customer was being asked by their CEO, \u2018What do we need to do to my boardroom so I can meet in it again,\u2019\u201d Hempey says. \u201cThey were telling their IT teams, \u2018My old conference room is just not working for me now that I\u2019m used to meeting on Teams. When I was working at home, we all worked on Teams and could see and hear each other. Now that I\u2019ve gone back to the office, I can\u2019t see or hear people who aren\u2019t in the room, and they can\u2019t see or hear people who are here in the room with me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-body\"><p>Signature Teams Rooms is our base high-value product\u2014it\u2019s our regular-size conference room where we create a high-quality experience by controlling elements like furniture, finishes, technology, how people are sitting. The boardroom takes that one step further because it\u2019s where the stakes are highest. It\u2019s where you have high-value meetings where you can\u2019t afford for stuff to go wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\">\u2014 Matthew Marzynski, principal product manager, Microsoft Digital<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A fix was needed, and quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/buzzing-on-microsoft-teams-rooms-technology-internally-at-microsoft\/\">We used our on-campus meeting room laboratory, The Hive,<\/a> to develop a solution, the Signature boardroom experience in Microsoft Teams Rooms, our Microsoft Teams meeting room product. The Signature boardroom experience is a combination of thoughtful physical design and ground-breaking use of technology. It helps meeting attendees feel connected to the meeting no matter where they join from.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: groove; max-width: 520px; padding: 20px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is the Signature boardroom experience?<\/h2>\n<p>Signature is a premium boardroom experience that combines Microsoft Teams Rooms with Surface Hub 2S, intelligent cameras, and advanced audio systems. Signature enables you to have immersive and interactive meetings with rich collaboration and content-sharing capabilities. You can use the Surface Hub 2S to co-create with inking and whiteboard, take advantage of the intelligent cameras to track and frame participants, and enjoy clear, crisp sound from the advanced audio systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Signature boardroom experience is unique because of its high profile and its size.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignature Teams Rooms is our base high-value product\u2014it\u2019s our regular-size conference room where we create a high-quality experience by controlling elements like furniture, finishes, technology, how people are sitting,\u201d says Matthew Marzynski, a principal product manager in Microsoft Digital. \u201cThe boardroom takes that one step further, because it\u2019s where the stakes are highest. It\u2019s where you have high-value meetings where you can\u2019t afford for stuff to go wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We spent eight months getting the Signature boardroom experience \u201cjust right,\u201d and first deployed it in Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella\u2019s conference room at the start of this calendar year. Now we\u2019re gradually rolling it out to other executive meeting rooms as we\u2019re able.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-body\"><p>Across the entire company, we\u2019re embracing the hybrid work culture. That\u2019s true of our leadership team, too. It was important to us to make sure our Senior Leadership Team\u2019s meetings were productive by providing them with the best possible hybrid meeting experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\">\u2014 Greg Baribault, group product manager, Microsoft Teams<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The need for a Signature boardroom experience came from the way work changed after the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the entire company, we\u2019re embracing the hybrid work culture,\u201d says Greg Baribault, group product manager for Microsoft Teams and head of product for the team that builds Microsoft Teams meeting room systems. \u201cThat\u2019s true of our leadership team, too. It was important to us to make sure our Senior Leadership Team\u2019s meetings were productive by providing them with the best possible hybrid meeting experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Getting technical<\/h2>\n<p>Bigger than our typical <a href=\"\/insidetrack\/blog\/from-prototype-to-production-deploying-signature-microsoft-teams-rooms-at-microsoft\/\">Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms<\/a>, the Signature boardroom experience is designed for 16 to 30 people. Its size and complexity required that we make a lot of decisions about what technology to put in the room and how it would work. Specifically, the team at the Hive worked closely with top audiovisual partners to evaluate, deploy and program the Microsoft Teams certified cameras, microphones, speakers and display technologies.<\/p>\n<p>For example, bigger rooms also made it more important to make sure everyone can see the Teams meeting on the display\u2014including shared content and the hand raise and chat panels\u2014from anywhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-body\"><p>In the boardroom, we want to include everyone\u2014people online, people in the room, the room itself. We want everyone to feel like they can connect with any other person in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\">\u2014 Matthew Marzynski, principal product manager, Microsoft Digital<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And just like in many executive boardrooms, there\u2019s a wall of glass that brings in a lot of natural light, so another important design consideration in choosing a display technology that people can see even when it\u2019s full daylight. \u201cThat\u2019s how we landed on a large, direct-view LED video wall, and it\u2019s only at 30 percent of its potential brightness,\u201d says Sam Albert, a principal product manager at The Hive.<\/p>\n<p>The video wall is an ultra-wide display, measuring nearly 12 feet by 5.5 feet. Remote participants appear life-size, as if they\u2019re sitting opposite the in-person participants. This is important to make the boardroom experience equitable and inclusive for all participants, whether remote or in-person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the boardroom, we want to include everyone\u2014people online, people in the room, the room itself,\u201d Marzynski says. \u201cWe want everyone to feel like they can connect with any other person in the meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That also leads to the unique table shape of our executive boardroom. The Boardroom archetype is ideally designed with a U-shaped table, open on one end to the front-of-room displays, so the remote participants appear there. That said, the Signature boardroom experience is flexible and can support oval and rectangle tables as well, because you can\u2019t aways change out your tables, even for executive boardrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe circle of inclusion now includes the screen with remote participants at the same height as everybody sitting at the table,\u201d Marzynski says. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like they\u2019re virtually in the room with you. Everybody is seated in a way that welcomes in these participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of the cameras in the room can pan, tilt, and zoom for a cinematic experience, similar to a multi-camera television show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12650\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-Cameras-5_ALT-300x162.png\" alt=\"Two cameras are shown blending into the background.\" width=\"450\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-Cameras-5_ALT-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-Cameras-5_ALT-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-Cameras-5_ALT.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameras are designed to disappear into the background without calling attention to themselves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest piece of feedback we got from the old version of the room was that we could see everyone\u2014except if they were standing in the front of the room presenting,\u201d Hempey says. \u201cSome in our senior leadership team are mostly remote, and seeing the face of the person standing at the front of the room is really important to their experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The solution was several cameras, which work together with microphones in the ceiling to figure out who\u2019s speaking, and then the appropriate camera can focus on that person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t deploy just a single camera in a space of that size,\u201d Albert says. \u201cYou need multiple cameras placed strategically around the room to get the best view of every seat at the table and presentation spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Reading the room<\/h2>\n<p>Reading the room is another challenge in a hybrid meeting, as you can\u2019t always tell what body language people are displaying. If there was just one camera view, then you would only see the person who\u2019s currently speaking. But with multiple cameras, one is assigned to provide a view of the room as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s one camera dedicated to providing the context view, like picture-in-picture, overlaying a picture of the entire room over the people who are talking,\u201d Marzynski says. \u201cThat way even if one or two people are talking, you have a chance of seeing how the rest of the room is reacting. And that is really, really powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You might think all these cameras would be an intrusive presence. And you\u2019d have been right for an earlier iteration of the room, in which the cameras all \u201cwoke up\u201d at the same time and created an unnerving feeling of being surveilled for in-person participants. However, the cameras are now much more unobtrusive, thanks to a lot of collaboration with GWS on finishes. The cameras are now in colors that match the ceiling and walls where they\u2019re located, so they provide a great user experience without calling attention to themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-body\"><p>Our boardroom works exactly the same way as every other meeting room at Microsoft. It\u2019s just another Teams Rooms meeting room\u2014it uses the same kind of computer to run the meeting. Yes, it has additional capabilities; yes, it has a much bigger screen; yes, it has these crazy cameras. But from your perspective as a person joining the meeting, you start the meeting the same way as every other meeting room. It combines incredible power with a super simple user experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\">\u2014 Matt Hempey, lead principal group product manager, Digital Workplace Productivity and Collaboration team, Microsoft Digital<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The speakers are also top-of-the-line and were designed to support the new Teams Rooms spatial audio experience. The Microsoft Digital team installed speakers in the front of the room and just below the video wall, additions complemented by existing overhead speakers. This array of speakers makes it so remote participants are heard as if their voice is coming from where they appear on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the technological complexity of the boardroom, our team made sure its user experience is comparable with other Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our boardroom works exactly the same way as every other meeting room at Microsoft,\u201d Hempey says. \u201cIt\u2019s just another Teams Rooms meeting\u2014it uses the same kind of computer to run the meeting. Yes, it has additional capabilities; yes, it has a much bigger screen; yes, it has these crazy cameras. But from your perspective as a person joining the meeting, you start the meeting the same way as every other meeting room. It combines incredible power with a super-simple user experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All that technology required a lot of collaboration with GWS. Their team helped with making sure the electrical outlets were powerful enough to support all the new components, including the cameras, microphones, and display. They also needed to make sure the HVAC system was strong enough to keep the room comfortable with the huge video wall emanating heat. In addition to that, they handled architecture, permitting, and defining standards for acoustics, lighting, table shapes, and furniture layouts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12574\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12574 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-SME-3.png\" alt=\"Collage of portrait photos showing Hempey, Marzynski, Albert, and Sherry.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-SME-3.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-SME-3-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-SME-3-1024x292.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-SME-3-768x219.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Microsoft Hive team, including Matt Hempey, Matthew Marzynski, Sam Albert, Roy Sherry, and Greg Baribault (not pictured), is revolutionizing how executives meet with the Microsoft Teams Signature boardroom experience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Creating the boardroom<\/h2>\n<p>Building the Signature boardroom experience was challenging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t start with the Microsoft boardroom,\u201d Albert says. \u201cWe started with some functional mockups in found spaces. It was before the campus was fully opened, and we borrowed some spaces that were about the same size.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After experimenting with those spaces, the Microsoft Digital team found executives to \u201cdogfood\u201d the experimental room setup.<\/p>\n<p>The work started at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/buzzing-on-microsoft-teams-rooms-technology-internally-at-microsoft\/\">The Hive<\/a>, our incubation space on Microsoft campus where life-size prototypes can be built and tested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the best things about The Hive is the ability to very rapidly prototype and fail fast on space design, the overall design of the experience,\u201d Baribault says. \u201cThey [the Microsoft Digital team] like to try a lot of different things, and there\u2019s an experimentation process they go through. That\u2019s a process you can go through in a space purpose-built for that. You can\u2019t really do that in a high-end executive boardroom. The Hive\u2019s been a tremendous asset for us the last few years as we\u2019ve learned about hybrid work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a place where we blend software with the physical world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have this unique working area in The Hive that I like to call \u2018phygital,\u2019\u201d Marzynski says. \u201cPhygital is about delivering a digitally enhanced experience in a physical location\u2014it\u2019s where we combine meeting furniture, ambiance, and everything you feel in a meeting room with technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/working-in-a-phygital-world-why-businesses-need-to-rethink-their-workspace-experiences-now\/\">\u201cphygital\u201d concept<\/a> is about using the power of software to avoid spending lots of money on physically rebuilding your meeting rooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technology adapts to the physical environment, not the other way around,\u201d says Roy Sherry, a principal technical program manager for Microsoft Digital. \u201cThe technology is flexible enough to work within the constraints of the room to save time and cost, as the cameras can be configured to work with any existing furniture and fixtures.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Getting to success<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12588\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.net-fs.com\/hosting\/5952404\/29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12588 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-tour-4-1024x533.png\" alt=\"A screenshot showing the Signature boardroom experience.\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-tour-4-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-tour-4-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-tour-4-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/11\/10574-Creating-the-boardroom-archetype-tour-4.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Take your own virtual tour of a Microsoft Teams Room with the Signature boardroom experience by selecting this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hard, and sometimes nail-biting work of getting the Signature boardroom experience ready has been well worth the effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took our teams around 10 months to build, test, and iterate to create our Signature boardroom experience,\u201d Sherry says. \u201cWe were able to take all our learnings from multiple buildouts and technology solutions and consolidate them in to one archetype that provides a roadmap for creating new hybrid boardrooms that work right out of the box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s paying off\u2014it now takes only six weeks to upgrade an executive meeting space. \u201cIt went live in February and now it\u2019s been over half a year, and by all accounts it\u2019s been really successful,\u201d Marzynski says. \u201cWe got nice kudos from one of our leaders\u2014he was bowled over by it and said, \u2018This is awesome!\u2019 It was a really nice feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We plan to make the specs for building the experience available to customers soon.<\/p>\n<p>We have a replica of the boardroom in our Executive Briefing Center, and it\u2019s very popular with customers who visit us there. Some have even asked for the parts list so they can recreate exactly what Microsoft has done with the boardroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, we shipped software, but we also shipped guidance on how to get started,\u201d Baribault says. \u201cIt became a collaboration in not just solving our own problem but creating a solution to help our customers as well. That was a new thing for all of us and I hope it sets a new model for the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being critical for high-level meetings, an important aspect of boardrooms in general is that they are very expensive, not just to build, but to operate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost of operating a boardroom is really significant to our customers, because these types of rooms often come with specialized support because of their complexity,\u201d Sherry says. \u201cYou\u2019re often not relying on the company\u2019s AV and IT support\u2014you have a white-glove service, and if something goes wrong you pick up the hotline, and they\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, AI reduces the operating costs, because a person isn\u2019t needed to switch cameras manually and check sound levels. That can be done in software.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always think of the cost of building a room, but you end up paying a lot more to operate the room than you did to install it,\u201d Sherry says. \u201cAnd that\u2019s important to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\" class=\"wp-image-7448\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/10\/key-takeaways.png\" alt=\"Key Takeaways\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/10\/key-takeaways.png 500w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/10\/key-takeaways-300x74.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Here are some tips for getting started with Microsoft Teams Rooms and the Signature boardroom experience:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-list\">\n<li><strong>Plan your deployment:<\/strong> Before you start deploying Microsoft Teams Rooms, it\u2019s important to plan your deployment. You need to consider your room size, layout, equipment, network, security, and licensing requirements. You can use our <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/rooms\/room-planning-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meeting room guidance for Teams<\/a> to help you design and optimize your meeting spaces with Microsoft Teams Rooms solutions and devices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get familiar with the features:<\/strong> Microsoft Teams Rooms comes with a range of features that can help you make the most of your video conferencing experience. You can use the touchscreen console to join and manage meetings, share content, adjust audio and video settings, and more. You can also use voice commands to control the room with Cortana. You can learn more about the features and how to use them from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/get-started-with-microsoft-teams-rooms-0e3b47c5-5bc0-4b96-af31-56ac7d4606f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Teams Rooms help &amp; learning<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Configure and manage your devices:<\/strong> After you\u2019ve deployed your Microsoft Teams Rooms devices, you need to configure and manage them to ensure they work properly and securely. You can use the Microsoft Teams admin center, PowerShell, or third-party tools to configure settings, update firmware, monitor device health, troubleshoot issues, and more. 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